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Israel's president tasks Netanyahu rival Gantz with forming government
In a sharp blow to Netanyahu, who had declared victory in a 2 March election, 61 of parliament’s 120 legislators voiced support for Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue and White party, in consultations with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday.
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Netanyahu rival set for official protection after threats
Benny Gantz does not officially have that title as the country has been stuck without a fully functioning government for more than a year, with three elections unable to produce a decisive result.
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Trump calls Mideast plan a 'big step towards peace'
Calling the plan a 'historic opportunity' for the Palestinians to achieve an independent state, Trump added, 'this could be the last opportunity they will ever have.'
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Israel hits Gaza with air strikes after 'rocket fire'
Israeli military aircraft carried out air strikes against the Gaza Strip Wednesday night, the army said, in what it called a response to a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave.
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Netanyahu pushes annexation plan as new elections loom
Benjamin Netanyahu announced in Septemberhat he planned to annex the Jordan Valley, which accounts for around a third of the West Bank, if re-elected.
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Netanyahu orders news settler homes at fatal attack site
Settler leaders often say after attacks on Israelis that the right response is settlement growth.
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Israel PM's wife convicted of misusing public funds
Sara Netanyahu was found guilty of exploiting the mistake of another person and ordered to pay a fine and compensation.
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Anti-Jewish hate consuming Europe and America, says French Nazi hunter
John Earnest, 19, posted a virulently anti-Semitic letter on right-wing internet forums and armed himself with an assault rifle before carrying out the attack on the Chabad of Poway synagogue, near San Diego, on Saturday.
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Israeli AG gives Netanyahu ultimatum on graft hearing
In a letter made public Sunday evening Avichai Mandelblit told Benjamin Netanyahu lawyers that if he wants to exercise his right to defend himself before possible indictment he must notify authorities by 10 May.
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Israel's Netanyahu wins re-election, main challenger concedes defeat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a clear path to re-election on Wednesday, with religious-rightist parties set to hand him a parliamentary majority and his main challenger conceding defeat.
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Netanyahu at side, Trump proclaims Golan Heights belongs to Israel
Donald Trump - who in 2017 took the even more momentous step of recognising disputed Jerusalem as Israel's capital - called the Golan declaration 'a long time in the making.'
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Trump accepts Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights
Trump called the Golan - a strategic area seized from Syria and annexed in a move never recognised by the international community - "of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and Regional Stability!"
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Netanyahu meeting on coalition crisis ends 'without results' - finance ministry
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition was thrown into crisis Wednesday after Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman's resignation over a controversial Gaza ceasefire deal.
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Israel's Netanyahu says early election must be avoided
Netanyahu has faced calls from his coalition members to hold a snap election after the resignation of Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday.
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Hamas announces ceasefire with Israel after worst escalation in years
The groups, including Hamas, said in a statement on Tuesday they would abide by the ceasefire as long as Israel did the same.
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Deadly clash erupts during Israel operation in Gaza
As tensions rose following the clash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he would cut short his trip to Paris, where he had been attending World War I commemorations, and return home.
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Trump says he wants two-state solution for Middle East conflict
The Trump administration has said in the past it would support a two-state solution if both sides agreed to it.
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Israel warns Iran of military response if it closed key Red Sea strait
Saudi Arabia and Iran are in a three-year-old proxy war in Yemen, which lies on the southern side of Bab al-Mandeb.
