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In Kiryat Shmona, a city with no residents holds elections with no voters

In Kiryat Shmona, a city with no residents holds elections with no voters

Mayoral race, delayed for 15 months due to the war, takes place with almost 80% of northern border city’s uprooted residents scattered across...

19.02.2025 20

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Trump’s ultimatum is directed at Hamas, but it’s also a direct rebuke of Netanyahu

Trump’s ultimatum is directed at Hamas, but it’s also a direct rebuke of Netanyahu

US president openly rejects the phased framework for the hostages’ release — an approach initiated by the PM, who sought to avoid confrontation...

12.02.2025 30

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Netanyahu’s offer to Lapid and Gantz: Early elections in a year’s time

PM wants opposition leaders to back his government through the hostages’ release, in exchange for holding early elections one year after the last...

31.01.2025 50

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The Haredim are now advocating for the hostages – too little, too late, too selfish

After 15 months of indifference, ultra-Orthodox politicians are now demanding that the hostage-ceasefire deal be implemented in full. They have a...

29.01.2025 10

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Senior cabinet minister: Trump’s Gaza migration idea could save Netanyahu’s government

US president’s bombshell proposal to ‘clean out’ Gaza and encourage Arab states to take in its populace could keep Smotrich’s party in the...

27.01.2025 40

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As coalition falls into line, law maintaining Haredi exemption from IDF service will pass

“Without a draft law, we have no reason to stay [in government],” Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf told The Times of Israel this week. Goldknopf,...

28.12.2024 10

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Liberman, Bennett meet in bid to hammer out elusive new right-wing bloc

After former Mossad chief Cohen said to decide not to enter politics, Hebrew media abuzz over possible formation of conservative mega-party to...

17.07.2024 3

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