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Fast Forward Israel Coalition Scrapes By First Knesset Test
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emerging government scraped by its first parliamentary test on Wednesday, paving the way for the new cabinet to be sworn in after two months of difficult coalition building. By a narrow 61-59 vote, parliament ratified a legislative amendment allowing Netanyahu to increase the number of ministers he can appoint to…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu Still Feud — With Little Hope for Improvement
Obama administration officials have long contended that the friction between the U.S. president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not personal and that American support for Israel remains as robust as ever — and arguably even more robust by some metrics. But a year of tense and angry exchanges between President Barack Obama and…
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Fast Forward Israeli Cabinet Approves Proposal To Expand Government — and Save Netanyahu’s Coalition
Israel’s Cabinet approved a proposal to expand the number of government ministers to more than the current 18. The decision was made by the outgoing Cabinet of the 33rd government of Israel and overturns a law passed during its term limiting the number of Cabinet ministers and deputy ministers. Netanyahu reportedly plans to appoint 20…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu’s 1-Seat Coalition Could Be Doomed From Start
Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to find much comfort at home or abroad in his fourth term as prime minister after taking six weeks to form a coalition that will hold a parliamentary majority of just a single seat. Long at odds with Western allies over his views on the Palestinians and Iran, Netanyahu could be…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Denounce Israel ‘Cabinet of War’
A senior Palestinian official called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition government “one of war.” The government “will be one of war which will be against peace and stability in our region,” lead Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told the French news agency AFP on Thursday. “This new right-wing, extremist government is not a partner…
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Opinion Bibi’s Nightmare: Unruly Coalition Might Fall — or Worse, Survive
Right now, after finishing seven weeks of infuriating, hairpin coalition negotiations, Benjamin Netanyahu must be wondering what would be a worse fate for the impossibly shaky and extremist government he’s assembled: that it collapses the moment some disgruntled back-bencher decides to walk out — or that it survives and leads Israel into as-yet unimagined recesses…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Clinches Israel Coalition Deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clinched a deal to form a new government on Wednesday just before a deadline expired, but his coalition will rule by the slimmest of majorities in Israel’s turbulent parliament. “Israel now has a government,” Naftali Bennett, the head of the far-right Jewish Home party announced at parliament after hours of haggling…
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Fast Forward 5 Reasons Benjamin Netanyahu Is Struggling To Build a Coalition
On March 17, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a landslide. His 30 Knesset seats were the largest tally for a single party in 13 years, and six more than his nearest opponent. (JTA) And his path to a coalition was clear: partner with the haredim, reconnect with three right-wing or center-right parties — all…
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