Israeli Members of the Knesset today voted Isaac Herzog as the new president as Reuven Rivlin’s term has come to an end. According to the Knesset website, Herzog becomes Israel’s 11th president following a secret […]
Israel’s president on Wednesday signaled he would move quickly to task a new candidate with forming a government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to do so ahead of a midnight deadline. President Reuven Rivlin […]
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin today tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a government after the country’s fourth election in two years. Highlighting the ongoing division in the political circles in Israel, Rivlin said no […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff After three general elections and an unprecedented deadlock, all within the course of one year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz signed a government coalition agreement on […]
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday tasked Israeli parliament with forming a government after its centrist speaker Benny Gantz failed to reach a unity deal with right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Gantz had run on […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Benny Gantz asked on Saturday for additional time to try to form a government, to end more than a year of political deadlock, reports Reuters. However, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin […]
Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) leader Benny Gantz is “inclined to form a unity government with Benjamin Netanyahu serving as a prime minister first in a rotation”, reported Haaretz. The Israeli newspaper cited “political sources”, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Less than a week before Israelis return to the polls, right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed his pledge to annex large parts of the occupied Palestinian territories into Israel, […]
Israel will hold the third general election in less than 12 months, after the two largest parties failed to make a deal before a Wednesday deadline, prolonging months of political stalemate. Israel will hold unprecedented third […]
After months of political turmoil, Israel and its embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday looked to be heading for a third election in a 12-month period unless they can resolve a stalemate before midnight. ?? Israel heading for […]
Israel’s Blue and White party has stopped its campaign to gather sufficient signatures from Knesset members to enable its leader, Benny Gantz, to form a government, Israel Radio reported. The station said the party has left the […]
A Jordanian prince secretly met with Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin in London, Israeli media reported on Wednesday, just days after King Abdullah confirmed relations between the two were at “an all-time low.” Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed, a senior […]
The Blue and White party has opened up a significant lead over Likud, according to a new poll published today, right-wing news outlet Arutz Sheva reported. According to the poll, commissioned by Channel 12, the Benny Gantz-led list […]
Israel moved closer towards holding a third election in less than a year on Wednesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main challenger failed to form a government. Benny Gantz’s announcement that he would not meet […]
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has asked the head of the Blue and White Party, Benny Gantz, not to form a government backed by the Arab-majority parties, Kan reported yesterday. According to the Israeli broadcaster, Rivlin extended […]
Israel‘s prime minister and his main rival have opened a new round of unity talks in the latest effort to avoid an unprecedented third parliamentary election in less than a year. Sunday’s meeting was their […]
Former military chief Benny Gantz received an official mandate on Wednesday to try to form Israel’s next government, but with no easy path to ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long hold on power, Reuters reports. After inconclusive […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has informed the country’s president that he is unable to form a government, following nearly a month of political wrangling to save his position as premier. President Reuven Rivlin is now […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a plan for establishing a national unity government yesterday, which was quickly rejected by Blue and White chair Benny Gantz. According to Haaretz, the outline is “based on the guidelines […]
Israeli members of parliament were sworn in on Thursday, despite deadlock in the country with two political heavyweights vying for the premiership. The Knesset could be dissolved soon as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Benny Gantz’s […]
By Jonathan Cook It would be a grave mistake to assume that the continuing political deadlock in Israel – with neither incumbent prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival Benny Gantz seemingly able to […]
Talks to form a national unity government in Israel hit a further snag on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s centrist election rival called off a meeting with the embattled leader reports Reuters. Netanyahu said on Sunday he […]
Israel’s president tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday with assembling a new government after power-sharing talks with his strongest rival, Benny Gantz, failed following an inconclusive election, Reuters reports. Netanyahu, head of the right-wing Likud party, […]
Benny Gantz, the leader of Blue and White party, has rejected an offer by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to join forces in a governing coalition under the incumbent. Gantz, Netanyahu’s main opponent in Israel’s general election, told […]
In an unprecedented move, Israel’s Knesset has voted to dissolve itself, sending the country to the polls for the second time in a year. Exactly 50 days after Israel held a general election on April 9, and […]
Israel‘s political elite is racing against time to form a new government through high-stakes backchannel negotiations before a midnight deadline. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s right-wing coalition has to secure the support of Avigdor Lieberman’s nationalist Yisrael […]
Israel moved towards a new election on Monday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to form a government following a national ballot just last month remained deadlocked, reports Reuters. In a preliminary vote, parliament decided to dissolve […]
Five right-wing parties in the Knesset decided to form a minority government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to local news reports Friday, Anadolu reports. Representatives from the parties gathered to discuss the formation of a coalition […]
Israel’s president on Wednesday nominated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to head the next government after he won the backing of a majority of members of parliament following an April 9 election, Reuters reports. In office for the […]
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has pledged that the Gaza Strip will not be rebuilt so long as Hamas governs the besieged enclave, Shehab.ps reported yesterday. The Times of Israel reported Rivlin saying at a ceremony […]
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