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Netanyahu didn’t win Israel’s election. So why is he getting the chance to form a government?

The answer lies in how Israel’s parliamentary system is set up.

Most Israelis want Orthodox parties out of government, survey says

A solid majority of Israeli Jews also wants less Orthodox influence in government policy overall.

Haredi rabbi refuses to officiate at wedding of Avigdor Liberman’s son

Liberman’s son is haredi and attends the rabbi’s yeshiva, but the rabbi does not want to appear to endorse the politician, who is staunchly anti-haredi.

Netanyahu wants his pre-indictment hearing broadcast live

Israeli diplomats around the world go on strike

Holocaust survivors reunited in Israel after 75 years

Netanyahu nominated to form Israel’s government

Israeli woman stabbed by Palestinian teenager

Gilad Erdan, left, Elan Carr and Mencahem Magolin presenting a report on BDS in Brusels, Belgium on Sept. 25, 2019 (Yonni Rykner)

Israeli minister: Promoters of the Israel boycott movement are anti-Semitic

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