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Israeli hardliner Bennett joins coalition camp, Netanyahu cries danger

Yair Lapid is seeking to forge a diverse alliance the Israeli media has dubbed a bloc for "change", which includes the nationalist hardliner Naftali Bennett as well as Arab-Israeli lawmakers.

Israel, India and the Islamophobic Alliance

A single lie may not damage a society, but an unending stream of thousands has a cumulative effect, and history has shown us how dangerous that can be.

Israel in political deadlock as vote count ends

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies do not have the necessary parliamentary seats to form a majority coalition, results from this week's election has shown, as vote counting ends.

Israel election: Voters decide Netanyahu’s fate in fourth poll in two years

Tuesday’s election takes place after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu triggered the collapse of a unity government he had formed with his rival Benny Gantz following the three previous inconclusive elections.

Poll: Many Jewish youth ‘hate’ Arabs, want to strip them of rights

Israeli Jewish youth are staunchly and increasingly right-wing. What does this imply for the future of Israel?

With four elections in two years, Israel has a consensus problem

Between entrenched social divides, the lack of a contesting left and increasingly virulent political rhetoric, Israel is struggling with political fragmentation.

Settler violence is ‘out of control’ thanks to Israeli government’s silence

Israel’s government is accused of not acting against violent settler protests, in which Jewish extremists beat and injure police forces and Palestinian civilians.

With elections on the horizon, Israel’s Netanyahu has a new challenger

Gideon Saar, who formerly served in education and interior minister posts for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, has left the party he feels “serves Netanyahu's criminal trial”.

Israel may head to another poll as Gantz supports parliament dissolution

Benny Gantz, a former army chief serving as defence minister, says that Prime Minister Netanyahu's refusal to support a budget proposal made clear that the premier wanted to take Israel back to the polls.

Israelis demonstrate against Netanyahu despite lockdown

The tough lockdown rules went into effect on September 18 but restrictions were tightened further on Friday.

Israel's far-right bloc takes a surprising lead in opinion polls

The latest surveys conducted by Israel’s public broadcasters, Kan and Channel 13 News, reveal that the rightwing Hredi bloc would garner the majority of Knesset, an unprecedent rise for the ultraorthodox party.

Prominent Israelis are angry at a solidarity gesture for Beirut victims

Tel Aviv mayor ordered the city’s town hall building to be lit in the colours of the Lebanese flag, a move that earned him condemnation of politicians and the Israeli prime minister’s son.