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Incoming Israeli PM promises far-right ally Ben Gvir that illegal settler outposts will be legalised.

Likud party leaders expressed anger over an expected lineup of a new cabinet led by Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu after realizing that major ministerial portfolios could not be allocated to their party members. Israeli media said that the party's leadership was infuriated after reports that Shas party leader Aryeh Deri…

A few American Jewish organizations have expressed concern regarding two Israeli politicians expected to join Netanyahu's cabinet

Triumphant in this week's election, Benjamin Netanyahu faces a new test forming a government with an ultranationalist party whose sudden rise has many at home and allies abroad alarmed at the potential implications for Israeli democracy.

Netanyahu was able to return to power by utilising the far right, a side of Israeli politics that had been shunned.

It looks very much as if Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Benyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, will soon be back in office. The results of the 2022 elections (the fifth in four years) give his bloc a clear lead in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Israeli politics has been shifting rightwards for decades, but this new coalition could go further than any before

The new government will include several politicians known for racist, misogynistic, ultra-religious, or anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.