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Israel lawmakers propose multiple bills designed to oust Netanyahu
Dov LipmanMarch 17, 2020
Controversial, retroactive bills introduced by the Blue and White Party and Yisrael Beiteinu’s Oded Forer are likely to have a majority backing.
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz and Yisrael Beiteinu Party head Avigdor Lieberman hold a joint statement after meeting in Ramat Gan on March 9, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
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Mati TuchfeldDecember 10, 2019
Israel’s political farce is one man’s handiwork
Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman has become a one-man political stumbling block. The more power he wins in the March 2 elections, the less likely Israel will be to form a government.
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Israeli party leaders lament stalling of movement towards government coalition
Dov LipmanNovember 15, 2019
The tension with Gaza may have created greater political discord, with Blue and White No. 2 Yair Lapid saying that giving Palestinian Islamic Jihad their demands after they shot more than 450 rockets into Israel means that in the next round, “Hamas cannot sit on the side.”
Blue and White Party chairman Benny Gantz and Israel Beitenu Party chairman Avigdor Lieberman give a joint statement to the media after a meeting for negotiations towards building a new government, at the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel in Ramat Gan, on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
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Discord between Blue and White, Likud erodes hope for national unity government
Dov LipmanNovember 1, 2019
Benny Gantz is eyeing a possible minority government with the Joint Arab List, though Knesset members insist that won’t happen—and neither would a third round of elections, if they can help it.
Blue and White head Benny Gantz (third from left) and fellow leaders (from left) Yair Lapid, Gaby Ashkenazi and Moshe Ya'alon with supporters at a party rally in Tel Aviv on Oct. 31, 2019. Photo by Avshalom Shoshoni/Flash90.
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Alex TraimanSeptember 22, 2019
A ‘unity government’ cannot exclude religious parties
Forcing the religious parties out of politics fails to address the reality that the religious sector is the nation’s fastest-growing population, and as much a part of the fabric of Israel as secular kibbutzniks and everyone in between.
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Yisrael Beiteinu, Blue and White parties sign vote-sharing deal
August 20, 2019
A representative from Avigdor Lieberman’s party stated that the sharing agreement is “a technical issue only.”
Yair Lapid and Avigdor Lieberman lead a joint conference in the Israeli parliament regarding Israel's foreign policy, Feb. 29, 2016. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90
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