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A TV screen broadcasts the exit poll results of the Israeli election in Tel Aviv on March 2, 2020. After more than a year of political deadlock, Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz have agreed to form a government together. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

5 key takeaways about the Gantz-Netanyahu deal and Israel’s new government

Netanyahu remains in power, his chief rival is set to take over and more from a multifaceted agreement that ended a year of political stalemate.

By Ben Sales April 21, 2020 5:07 pm

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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)

Israel is going through a constitutional crisis

It has to do with the coronavirus. Kind of.

March 24, 2020 5:32 pm

Arab-Israeli parties just recommended Benny Gantz to be prime minister. Here’s why that’s historic.

An Israeli political moment heralds a breakthrough in integration that has vexed Jews and Arabs since before the establishment of the state.

March 18, 2020 6:19 pm

What the killing of the top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani means for Jews, the US and Israel

By Ron Kampeas January 4, 2020 11:48 am

Jeremy Corbyn

How Britain’s huge upcoming election affects Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 6, 2019 2:44 pm

Blue and White party chairmen Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid during a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, Nov. 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel might be headed to a third round of elections in less than a year

By Marcy Oster November 20, 2019 5:18 pm

Everything you need to know about Israeli settlements and the Trump administration’s announcement

By Laura E. Adkins and Ben Sales November 19, 2019 5:47 pm

What is Twitch, the site where the Germany synagogue shooter livestreamed his attack?

By Josefin Dolsten October 10, 2019 5:31 pm

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

By Josefin Dolsten September 26, 2019 11:44 am

Netanyahu’s push to annex the Jordan Valley, explained

By Ben Sales September 10, 2019 4:33 pm

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