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Knesset clears way for Bibi’s rule

The Israeli parliament has passed legislation approving a new coalition government framework with Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz sharing power.

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Germany to pay for ban: Iran

Iran has slammed Germany’s ban on the activities of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement on its soil.

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Iranians wearing protective gear amid the COVID-19 pandemic, queue to pay at a shop outside of the Grand Bazaar market in the capital Tehran, on April 18, 2020. - Iran allowed some shuttered Tehran businesses to reopen on April 18, despite the Middle East's deadliest coronavirus outbreak, as many faced a bitter choice between risking infection and economic ruin. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Israel and Iran begin wind back lockdown

Iran has allowed some businesses in the capital and nearby towns to re-open. Israel also announced an easing of its lockdown.

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(FILES) A file photo taken on February 17, 2020 shows an election banner for the Israeli Blue and White political alliance (Kahol Lavan) with the face of (L to R) its leader retired army general Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hanging in Ramat Gan. - Israel's ex-military chief Benny Gantz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival, submitted himself on March 26 as a candidate for speaker of parliament, a move that could lead to an emergency alliance between the two. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Knesset gets job to elect new PM

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday asked the Knesset to choose a new prime minister.

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(FILES) A file photo taken on March 07, 2020 shows the leader of Israel's Blue and White electoral alliance Benny Gantz delivering a statement in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan. - Israel's ex-military chief Benny Gantz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival, submitted himself on March 26 as a candidate for speaker of parliament, a move that could lead to an emergency alliance between the two. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Israeli leaders ‘close’ to unity deal

Israel’s main political leaders have until midnight on Wednesday to reach a deal on an emergency unity government.

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Gantz plea for time knocked back

Time is running out for Israel’s Benny Gantz to form a government with rival Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Israeli foes close to deal on unity

Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz mak ‘significant progress’ in talks towards forming an emergency unity government.

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Gantz and Bibi strike ‘unity deal’ on power

Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz splinters his party in a bid to form a unity government with Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Israeli woman holds national flag during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the national parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, March 23, 2020. The opposition has accused Netanyahu of using the coronavirus crisis as cover to undermine the country's democratic institutions. With the country in near-shutdown mode, Netanyahu has already managed to postpone his own pending criminal trial and authorize unprecedented electronic surveillance of Israeli citizens. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Speaker feuds with Israeli judge

Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the parliament speaker to hold an election for his successor by Wednesday.

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FILE - In this Saturday, March 14, 2020 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a speech from his Jerusalem office, saying Israel's restaurants and places of entertainment will be closed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. With the Israeli government enacting a series of emergency measures to stem the spread of the virus, critics are increasingly bemoaning that Israel's caretaker Prime Minister Netanyahu is exploiting the crisis to entrench himself in power and undermining the country's democratic foundations. (Gali Tibbon/Pool via AP, File)

Bibi power-sharing deal labelled ‘a ploy’

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he is ready to step down next year as part of a proposed power-sharing agreement.

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Israeli police officers scuffle with a man during a protest outside the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 19, 2020. Hundreds of people defied restrictions on large gatherings to protest outside parliament Thursday, while scores of others were blocked by police from reaching the area as they accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of exploiting the coronavirus crisis to solidify his power and undermine Israel's democratic foundations. (AP Photo/Eyal Warshavsky)

Netanyahu faces virus backlash

Hundreds of people have gathered to protest what they is an attempt by Benjamin Netanyahu to exploit the coronavirus crisis.

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Time to end impasse in Israel

There is no certainty Benny Gantz can form a government.

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FILE - In this Saturday, March 7, 2020 file photo, Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz delivers a statement in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel's President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday, March 15 said he has decided to give Gantz the first opportunity to form a new government following an inconclusive national election this month. Rivlin's office announced his decision late Sunday after consulting with leaders of all of the parties elected to parliament. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Netanyahu rival gets first shot

Israel’s President will give opposition leader Benny Gantz the first chance to form a government in a blow to Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers an speech at his Jerusalem office on March 14, 2020, regarding the new measures that will be taken to fight the Corona virus in Israel. - Netanyahu said Israel would shut down eateries, shopping centres and gyms in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus. Netanyahu also said he would ask the government's approval in the upcoming cabinet meeting set to be held via video conference to allow

Israel leads by example in virus battle

By imposing a series of tough restrictions from the outset of the coronavirus crisis, Isreal has so far managed to avoid any deaths.

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Israel's Prime Minister and leader of the Likud Party Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he delivers a statement in the Israeli central city of Petah Tikva on March 7, 2020. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Israel ‘needs emergency rule’

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the formation of an emergency government to confront the coronavirus crisis.

