Noa Shpigel
By Noa Shpigel
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Fast Forward Bennett, Lapid agree on dissolving Knesset; Israel heads for fifth election in three years
If the vote passes, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will become prime minister until elections are held in the fall. Sources close to Bennett say he is weighing retiring from politics altogether
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Fast Forward Vote to bring down Bennett government is foiled, for now
The Islamist Ra'am party announced it would return to the fold and give coalition another chance
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Fast Forward At least 45 crushed to death in stampede at overcrowded Lag Ba’omer event in Israel
At least 45 Haredi Jews were killed in northern Israel early Friday morning, the authorities said, when a stampede erupted during Lag B’Omer festivities on Mount Meron that drew some 100,000 people despite warnings that it could become a COVID-19 super-spreader event. At least 150 were injured, many of them seriously, with at least six…
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The Schmooze Israeli City Bans Nicki Minaj’s ‘Anaconda’
Israel’s northernmost coastal city, Nahariya, has issued a directive banning 14 songs from being played at a major city-sponsored summer youth event, including “‘Anaconda” by Trinidadian-born U.S. rapper Nicki Minaj and “Wiggle”’ by Jason Derulo featuring Snoop Dogg. The Mediterranean city, situated some ten kilometers from the Lebanese border and home to just over 50,000…
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