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Israel’s 2026 parliamentary elections are set to amount to political deadlock, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor Gadi Eisenkot getting enough votes to form a government. One clear winner did emerge,
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Did Qatar meddle in the Israeli Arab vote? Election officials reject Netanyahu’s claim of widespread fraud
(JTA) — Allegations that Qatar secretly funded efforts to boost Arab voter turnout in Israel’s election have sparked a political firestorm, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declaring the vote “stolen” as his opponents accuse him of trying to undermine the results.
Likud has claimed that Arab parties have committed electoral fraud and voter intimidation but this was rejected by police
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Contributor: If Israeli politics were rational, Arab parties would now be holding all the cards
The factions that oppose Benjamin Netanyahu could join with the Arab bloc and oust him. But they refuse.
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Arab parties have rarely been full partners in governing Israel. It’s time to let them into the tent of Abraham.
Like a goal-line pileup in football, with half the players signaling a touchdown and the other half celebrating a defensive stop, everyone is claiming victory in Israel’s election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points to Likud’s status as Israel’s largest party.
Israeli Arabs say the last four years under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government have become so intolerable that they are looking to turn out in record numbers to unseat him.
Books can — and should — be written about how and why there are Lebanese Christians living in Israel at all, much less serving in the IDF, and doing so as officers. Simply, during the Lebanese Civil War, a Christian military group known as the South ...
