Trump heads to UN with long list of deals he's yet to closeBy DEB RIECHMANNWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, a self-described deal-maker, is saddled with a long list of unresolved foreign policy deals he has yet to close heading into his U.N. visit this coming week.There are challenges with Iran, North Korea, the Afghan Taliban, Israel and the Pal....
Aaron David Miller: Netanyahu's fate hangs in the balance after Israel voteWith the vast majority of the votes counted, Israel's political future is uncertain with neither current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his opponent Benny Gantz currently holding enough seats to form a governing coalition. Far from being what some Israeli pundits thought would be a us....
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Netanyahu trails Gantz by two seats in latest Israeli election resultsBenny Gantz has opened up a two-seat lead over Benjamin Netanyahu in the "almost final" results of Israel's razor-tight election, as both men prepare for a fight to command a parliamentary majority and form a government.....
PM Hariri: Lebanon remains committed to UN resolution 1701Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Tuesday that the UN Security Council Resolution 1701 is still in effect despite the latest conflict between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel. “What we care mostly about is to continue to protect Lebanon by ensuring full implementation of the resolut....
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Iraq's stability on the line as US, Iran tensions soarBAGHDAD (AP) — As the United States and Israel escalate their push to contain Iranian influence in the Middle East, countries in Tehran's orbit are feeling the heat.
Pro-Iranian militias across Lebanon, Syria and Iraq are being targeted, both with economic sanctions and precision airstrikes hit....
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Gantz rebuffs Netanyahu's offer for unity governmentIsrael's weakened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw his offer Thursday of a coalition with his strongest political rival swiftly rebuffed after failing to secure a governing majority in tight elections.....
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Israel vote deadlock confirmed by near-complete official resultsJerusalem, Sept 20, 2019 (AFP) - Near-complete official results Friday confirmed a deadlock in Israel's general election this week, putting Benny Gantz's party as the largest but without an obvious path to form a majority coalition.....
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Napoleon at Jena. The Vietnamese at Dien Bien Phu. Washington's withdrawal from Long Island. What makes a military operation so perfectly complete tha....
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Australians from across the country gathered on Friday as part of a global climate protests being held around the world.
Australia was one of the first countries in the world to join the global Climate Strike protests, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to show up i....
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Iran?s judo federation calls ban ?unfair?TEHRAN: Iran’s judo federation called its suspension from international competition “unfair” and said it “was a pre-planned scenario”, official news agency IRNA reported.“I believe that suspending Iran’s judo was a pre-planned scenario and unfortunately one ....
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Israeli leaders warn of possible third election amid political deadlockThe political deadlock in Israel showed no signs of abating Thursday, as the country's leaders warned of the possibility of a third election, with neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor Benny Gantz appearing to have a clear path to forming a coalition.....
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No Clear Winner In Israeli Parliamentary ElectionWith his party behind as vote counting continued Thursday in Israel's parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a power-sharing agreement to his chief rival, Benny Gantz.
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The Latest: Israel's president: Coalition talks start SundayJERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the Israeli election (all times local):
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Israel's president, Reuven Rivlin, says he will begin consultations Sunday with all of the parties elected to parliament.
Rivlin's announcement Thursday is the first step toward what officials hope will be th....
Weakened Netanyahu seeks Israeli unity government with rival GantzIsrael's weakened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited his main rival, Benny Gantz, on Thursday to join him in a broad coalition government — an abrupt change of strategy after failing to win a ruling majority in election.....
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Netanyahu urges rival Gantz to form unity government with himPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Thursday on his main rival, former general Benny Gantz, to join him in a broad, governing coalition after Israel's election with no clear winner.....
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Brazil has now Lost R$3.5 Billion in Trade with USA and IsraelRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The two countries most aligned with the government of Jair Bolsonaro and with the greatest influence in the chess of world geopolitics have caused losses in trade to Brazil so far in 2019. From January and August of this year, the Brazilian trade balance was negative by US$3....
Iran banned after its judo fighter avoids facing IsraeliPARIS: Iran has been suspended from international judo for ordering a judoka to lose at the world championships to avoid facing an Israeli, the International Judo Federation (IJF) said on Wednesday.Saeid Mollaei, who entered last month’s event in Tokyo as the reigning world champion in the -81....
Netanyahu cancels trip to U.N. as he appears to fall short in Israel electionsNetanyahu was slated to speak at the U.N. next Thursday, just three slots behind Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, according to the schedule. By Daniel Arkin Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday canceled a visit to the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week amid political....
