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13 Jun 2021

Israel's parliament meets to install post-Netanyahu government

Netanyahu, the most dominant Israeli politician of his generation, had failed to form a government after a March 23 election, the fourth in two years.

03 Mar 2020

Benjamin Netanyahu leads in Israeli election, but still lacks majority

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Monday`s vote over his main challenger, former armed forces chief Benny Gantz of the centrist Blue and White party, after exit polls projected the conservative leader`s Likud party had come out on top.

26 Dec 2019

Israel's PM Netanyahu faces party leadership challenge ahead of March election

Netanyahu, head of Likud for the past 14 years, is widely expected to retain the right-wing party`s leadership. However, the challenge has added to pressures that have mounted this year on the four-term premier, who is under indictment and fighting for political survival.

Israel election

12 Dec 2019

Israel to hold election in March, its third in less than a year

By a vote of 94 in favour to none opposed, lawmakers approved a motion dissolving parliament and setting the new election date. It came hours after a final deadline passed to form a government following the last election in September.

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26 Sep 2019

Benjamin Netanyahu tapped by Israel's president to form new government

Accepting the mandate from President Reuven Rivlin at a televised ceremony, a politically weakened Netanyahu said his chances of success were only marginally higher than those of Gantz, a former general who heads the Blue and White party. In his remarks, Netanyahu seemed to envision a scenario in which he and Gantz would be able to take another stab at power-sharing once it became clear there was no way out of the current deadlock, save for a third election that few in Israel wanted.

18 Sep 2019

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu left teetering after close election

With no single-party majority in the 120-seat Knesset, or parliament, there will likely be weeks of coalition talks before a new government is formed. The ballot`s wildcard, former Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman, emerged as a likely kingmaker as head of the secular-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party.

17 Sep 2019

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu fights for new term after decade in power

Opinion polls put former armed forces chief Benny Gantz`s centrist Blue and White party neck-and-neck with Netanyahu`s right-wing Likud, and suggest the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party could emerge as kingmaker in coalition talks.

30 May 2019

Israel faces fresh poll as Netanyahu fails to form government

The election, Israel`s second this year after an April 9 poll in which Netanyahu claimed victory, means unprecedented upheaval even for a country used to political infighting.

10 Apr 2019

Netanyahu, main challenger Gantz, both claim Israeli election victory

Updated exit polls on two of Israel`s three main TV channels showed Netanyahu`s Likud winning more parliamentary seats than Gantz`s centrist Blue and White Party.

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