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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Says Iran Is Biggest Challenge After Claiming Israel Vote Win
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an election victory speech on Wednesday, said preventing a nuclear-armed Iran would be the primary challenge facing the new government he intends to form. “I am proud to be your prime minister, and I thank you for giving me the opportunity, for the third time, to lead the state…
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Fast Forward What Are Benjamin Netanyahu’s Coalition Options After Narrow Israel Election Win?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged from Israel’s election on Tuesday poised to form its next government, exit polls showed. Netanyahu, head of the right-wing Likud party already aligned in a single bloc with the ultranationalist Yisrael Beitenu group, has said he hopes to put together a broad majority in the 120-member Israeli parliament. The exit…
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Opinion What’s Yair Lapid’s Next Move?
What is Yair Lapid’s next move? The man who shocked Israel with a stunning showing in the elections could try to establish a “blocking coalition” by uniting parties that want to stop Benjamin Netanyahu from forming the next government. Labor would definitely be game for that, as would Meretz, Hadash, the Arab parties and probably…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Poised To Win as Israel Starts To Vote in Election
Israelis voted on Tuesday in an election that is expected to see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu win a third term in office, pushing the Jewish state further to the right, away from peace with the Palestinians and towards a showdown with Iran. However, Netanyahu’s own Likud party, running alongside the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu group, looks…
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Fast Forward Israel Set To Reelect Netanyahu, Shift to Right
Israelis look set to elect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a third term with a smaller majority on Tuesday, pushing the Jewish State even further to the right, away from peace with Palestinians and towards a showdown with Iran. Netanyahu has vowed to pursue the Jewish settlement of lands seized during the 1967 Middle East…
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News Obama Gives Iran Clues in Soaring Inaugural Speech
A fleeting reference in an inauguration speech otherwise focused on domestic policy offers a clue to President Obama’s preferred course of action when dealing with Iran in the next four years. “We will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully,” Obama said. “(It’s) not because we are naive about…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Fends Off Surge From Right Wing as Israel Election Looms
Israelis vote on Tuesday for the first time since revolutions convulsed their Arab neighbours, in an election expected to push the Jewish state even further to the right, away from peace with Palestinians and towards greater confrontation with Iran. After a lacklustre campaign, the election could be on course to give Israel the most hardline…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Runs as Israel’s Strong Man
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a simple message as he seeks a third term in office – he is a strong man and a vote for him at parliamentary elections on Jan. 22 means Israel will be a powerful nation. The Hebrew word for strong, “hazak”, peppers the television adverts of his right-wing Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu…
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