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Yuli Edelstein, the speaker of the Israeli Knesset, shown on an official visit to Warsaw in 2017. (Maciej Gillert/Getty Images)

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Israel is going through a constitutional crisis

It has to do with the coronavirus. Kind of.

By Ben Sales March 24, 2020 5:32 pm

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Bernie Sanders wins Democrats Abroad primary

In Israel, the Vermont senator edged front-runner Joe Biden, 236-234, among the total of 638 votes cast.

March 24, 2020 2:17 pm

Ian Kinsler

Ian Kinsler, a former Major League All-Star, joins Israel’s national baseball team

Kinsler, who received his citizenship hours before the quarantine deadline, will play in the postponed Tokyo Summer Olympics of 2021.

March 24, 2020 2:07 pm

Amid Knesset crisis, Netanyahu again calls on Gantz to form unity government

By Marcy Oster March 24, 2020 12:51 pm

First Israeli coronavirus fatality, a Holocaust survivor, is buried with social distancing

By Ron Kampeas March 23, 2020 4:47 pm

At least 65 yeshiva students returning to Israel from Crown Heights test positive for coronavirus

By Marcy Oster March 23, 2020 2:01 pm

Israel’s Supreme Court orders Knesset speaker to reconvene parliament and schedule vote on his replacement

By Marcy Oster March 23, 2020 1:19 pm

Orthodox lists, backers of Israeli settlement funding, surge in World Zionist Congress elections amid record US turnout

By Ron Kampeas March 23, 2020 1:09 pm

Iconic open-air markets in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv closed because of coronavirus

By Marcy Oster March 22, 2020 4:36 pm

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Rescue flights planned to bring home Israelis stranded abroad by the coronavirus

By Marcy Oster March 22, 2020 3:56 pm

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