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As Israel Holds Election, Netanyahu Urges Supporters To Vote

3:21pm September 17, 2019

by Scott Neuman

In the second election in just five months, Israel's longest-serving prime minister is hoping to eke out a governing coalition. Once again, he faces a tough battle with a centrist rival.

People walk by election campaign billboards in Tel Aviv, Israel, showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (billboard on left) alongside the Blue and White alliance leaders (billboard on right, from left to right), Moshe Yaalon, Benny Gantz, Yair

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Netanyahu Fights To Hang On In Another Israeli Election. Here's What To Know

2:59pm September 16, 2019

Tuesday is the second time Israelis go to the polls in less than six months. The results may be just as inconclusive.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces his pledge Tuesday to annex the Jordan Valley in the West Bank if he wins reelection in next week's vote.

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Benjamin Netanyahu Vows To Annex Part Of West Bank If He Wins Reelection

2:51pm September 11, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

The Israeli prime minister made the controversial pledge just a week before the country's general election. It would leave a future Palestinian state surrounded by Israeli territory.

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks to the media in Jerusalem Sunday.

Bolton Defends Trump's Canceled Iran Strike: Don't Mistake Prudence For Weakness

11:16am June 23, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

In Jerusalem, where he's meeting with Israeli and Russian security officials, the national security advisor says the U.S. military is "ready to go" as he warns Iran against seeking a nuclear weapon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he addresses supporters at his Likud Party headquarters in Tel Aviv on election night early on Wednesday.

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Analysis: Does Netanyahu's Win Maintain Status Quo Or Push Israel Further Right?

2:40pm April 12, 2019

by Larry Kaplow

The Israeli prime minister's fourth consecutive term — fifth total — comes as he flirts with lightning-rod issues and hard-right and religious factions.

Election campaign billboards in Tel Aviv showing Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu (left), alongside the Blue and White alliance leaders Moshe Yaalon and Benny Gantz.

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Israel Votes On Netanyahu's Political Future

8:59pm April 09, 2019

Israel is voting in an election that is largely seen as a referendum on its longtime right-wing leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.

An election campaign billboard in Tel Aviv shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his close ally President Trump. Seeking re-election under a cloud of criminal investigations, analysts say Netanyahu has been channeling a Trump-style approach

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Netanyahu's Tough Election Campaign Approach Appears To Channel Trump

12:47pm April 01, 2019

by Daniel Estrin

The Israeli leader and his Likud party are waging a mudslinging campaign on social media, taking a page from the prime minister's close ally President Trump in style and substance.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday.

President Trump Backs Israeli Sovereignty Claim Over Golan Heights

7:30pm March 21, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

In a tweeted announcement, the Commander in Chief appeared to overturn decades of U.S. policy just ahead of Israeli elections

Relatives of Aisha Rabi, 48, mourn at the family home during her funeral in the West Bank village of Bidya in October 2018.

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Israel Arrests 5 Teenage Suspects In Fatal Stoning Of Palestinian Woman

2:30pm January 07, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

The arrests in the fatal attack on a Palestinian woman last year has highlighted a rift between Israel's security establishment and hawks in the settler community.

Hundreds of red shoes filled Tel Aviv's Habima Square on Tuesday, part of a nationwide protest to push the government to address violence against women.

Demonstrators Across Israel Protest Violence Against Women

7:15pm December 04, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The protesters honored women killed in 2018, and called for the government to take action. They used empty shoes and posed as victims in graphic displays.