In parallel, the US president has also been encouraging Arabs to step up their attempts towards normalization with Israel of coalition against Iran... In February, US-organized summit Warsaw, Poland, brought together Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and representatives from..…
Netanyahu finished neck and neck with his main opponent, former chief of staff Benny Gantz, and has number of political parties, many on the far right, willing to align with him to form coalition and assume leadership of the government... President Trump, congratulated Netanyahu, using..…
Any plan that involves Israeli concessions to get buy-in from Arab countries is almost going to be opposed by Netanyahu's right-wing coalition partners with the power to bring down the government. Zionist Union of Right Wing Parties in particular will be obstacle, and they have..…
The novice is expected to reach out to left-wing parties, including Labor and Meretz, while Netanyahu will partner with New Right and Union of Right-Wing Parties. President Reuven Rivlin will invite Netanyahu or Gantz to form government, looking at Tuesday's tally and at the..…
Despite exit polls showing that Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party and Benny Gantz's Blue and White coalition were neck-and-neck and it might be while before winner emerged, Netanyahu was pulling ahead to another term as prime minister, s. ..…
With about 97 percent of the votes cast Tuesday's elections counted, Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party and Gantz's Blue and White alliance have each won 35 of Knesset's 120 seats.. ..…
With final results of Tuesday's elections still being counted, and the fate of New Right party, still hanging in the balance, speculation was in full swing Wednesday night regarding the composition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition and its possible key ministers.. ..…
Yedioth's Ben Dror Yemini said that Netanyahu's coalition will grant power to smaller parties with fringe ideologies, and called for Gantz and Netanyahu to form unity government.. Without broad governing coalition, Israel's landscape will be dominated by ultra-Orthodox..…
Netanyahu’s Likud party and Mr. Gantz’s Blue and White alliance were running neck and neck, but a count of the broader blocs supporting each party gave Likud a clear advantage in being able to form a governing coalition. . . • Regardless of the final result, the election..…
“It now looks very likely that Benjamin Netanyahu will continue to lead Israel’s governing coalition. ..…
Despite being slated to receive just five seats in Knesset, Union of Right-Wing Parties Rafi Peretz said Wednesday that he would demand two ministerial posts coalition negotiations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party.. ... According to Monday, Smotrich, the co-leader of..…
Trump- Netanyahu alliance has alienated the majority of American Jews who are not supportive of Trump or Netanyahu administration, said Jill Jacobs, director of T'ruah The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights.. ... Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of Union for Reform Judaism,..…
Despite that, Netanyahu gained four seats compared to his outgoing coalition government, according to a spreadsheet published by the Central Elections Committee of parties that garnered enough votes to enter the next parliament. . ... If it includes Israeli concessions to the Palestinians,..…
Ahead of the election, Blue and White in the lead, and Netanyahu, looked more likely to form coalition. But his decision to forge alliance with extremist party inspired by American-born, Meir Kahane, raised alarm among even some Netanyahu allies.. ..…
Trump was asked about Mueller by reporters as he was leaving an event at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. . . During the course of the nearly two-year Mueller probe, Trump repeatedly attacked the special counsel and his team of lawyers as conducting a 'witch..…
His showing in the election proved that Netanyahu is not invincible and can be challenged, analysts said. . . . However, the Blue and White coalition, formed on an ad-hoc basis with many egos and little ideological cohesiveness, will struggle to stay unified. ..…
It would be Netanyahu’s record fifth term as premier. . Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, and his wife Revital cast their ballots as Israelis began voting in a parliamentary election, at a polling station in Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel on April 9, 2019. ... Despite that, Netanyahu..…
JERUSALEM - Ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties did well Israel's election and will bring hefty demands for more government payouts to coalition talks, making it harder for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rein in budget deficit... ..…
Despite that, Netanyahu gained four seats compared to his outgoing coalition government, according to a spreadsheet published by the Central Elections Committee of parties that garnered enough votes to enter the next parliament. . ... Unless he reverses on campaign pledges to shun..…
But Netanyahu was likely to be given the first chance to form coalition government. . ... Netanyahu was expected to try to form in Knesset and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties. ..…
Overnight, with fewer of the votes counted, Blue and White still appeared to be ahead by one seat and Gantz projected optimism that he would be tasked with building coalition. Palestinian issue was mentioned in the campaign, Netanyahu had in the final stretch pledged for the time to..…
Likud party, led by Netanyahu, and Blue and White alliance, led by former Israeli Defense Forces Benny Gantz, who threatens to end Netanyahu's decade-long tenure, are considered the main rivals in the polls to elect members of Knesset .. ..…
ing amid allies on the right, such Yisrael Beytenu and Kulanu — Netanyahu will have the necessary seats to form coalition government.. Despite facing the prospect of indictment later this year, Netanyahu has yet again outmaneuvered his opponents to cement his fourth..…
Netanyahu said he had already begun talks with prospective coalition allies. . ... If it includes Israeli concessions to the Palestinians, Netanyahu’s probable far-right coalition allies will likely object. . ..…
At the time, the vote of Arab Ram-Balad party is also hovering around the threshold level, and it could stymie Netanyahu's chance of forming coalition. While Channel 12 had called closer race, with Knesset split and Netanyahu four seats behind Gantz, that channel later adjusted..…
JERUSALEM — Both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Benny Gantz claimed Israel's on Tuesday, with several exit polls giving the veteran right-wing leader in forming coalition government.. ... Channel 13 forecast Netanyahu could piece together bloc controlling 66 seats..…
Nonetheless, Netanyahu is expected to be able to form stable governing coalition as his party and its nationalist and ultra-Orthodox allies appear likely to win 65 of Israeli parliament's 120 seats.. ..…
But If a single party withdraws from his coalition at any point, he will have to go back to the polls. Netanyahu, who faces four major corruption charges, is a target for every rival who covets his seat. ..…
By the leaking of recording of off, The assassination has been aided-guard Gantz saying that, if he could have done so, Netanyahu would have had him killed.. Netanayhu's team also exploited, leaked, that Gantz's mobile phone was hacked by Iran.. ..…