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Netanyahu election lead shrinks, raising prospect of another Israel vote
Israel appeared headed into another political stalemate yesterday after nearly-complete results indicated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had failed to secure a clear majority for a right-wing bloc in parliament, despite his claim of victory. With 99% of votes counted, Netanyahu’s
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Netanyahu ahead in Israeli election, but lacks governing majority
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led today in a cliffhanger election in Israel, but was still short of a governing majority in a third national ballot in less than a year, exit polls showed. On the basis of initial
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Israel to have another election, Netanyahu’s career on the line
Israel headed towards a third national election in less than a year with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing the fight of his life for political survival after a criminal indictment. A midnight deadline yesterday, the last of a series to
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Netanyahu’s Likud Party to hold leadership vote
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party will hold a leadership vote, a Likud challenger said yesterday, as pressure mounted on the veteran leader to step aside after his indictment on corruption charges. Israeli media reported the Likud primary
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Embattled Netanyahu charged for corruption, won’t quit as PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that he would not resign despite being charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in a corruption scandal that he denounced as an “attempted coup”. The charges announced by Attorney General Avichai
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Netanyahu’s nemesis, Gantz, fails to form gov’t
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s challenger, Benny Gantz, announced yesterday he had failed to form a government by yesterday night deadline, increasing prospects for third nationwide election in Israel in less than a year. Xinhua news agency reported Gantz
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Netanyahu fails to form govt, Gantz set to take up the task
JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu gave up his effort to form a new government yesterday after failing to secure a majority coalition, creating an opportunity for centrist rival Benny Gantz to replace Israel’s longest serving prime minister. Netanyahu, who heads the right-wing
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Arab citizens of Israel undergo quiet revolution
I just drove by Wadi Ara and saw the long lines of Arab voters by the polling stations,” said Absorption Minister Yoav Galant (Likud) on Israel Radio on Election Day. His words were ridiculed online by many, who felt they
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Gantz’s team call off unity govt talks with Netanyahu
JERUSALEM: The party of Israel’s ex-military chief Benny Gantz yesterday pulled out of planned talks on forming a unity government with main rival Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following deadlocked elections. Representatives of the centrist Blue and White alliance were set
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Netanyahu tasked by Israel’s president to form new government
JERUSALEM: Israel’s president tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday with assembling a new government after power-sharing talks with his strongest rival, Benny Gantz, failed following an inconclusive election. But right-wing Likud party chief Netanyahu, facing a looming indictment on corruption
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