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Netanyahu, Gantz in unity talks; may rotate as Israel PM
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz launched negotiations yesterday over a proposed Israeli unity government and a key politician said the focus was on who would lead it first under a rotation deal. After failing to
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Israel’s Arab party support Gantz for premiership
JERUSALEM: Israel’s Arab-dominated Joint List party moved yesterday to back the centre-left bloc of Benny Gantz, who is challenging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing alliance, to form a new government. With final results all but in, neither Gantz nor Netanyahu
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Gantz rejects Netanyahu’s olive branch
JERUSALEM: Israel’s weakened prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw his offer yesterday of a coalition with his strongest political rival swiftly rebuffed after failing to secure a governing majority in a tight election. Netanyahu’s surprise move was an abrupt change of
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Netanyahu to Gantz: Let’s form a unity govt
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged his main rival, former general Benny Gantz, to join him in a broad, governing coalition after Israel’s election ended with no clear winner. A spokeswoman for Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue and White
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