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Biden to ‘Minimize Contact’ on Middle East Visit Due to COVID-19

The White House said Wednesday that President Joe Biden would limit physical contact during his Middle East tour, citing coronavirus concerns, as he landed in Israel ahead of a trip to Saudi Arabia. Biden, 79, began his first regional visit as president by landing at Ben Gurion airport near the…

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Biden Greeted as Old Friend in Israel at Start of Middle East Tour

US President Joe Biden arrived on Wednesday in Israel, which embraced him as an old friend on the first leg of a high-stakes trip dominated by tensions with Iran. Landing at Ben Gurion Airport, whose tarmac he first trod in 1973 as a senator, Biden bumped fists with Israeli Prime…

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Biden lands in Israel for first visit to the region as president

The trip starts in Israel and the occupied West Bank and ends in Saudi Arabia.

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Biden heads to Mideast jittery about Iranian nuclear program

Joe Biden starts the first visit to the Middle East of his presidency with a monumental task: assuring uneasy Israeli and Saudi Arabian officials that he is committed to preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power

The Independent UK

Abbas Calls on Lapid, Herzog to Stop Arrests and Settlements

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and President Isaac Herzog held separate calls with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, which followed a meeting between Abbas and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. In the first such known call between the Palestinian leader and an…

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Key witness: Netanyahu received gifts from billionaires

A key witness in former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial has taken the stand

The Independent UK

Israel’s Lapid Meets Macron in Paris on First Trip as PM

Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday used his first trip abroad since taking office to urge world powers to step up pressure on Iran over its nuclear activities, calling Tehran a threat to regional stability. Lapid met in Paris on Tuesday with French President Emmanuel Macron, who called…

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Israel's Lapid to meet Macron in Paris on his 1st trip as PM

Israel’s caretaker prime minister has departed for a day-long visit to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron

The Independent UK

In the Path of Abraham: selective memoir of Trump’s Israel policy

Jason Greenblatt chronicles his work with Jared Kushner for Middle East peace, leaving out anything bad for his boss

The Guardian - US

Israel's caretaker PM Lapid holds first Cabinet meeting

Israel's caretaker prime minister has held his first Cabinet meeting since taking over as leader, promising a functional government amid the political instability

The Independent UK

As Israel Heads Back to Elections, Lapid Stakes Out Vision

Israel’s parliament voted Thursday to dissolve itself, triggering the country's fifth election in just over three years and thrusting veteran politician Yair Lapid into the role of interim prime minister as he tries to persuade a deeply polarized nation to embrace his centrist vision. Polls indicate it will be a…

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Explainer: Can Netanyahu regain Israel's premiership?

Israel called a November election on Thursday after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett stepped aside and parliament was dissolved, while former premier Benjamin Netanyahu promised he would return to power.

Reuters

Israel dissolves parliament, faces fifth election in four years

Israel’s parliament voted on Thursday to dissolve itself and paved the way to the country’s fifth election in less than four years after a fragile governing coalition collapsed.

Tribune News Service

Israel’s Parliament Dissolves, Sets 5th Election in 4 Years

Israel’s parliament voted Thursday to dissolve itself and send the country to the polls in November for the fifth time in less than four years. Yair Lapid, Israel’s foreign minister and architect of the outgoing coalition government, will become the country’s caretaker prime minister just after midnight on Friday. He…

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Can new Israeli elections secure a stable government?

Israel dissolves parliament, prompting new elections on November 1 and the possible return of Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Independent UK

Israel sets 1 November as date for next general election

Israeli parliament will now be resolved and a caretaker government formed

Axios

Israeli parliament dissolves, paving the way for Lapid to become acting prime minister

It will be Israel's fifth election within four years.

The Independent UK

Israel set for general election after vote to dissolve parliament

Collapse of coalition raises possibility of Netanyahu’s comeback as leader

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The Guardian - UK

Israel braces for fifth election in less than four years

Poll set for October after collapse of short-lived coalition that ousted Benjamin Netanyahu from office

Reuters

With Israel's Knesset set to dissolve, PM Bennett says he will not seek re-election

Israel on Wednesday moved closer toward its fifth election in less than four years, plunging it deeper into political uncertainty as it grapples with rising living costs amid renewed international efforts to revive a nuclear deal with Iran.

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Israeli Parliament Advances Bill to Dissolve, Hold New Elections

A panel of Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday approved draft legislation to dissolve parliament, a key legislative step that pushes Israel closer towards its fifth election in less than four years. Members of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's outgoing coalition and the opposition led by ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu have been sparring in…

The Hindu

Complicated, volatile, the descriptors of Israel’s politics

It remains to be seen whether Israel’s fifth national election, later this year, will result in a stable government

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Israeli FM Under Pressure to Support an Int’l Deal with Iran

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who will head the caretaker government this week, is under pressure from the army and the Mossad leadership regarding the official position on US efforts to reach a new international nuclear agreement with Iran, according to political sources in Tel Aviv. The army wanted a…

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Israeli PM Convenes Cabinet before Parliament is Dissolved

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett convened what is likely his last Cabinet meeting as premier on Sunday, with parliament expected to dissolve itself this week, triggering new elections in the fall. Bennett's decision to head to elections puts an end to an ambitious political project that united eight ideologically disparate…

The Independent UK

Israeli PM convenes Cabinet before parliament is dissolved

Israel's prime minister has convened what is likely his last Cabinet meeting as premier, with parliament expected to dissolve itself this week, triggering new elections in the fall

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