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Who are Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich and why are they so controversial?

We take a look at the far-right duo who could soon shape Israeli politics

By Georgia L Gilholy

3 min read

(L to R) Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli far-right lawmaker and leader of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish power) party, and Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli far-right lawmaker and leader of the Religious Zionist Party, attend a rally with supporters in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on October 26, 2022. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Israeli election: Likud secures 65 seats with 85 per cent of votes counted

By Ben Bloch

3 min read

Israelis protest against head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on October 29, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ????? ???????? ???? ????? ?? ???? ?????? ???? ???? ??? ??? ?????? ??????

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Final polls ahead of Israeli elections show Netanyahu one seat short of majority

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Campaign posters in Tel Aviv, prior to the upcoming Israeli general elections, October 26, 2022. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ?????? ????? ??? ?? ????

By Anshel Pfeffer

If the  far right get in, Netanyahu will get them out

4 min read

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The three key factors that will determine the Israeli election

By Calev Ben-Dor

4 min read

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If I win the election, I'll annex West Bank settlements, says Netanyahu

By Felix Pope

1 min read

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Top PA judge issues fatwa on Zara after Israeli boss hosts far-right Israeli leader

By Georgia L Gilholy

2 min read

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Zelensky slams Israeli 'neutrality', warns of heightened Iranian nuclear threat from Russian cooperation

Israel's refusal to send Ukraine military aid is likely related to its arrangement with Russia in Syria

By Georgia L Gilholy

3 min read

October 25, 2022 13:34

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on March 3, 2022. - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West on March 3, 2022, to increase military aid to Ukraine, saying Russia would advance on the rest of Europe otherwise. "If you do not have the power to close the skies, then give me planes!" Zelensky said at a press conference. "If we are no more then, God forbid, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia will be next," he said, adding: "Believe me." (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Netanyahu says he will consider supplying military aid to Ukraine if he returns to power

Opposition leader also expects to be asked to mediate in talks between Russia and Ukraine

By JC Reporter

1 min read

October 23, 2022 13:07

Netanyahu says he will consider supplying military aid to Ukraine if he returns to power

By Anshel Pfeffer

Netanyahu debates how close to work with religious far-right

Former PM mulls how much influence in his coalition to give to controversial MKs

4 min read

October 20, 2022 11:52

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on March 16, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Netanyahu: I support the people of Iran who are standing up to real terror

Bibi’s Likud currently holds 29 seats in the Knesset and is still Israel’s largest single party ahead of the November election

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

October 17, 2022 13:50

Leader of the Opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** יו"ר הליכוד מצודת זאב מסיבת עיתונאים בנימין נתניהו מדבר

By Anshel Pfeffer

Lebanon agreement talks take shine off politicos’ holidays

Timing of election should have afforded them a lengthy break but they got called in to study the new gas-field treaty

4 min read

October 13, 2022 11:56

Israeli sightseers climb the rock cliff as navy vessels patrol the Mediterranean waters off the coast of Rosh Hanikra, an area at the border between Israel and Lebanon (Ras al-Naqura), as indirect talks on maritime borders between the two countries, still technically at war, resume under UN and US auspices, on May 4, 2021. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel-Lebanon offshore gas field deal hailed as ‘step towards peace’

The agreement, brokered during weeks of intense negotiation with French and US help, ends a ten-year dispute and will allow Israel to begin pumping gas within days

By David Rose

1 min read

October 13, 2022 10:43

Prime Minister Yair Lapid leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on July 24, 2022. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL ***POOL PICTURE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES, PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER AS WRITTEN - MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/POOL*** *** Local Caption *** ישיבת ממשלה ראש הממשלה יעיר לפיד פגישה קבינט

Israel and Lebanon reach 'historic' agreement to settle decades-old maritime dispute

After intensive late talks to resolve last-minute Lebanese demands, the agreement is set to be presented to cabinet and government for approval

By Ben Bloch

3 min read

October 11, 2022 11:20

Israel and Lebanon reach 'historic' agreement to settle decades-old maritime dispute

A Bibi plea bargain may end the political deadlock

Go-betweens have been testing the waters for a potential way to bring an end to the former PM's trial and allow a broader coalition that both Likud and at least one of the centrist parties can be part of

By Anshel Pfeffer

5 min read

October 6, 2022 11:14