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Netanyahu will try to reform Israel’s out of control Supreme Court

HAARETZ Netanyahu Commits to Top Court Override Clause in Next Government Michael Hauser Tov November 9, 2022 Officials from Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party said on Wednesday that the coalition agreement with the heads of the right-wing parties that are likely … Continue reading

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“With all the ballots tallied following Israel’s national election on Tuesday, Netanyahu will control not just the largest party in the Knesset, but is poised to return to power leading a 64-strong majority bloc of his religious and right-wing allies in the 120-member Knesset”

JERUSALEM POST Israel voted for Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir. Let them govern Editorial Board November 3, 2022 Israel went to the polls on Tuesday and in rather uncharacteristic fashion rendered a clear decision: Benjamin Netanyahu. No hung jury this time, no tie, … Continue reading

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“Heads of merged Yamina and Derech Eretz say they will shoot for a unity government that includes both Netanyahu-led Likud and center-left, but not Arabs”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Beleaguered right-wing leaders Shaked and Hendel unite as Zionist Spirit party Carrie Keller-Lynn July 27, 2022 Vowing to reach across the aisle but not cooperate with Arab parties, Ayelet Shaked relaunched the right-wing Yamina party Wednesday, joining … Continue reading

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“Netanyahu, who led Israel for much of the past 20 years, seems to be betting on breaking the political stalemate by galvanizing his right-wing base”

WASHINGTON POST Netanyahu prepares for a comeback in Israel’s next elections Shira Rubin June 21, 2022 The announcement of the Israeli governing coalition’s collapse and the preparations for a fifth election in less than four years was met with exasperation … Continue reading

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“Attorney general who brought the charges against Netanyahu, Avichai Mandelblit, is due to leave office at month’s end, and both prosecution and defense see benefit in concluding the negotiations beforehand”

FDD Possible Netanyahu Plea Deal Could Shake Up Israeli Politics by Shany Mor January 25, 2022 Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is mulling a plea deal that would spare him prison time but likely bar him from politics for … Continue reading

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#Trump #Netanyahu “Leaders shouldn’t be blindly supported nor opposed. But their deeds matter, not their word”s

MELANIE PHILLIPS BLOG Trump and Netanyahu: allies no longer? December 17, 2021 For both fans and foes of America’s former President Donald Trump and Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the two leaders have appeared to share certain features. Foes … Continue reading

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To get a sense of just how bad Russia’s sudden about face is for Israel, it’s important to remember what jolted Netanyahu into action six years ago

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) How Putin Understands the Lapid-Bennett Government by Caroline Glick July 31, 2021 Thursday it was reported that the IDF is planning to change its tactics in Syria and will base its operations against Iranian … Continue reading

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“In ongoing fracas around Yair Lapid’s speech on antisemitism’s place in the family of hatreds comes an unstated reckoning between Zionist expectations and a bitter reality”

TIMES OF ISRAEL A hatred that dwells alone? Antisemitism debate cuts to heart of Zionist vision by Haviv Rettig Gur July 26, 2021 On July 14, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid suggested in a speech that antisemitism was not as special … Continue reading

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“The new Israeli government — which combines parties from the right to the far-left and includes an Arab political party in the coalition — has received positive gestures from across the Middle East”

THE HILL Israel Is Making New Friends, with Netanyahu Out of Office by Seth J. Frantzman July 26, 2021 Nineteen years after Israel’s observer status at the African Union was ended during the Second Intifada, Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid … Continue reading

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“Naftali Bennett is the first kippah-clad prime minister in Israel’s history but he got there by betraying principle for position, which is why he is the most hated politician in Israel among his spurned former allies in the religious bloc”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Bennett and the Religious Zionist elite by Caroline Glick July 2, 2021 The biggest media story of the week in Israel was the fall of the town of Evyatar in Samaria. Evyatar is located … Continue reading

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