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Israeli elections: Netanyahu’s Likud gains strength, but right-wing bloc again falls short of majority to form government

Likud reportedly has not ruled out forming a minority coalition, or trying to convince individual lawmakers from the center and left parties to join a government.

Ruben Golran, a Milanese bar mitzvah boy, upon putting on tefillin for the first time. (Courtesy of the Golran family)

A Syrian Muslim donated a tree in Israel for an Italian boy whose bar mitzvah party was canceled due to coronavirus

Aboud Dandachi, who fled Syria in 2013 and is an outspoken supporter of Israel, gave $18 in honor of Ruben Golran.

Israel’s 3rd election in a year improves Netanyahu’s chances of forming a government, exit polls show

The right-wing bloc is poised to win 60 seats in parliament, an improvement from the 56 it won after the last round of balloting in September.

Auschwitz museum does not want visitors from countries affected by coronavirus

Israelis in quarantine due to coronavirus exposure vote at special polling locations

Quentin Tarantino and Daniella Pick attend the "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood" U.K. Premiere at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London, July 30, 2019. (Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images)

Quentin Tarantino and Israeli wife Daniella Pick name their son Leo. It has nothing to do with Di Caprio.

Israeli elections: Netanyahu and Gantz are neck and neck again, special polling places for voters under coronavirus quarantine

Israel makes a move to bring more butter into the country amid shortage

Syria says Israeli airstrike killed one person near Golan border

Israel taxi app sued for alleged discrimination against Arab drivers

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