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Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir speaks to reporters at the Knesset, January 15, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 16, 2020, 4:35 pm
Netanyahu pressures spurned extremist party to drop out of race
Likud tells Kahanists to follow example of left-winger Stav Shaffir, but Otzma Yehudit leader Ben Gvir spurns request, in repeat of fight ahead of September vote
By Alexander Fulbright
Defense Minister Naftali Bennett arrives at the Knesset to file the national-religious Yamina alliance's list of candidates for the upcoming elections, January 15, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 )
January 16, 2020, 12:44 pm
Bennett vows Yamina will stick together after elections this time
Ben Gvir lashes Peretz for breaking their electoral pact to join national-religious alliance; Netanyahu ally: Bennett nearly fired as defense chief for refusing union
By Alexander Fulbright
From left to right: Naftali Bennett, Ayelet Shaked and Bezlale Smotrich at a campaign event in the West Bank settlement of Elkana on August 21, 2019. (Ben Dori/Flash90)
January 14, 2020, 12:55 pm
New Right, National Union agree on joint run, call for Jewish Home to join them
Parties say ‘the door remains open’ to Rafi Peretz’s faction, which fumes that the unity deal will lead to ‘the shattering of religious Zionism’
By Alexander Fulbright and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem on January 1, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2020, 9:53 pm
Polls indicate no drop in support for Netanyahu after immunity request
TV surveys have Likud slightly growing in strength following PM’s announcement he’ll ask Knesset for protection from graft charges; polls suggest continued deadlock after elections
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Science Minister Ofir Akunis (L) at the start the weekly cabinet meeting on December 22, 2019, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
December 22, 2019, 12:55 pm
Netanyahu on war crimes probe: ICC has become a ‘weapon’ against Israel
PM slams court’s ‘absurd’ decision to move toward probe of Israeli actions in territories, accuses it of ‘acting against the right of Jews to settle in the homeland of the Jews’
By Alexander Fulbright
An Israeli policeman on a hilltop overlooking the West Bank Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar on January 1, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 22, 2019, 10:50 am
FM: Razing of Bedouin hamlet delayed over fears it would be ‘last straw’ for ICC
Israel Katz acknowledges Netanyahu, who vowed to demolish Khan al-Ahmar, knew it could prompt probe against Israel; MK challenging PM as Likud leader says Israel ‘scared’ of court
By Alexander Fulbright
Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar speaks with media at the Givat HaMatos hill in Jerusalem on December 19, 2019. (Noam Rivkin Fenton/Flash90)
December 19, 2019, 7:18 pm
Jabbing at Netanyahu from right, challenger Sa’ar rips Jerusalem-area ‘freeze’
Ahead of leadership vote, would-be Likud leader calls for construction in Givat Hamatos to block Palestinian state; on West Bank settlement visit, PM vows Israel ‘won’t leave here’
By Jacob Magid and Alexander Fulbright
Blue and White head Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Flash90)
December 12, 2019, 10:10 pm
Blue and White opens 3-seat lead over Likud in first poll of new elections
But survey suggests 3rd round of voting in less than a year would fail to break political gridlock; majority say Netanyahu can’t remain PM in light of graft charges
By Alexander Fulbright
President Reuven Rivlin (L) and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz meet at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, November 16, 2019 (Mark Neiman/GPO)
November 16, 2019, 6:10 pm
PM tells Likud Gantz is going for ‘insane’ minority government backed by Arabs
Netanyahu warns of ’emergency,’ says such coalition would be ‘historically dangerous’; Gantz meets Rivlin, says he wants unity, adds that the ’emergency is hundreds of rockets’
By TOI staff and Alexander Fulbright
President Reuven Rivlin (R) and Blue and White party chief Benny Gantz at the state memorial ceremony for former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, November 10, 2019. (Heidi Levine/Pool/AFP)
November 15, 2019, 6:21 pm
Gantz to meet Rivlin Saturday, calls for breakup of right-wing negotiating bloc
Likud, New Right throw cold water on entreaty from Blue and White chief, who is struggling to form government before November 20 deadline
By Alexander Fulbright
Naftali Bennett (L) and Tzachi Hanegbi before a political debate at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, January 8, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 9, 2019, 6:10 pm
Likud MK admits Bennett appointment aims to prevent collapse of negotiating bloc
Tzachi Hanegbi acknowledges move designed to shore up Netanyahu-led alliance of right-wing parties as Gantz tries to assemble coalition
By Alexander Fulbright
President Reuven Rivlin at a memorial ceremony for the late president Shimon Peres at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on September 19, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 22, 2019, 1:57 pm
All eyes on thee: 5 things to know for September 22
The apolitical president becomes a central political player as parties head to Rivlin’s residence for talks on who can break the logjam and form a government
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders at the 72nd UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 19, 2017. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
September 18, 2019, 7:10 pm
Netanyahu to skip UN gathering, forgo Trump meet, to battle for new coalition
US president had planned to discuss mutual defense pact next week with PM on sidelines of General Assembly; Foreign Minister Katz will attend NY gathering on Israel’s behalf
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes at a polling station in Jerusalem on September 17, 2019. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool/Flash90)
September 18, 2019, 12:38 am
Likud looks to allies for support, vows to stick by Netanyahu after exit results
Party lawmakers unfazed by murky path to a coalition government, urge caution until final results come in; justice minister proposes reaching out to Labor-Gesher
By Raoul Wootliff and Alexander Fulbright
Yamina party leader Ayelet Shaked speaks during a press conference at its headquarters in Airport City on September 15, 2019.(Flash90)
September 15, 2019, 7:43 pm
Shaked: Netanyahu ‘irrationally loathes’ me, wants to keep my party small
Yamina head says she won’t let a grudge by the prime minister and those closest to him dent her political goals
By Alexander Fulbright
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