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Naftali Bennett, right, sitting alongside Yair Lapid, centre, and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 26. Photo: Yoav Dudkevitch
June 30, 2022, 10:44 am
Lapid set to take over, election date firms
Once the bill passes, outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will hand over to Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who will serve as interim Prime Minister
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid hold a joint press conference at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 20, 2022. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90
June 21, 2022, 9:04 am
Bennett confirms coalition over
PM says ‘no stone was left unturned’ to keep government going, cites failure to pass settler law that would have led to ‘chaos’; Lapid: Bennett is putting Israel first
By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, to Knesset lawmakers on March 20. Photo: YouTube screenshot
March 24, 2022, 11:12 am
Zelensky begs Israel to prevent ‘final solution’
By AJN STAFF
An autonomous taxi powered by Mobileye driving tech with Moovit's ride-hailing app on the streets of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, September 2021. (Mobileye/Intel)
March 21, 2022, 4:02 pm
Israeli law green-lights driverless cars
Move will allow Mobileye to advance plans for self-driving shared transportation in Tel Aviv this year
By Ricky Ben-David
Itamar Ben Gvir. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
April 22, 2021, 1:45 pm
There is a monster in the Knesset
'No realpolitik interpretation of the dirty game that is politics will ever justify Ben Gvir's inclusion in any Israeli coalition'.
By Josh Feldman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz at a memorial ceremony marking 24 years since the assassination of former israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, in the Israeli parliament on November 10, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
From the WebDecember 22, 2020, 2:31 pm
Israel on verge of fourth elections in two years
Barring an unexpected last-minute deal, Israel’s government will likely dissolve this week after a bill to delay a crucial budget deadline was scrapped late Monday night.
Yaakov Litzman at a press conference about the coronavirus at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem, on March 4, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 26, 2020, 5:52 am
‘May justice prevail’: Litzman departs Health Ministry
With Yaakov Litzman announcing he will step down as health minister, it's hoped a significant barrier for Malka Leifer’s extradition to Australia has now been removed.
By AJN STAFF
From the WebApril 16, 2020, 7:29 pm
Knesset given 21 days to pick PM, or go to new election
President Reuven Rivlin informed Benny Gantz that his mandate to form a government had ended, after the Blue and White party leader failed to present a government to the parliament
From the WebMarch 25, 2020, 10:18 pm
Yuli Edelstein resigns to avoid calling vote on new speaker
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein announced he was resigning rather than calling a parliament vote on his own replacement, as required earlier this week by the High Court of Justice.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in celebratory mood after the first exit poll results were released on Monday evening. Photo: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
March 5, 2020, 1:23 pm
A bundle of post-poll questions now facing Israel
'We are in uncharted waters here, and Israel’s High Court may be called upon to hand down a ruling. It could set a new government on a collision course with the judiciary'.
By Peter Kohn
Benjamin Netanyahu kisses his wife Sara as exit polls predict a Likud victory. Photo: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
March 5, 2020, 9:40 am
Can Bibi translate victory into government?
'It appears that Prime Minister Netanyahu's Likud party will be the largest in the new Knesset and that he is the likeliest party leader to be asked to form a new government'.
By Gareth Narunsky
From left: Bedouin representative Jalila Tallal, Elazar Stern MK, Bnei Shimon Regional Council Mayor Nir Zamir, Triguboff Institute CEO Shalom Norman.
February 24, 2020, 10:30 am
MK backs unity government
Commenting on the political mood in Israel ahead of the March 2 election, Blue and White MK Elazar Stern said Israelis are 'fed up with elections'.
By Gareth Narunsky
Tamar Zandberg speaking in Sydney. Photo: Giselle Haber
December 5, 2019, 11:55 am
Zandberg on Israel’s political future
Israeli MK Tamar Zandberg has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stand down while awaiting the outcome of criminal proceedings.
By Rebecca Davis
Rafi Eitan speaks in the Knesset plenum in 2008. (Michal Fattal/Flash90)
March 25, 2019, 9:23 am
Legendary Mossad agent Rafi Eitan dead at 92
Rafi Eitan, the Israeli spy who led the team that captured Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and later was the handler of American spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard, has died.
The terrorist who masterminded the Sbarro bombing lives feely in Jordan and enjoys celebrity status.
July 5, 2018, 12:00 am
Israel, Australia tackle terror funding
Israel has passed a new law to hit the Palestinian Authority in the pocket as long as it insists on paying terrorists.
By Nathan Jeffay
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