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(Photo by OREN BEN HAKOON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Controversial Bill banning chametz in hospitals over Pesach passes first reading

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 28: Far right Israeli lawmaker and 'Noam' Party leader Avi Maoz speaks to the press before a party meeting on November 28, 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel. An alliance led by the party of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won comfortably in the recent parliamentary election, the country's fifth in under four years. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

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Israel to give work visas to LGBTQ+ Palestinians facing discrimination

LGBTQ+ Palestinians can now be issued work visas in Israel for six months

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People participate at the annual Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, on June 10, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מצעד הגאווה תל אביב המונים גאווה הולכים צועדים צועד

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When Israeli prime ministers spend time at their Knesset office, it’s a sign their government is in trouble

Naftali Bennett has had to spend a lot of his first year as prime minister in that office, while his coalition has struggled to pass legislation

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When Israeli prime ministers spend time at their Knesset office, it’s a sign their government is in trouble

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Naftali Bennett is about to mark his first year as PM - will it be his last?

The precariousness of his position is not his fault - this was the only government he and Yair Lapid could cobble together in the current Knesset

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 8, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ישיבת ממשלה ראש הממשלה נפתלי בנט פגישה ראשונה קבינט שולחן שרים

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Is the next election just another nine weeks away or will Naftali Bennett last as PM until next March’s Budget?

After three days during which the government’s fall and a September poll looked certain, Rinawie Zoabi agreed to return to the coalition

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Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid attend a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on May 23, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ????? ???? ???? ?? ???? ????? ??? ?????? ????? ???

Israeli government coalition reduced to minority after left-wing MK resigns

The government can no longer pass laws or approve budgets without the support of opposition party members

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 12: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the Jerusalem Post's annual coference on October 12, 2021 in Jerusalem, Israel. The conference featured officials, diplomats and business leaders discussing the health, economic and security challenges facing Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

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Knesset votes 68-9 against establishment of Palestinian state

Knesset member banned from speaking because she was holding a baby

Charedi politician says he would 'donate clothes' to Noa Kirel

Controversial Bill banning chametz in hospitals over Pesach passes first reading

UK Labour groups condemn 'shocking' police violence at Tel Aviv protest

Chaos erupts in Knesset over judicial reforms amid nationwide protests

Outrage as far-right MK claims forms of ‘liberal religion’ are ‘darkness’

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