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Israel election deadlocked as Netanyahu and rival remain neck-and-neck
The results of the Israeli elections are still unclear, two days after voters went to the polls and with 95 per cent of votes counted. Israelis are coming to grips with an uncertain political future two days after an election that left the country’s two main political parties deadlocked and with no clear path to a…
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Who is Benny Gantz? The former military chief could be Israel’s leader
Washington: With a parliamentary election producing a deadlock this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing the prospect of an electoral defeat for the first time in more than a decade. In an effort to preserve his power, he has called for a unity government with his opponent, Benny Gantz, leader of the Blue and…
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Cornish tin found in Israel unearths hard evidence of earliest trade links
Tin ingots found in Israel that are more than 3000 years old are of Cornish origin and probably reached the Middle East by way of Greece, experts say. Archaeologists said that their chemical analysis provided the first hard evidence for trading of the metal, which is used in making bronze, between the west of Britain…
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Netanyahu vows to form new government that excludes Arab parties
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in a battle for political survival after exit polls following Tuesday’s election showed the race too close to call and the Israeli leader’s decade-long grip on power slipping. Netanyahu’s main election challenger, centrist Benny Gantz, said on Wednesday it appeared from the exit polls the country’s longest-serving leader was defeated…
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Netanyahu fights for record fifth term in do-over election
Jerusalem | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a battle for political survival in a closely fought election on Tuesday that could end his 10-year domination of national politics. Opinion polls put former armed forces chief Benny Gantz’s centrist Blue and White party neck-and-neck with Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud, and suggest the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party could emerge as…
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s career on the line as Israel votes
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s career is on the line as Israel holds its second national election this year, with voters deciding whether to give him another term in office despite a likely indictment on corruption charges. The longest serving leader in Israeli history is seeking a fourth consecutive term in office and fifth overall. But…
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‘Not now, not ever’: Demands to shut down Melbourne neo-Nazi concert
Like any rapidly expanding exurb, this town of 103,000 residents about one-and-a-half hours south of Manhattan along the Jersey Shore has received its influx of outsiders with trepidation about the changing nature of their home turf. One thing that makes Lakewood different is that nearly half the town’s population boom over the past three decades…
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Israel election: counting begins, exit polls show no clear winner
Early counting shows no clear winner in Israel’s historic re-run election, triggered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to form a coalition government earlier this year. Exit polls showed Mr Netanyahu neck-and-neck with his main challengers, the centrist Blue and White coalition, after being accused of running the nastiest campaign in Israel’s history. Listen to…
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They were once the face of the anti-Trump resistance, but now 3 original Women’s March co-chairs are out after accusations of anti-Semitism
The Women’s March cut ties with three of its inaugural board members who had drawn accusations of anti-Semitism and mismanaging finances. The Washington Post first reported that co-chairs Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory, and Bob Bland stepped down from the organisation’s board last month and that it had recently reorganized its leadership. The Women’s March has been…
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Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu cancels UN trip after election setback
Jerusalem: An official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader will not be attending this year’s United Nations General Assembly in New York, an event he ordinarily uses to advance Israeli interests on the world stage. The trip’s cancellation comes after Israel’s national elections, in which Netanyahu failed to secure an outright victory in…