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Leader of Israeli centrist party Blue and White electoral alliance Benny Gantz (R) and leader of the Israeli secular nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party Avigdor Lieberman (L), shake hands after a private meeting in the central city of Ramat Gan, on March 9, 2020. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Gantz, kingmaker work on deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief rival has opened up powersharing talks with a kingmaker.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a meeting with his nationalist allies and his Likud party members at the Knesset, Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Bibi insists on win despite numbers

Benjamin Netanyahu has again fallen short of a majority with his right-wing allies, final Israeli election results have confirmed.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explains some elections results during a meeting with his nationalist allies and his Likud party members at the Knesset, Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Bibi bloc falls short of majority

Benjamin Netanyahu’s party has won the most seats in Israel third election in a year — but his bloc fell short of a majority.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by his wife Sara, addresses his supporters after first exit poll results for the Israeli elections at his party's headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Bibi inches closer to retaking reins

PM Benjamin Netanyahu retained a lead against his rival as votes were nearly fully counted in Israel’s third election in a year.

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Confetti falls as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kisses his wife Sara after speaking to supporters following the announcement of exit polls in Israel's election at his Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RC20CF9VHWZV

Third time lucky for Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory in Israel’s general election.

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Benny Gantz, leader of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) electoral alliance, addresses supporters at their headquarters in the coastal city of Tel Aviv early on March 3, 2020, after polls officially closed. (Photo by GALI TIBBON / AFP)

Bibi has edge on path to power

Despite the wild celebrations, Benjamin Netanyahu could have difficulties forming a new government.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Likud faction meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Bibi says Likud close to victory

Israelis were voting for a third time in 12 months, with Benjamin Netanyahu seeking to end the political crisis and save his career.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses his Likud party supporters during an election campaign rally in Ramat Gan, Israel, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Bibi and Gantz go down to the wire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz wrapped up another bitter election campaign on Sunday.

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Israeli security forces stand guard next to election posters of Israel's Blue and White political alliance leader (Kahol Lavan) Benny Gantz, Arab Israeli member of the Joint List Ahmad Tibi, Isreali Defense Minister Naftali Bennett and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, near the Ibrahimi mosque, also known to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs, in the divided West Bank town of Hebron on February 23, 2020. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Settler homes get approval

Israel approved nearly 1800 new settler homes in the disputed West Bank, four days ahead of a general election.

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TOPSHOT - This picture taken with a mobile phone on February 23, 2020 shows men trying to collect a body as a bulldozer approaches them, along the Gaza-Israel border, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. - Israeli forces shot dead today a Palestinian suspected of placing a bomb near the Gaza border, before extracting his body with a bulldozer, the army said. Earlier Sunday, the army had said it

Israel’s twin hit on Islamic Jihad

Israeli aircraft struck Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip and Syria, after the group fired a barrage of rockets at Israel.

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In this Oct. 19, 2017 file photo, Israeli police scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews as they block a main road during a protest against Israeli army conscription, in Jerusalem. The Israeli military said Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, that it found “serious, systemic failures” in its own reporting that inflated figures on the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox Jews, a hot-button issue in a country where most Jewish men are subject to mandatory conscription. Military draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men have long been a source of resentment among Israel’s Jewish secular majority, who are required to serve. The issue is expected to be key in upcoming March 2 elections. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File

Ultra-Orthodox draft figures ‘inflated’

The Israeli military has found ‘serious, systemic failures’ that inflated figures on the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox Jews.

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Leader of Israel's Blue and White electoral alliance Benny Gantz holds a press conference regarding the upcoming general election, in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, on February 19, 2020. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Cops move on Gantz’s failed firm

Israeli prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the failed start-up of Benjamin Netanyahu’s challenger.

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Dr Reuven Rivlin, speaker of the knesset (Israel's parliament) holding a press conference in Melbourne

Trump’s plan is our hope: Rivlin

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has supported US President Donald Trump’s controversial peace plan as creating hope.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 16, 2020 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs his weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on February 16, 2020. - The trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges will open on March 17, the justice ministry said on February 18, 2020. It said the indictment would be read by judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman in the presence of Netanyahu in Jerusalem. The announcement comes as the 70-year-old prime minister campaigns ahead of March 2 elections, Israel's third in less than a year, after two previous polls resulted in a deadlock between Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz. (Photo by GALI TIBBON / POOL / AFP)

Netanyahu’s trial to start in March

The corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu will begin on March 17, two weeks after he tries to secure re-election.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations (CoP) in Jerusalem on February 16, 2020. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)

First flight as Israel clears the air with Sudan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says an Israeli aircraft has made a historic first flight over Sudan.

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