Israel's Netanyahu fails to win majority in close electionIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to win a ruling majority in an election that produced a virtual tie between his right-wing bloc and a center-left grouping that would be led by former military chief Benny Gantz.
The outcome, according to almost complete results published on Wednes....
Israel's Arabs poised to gain new voice after tight electionJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Arab coalition appears poised to emerge as the main opposition bloc following Tuesday's election, a historic first that would grant a new platform to a long-marginalized minority.
With more than 90% of votes counted Wednesday, the Joint List was expected to win about a....
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Understanding Israel's election results: Where the maneuvering goes from hereWith more than 90% of the vote counted in Israel, it is clear that the election held on Tuesday produced another inconclusive result, mirroring, more or less, the results of the election earlier this year. The right wing bloc, led by Likud and Benjamin Netanyahu, and the left wing bloc, led by.......
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Israel's 2 main political parties deadlocked after electionIsrael's two main political parties were deadlocked Wednesday after an unprecedented repeat election, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing an uphill battle to hold on to his job.....
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Netanyahu, rightist allies appear to fall short of majority in Israel pollsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fell short of securing a parliamentary majority with his natural religious and nationalist allies in yesterday's national elections, partial results indicated on Wednesday, setting the stage for a period of coalition negotiations that could threaten his poli....
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Netanyahu, Gantz supporters in waiting game as poll results trickle inTEL AVIV, Israel – Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, his main challenger in the country's general election , were forced into a waiting game on Wednesday, September 18, as exit polls showed a tight race.
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Exit polls project Israel PM election too close to callPolls have closed in Israel after Tuesday's election.... that's widely being seen as a referendum on the country's controversial Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Exit polls show the race between Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz is too close to call. For more on this and other ne....
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Tight contest has Netanyahu's re-election plans in limboAs counting gets underway in Israel's unprecedented repeat general election, exit poll projections show the country's longest-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former military chief, Benny Gantz, locked in a tight race.....
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Arrest warrant for Lebanese-American who worked for IsraelBEIRUT — A Lebanese judge issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for a Lebanese American who confessed he'd worked for Israel during its occupation of Lebanon for nearly two decades, Lebanese judicial officials said. The officials said acting military investigative judge Najat Abu Shakra postponed the q....
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Israeli election too close to call: exit pollsIsrael's election Tuesday was too close to call, exit polls indicated, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party virtually level with Benny Gantz's centrist Blue and White.....
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How Israel-Sponsored Humanitarianism Is Promoting Zionism in Moroccan VillagesRabat – "'I'm very pro-Israel, myself, so I was on these forums, having these discussions, and then all of a sudden here's this guy with an Arabic name talking about Zionism and how the Jews are the real inhabitants of the Land of Israel,' Rettig said." Arab hegemony The quote is from a recent art....
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Palestinian sues Israeli military commanders for war crimesTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A jurisdiction hearing has started in a civil case brought by a Dutch-Palestinian man against two former Israeli military commanders, one of whom is a leading candidate in Israel's elections, over their role in an airstrike on the family's home in Gaza that killed six....
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Readers sound off on Israel, an emergency ban on vaping and Brett KavanaughAid to Israel: a two-way street Atlanta: Re "Don backs a Bibi priority ahead of Israeli election," (Sept. 15): I was struck by two items toward the end of this article. One was the statement on how much Israel receives in military aid from the United States. The other was the statement that the...
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Israel votes on Netanyahu's political survivalJERUSALEM – Israel began voting in its second election in 5 months Tuesday, September 17, that will decide whether to extend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's term as the country's longest-serving prime minister despite corruption allegations against him.
Polls opened at 7:00 am (0400 GMT) a....
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Israel's Netanyahu fights for new term after decade in powerBy Dan Williams JERUSALEM, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a battle for political survival in a closely fought election on Tuesday that could end his 10-year domination of national politics. Opinion polls put former armed forces chief Benny Gantz’s ce....
Guy Ziv and Benjamin L. Shaver: Silence on annexation from Netanyahu's rivalsBenjamin Netanyahu's plan to annex the Jordan Valley, announced one week before Israel's election re-do, is an act of desperation by an embattled prime minister looking to shore up his right-wing base. Yet without the acquiescence of his friend in the White House, President Donald Trump, and the vir....
Ross and Makovsky: Netanyahu is endangering the future of a two-state solutionIsraelis are about to go to the polls. It is tempting to call the upcoming national election on September 17 a referendum on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, now Israel's longest-serving leader, who faces corruption charges (all of which he denies). Perhaps because of these legal troubles,....
