Benjamin Netanyahu

Preliminary reading dissolving Knesset approved, new election date set

The Israeli parliament voted 84-0 on the bill to dissolve, and Knesset leaders set a March 17 date for new elections.

Netanyahu: I will go to early elections as soon as possible

The Israeli prime minister at a news conference said that government ministers Tzipi Livni and Yair Lapid, whom he fired, attempted to coordinate a “putsch” against him.

Netanyahu fires government ministers Lapid, Livni

The firings came as rifts in the coalition government signaled the dissolution of the government and early elections.

Israel

Netanyahu fires Lapid and Livni, moving Israel closer to early elections

Israel

Coalition rift has Israel heading toward early elections

Israel

Netanyahu to submit bill to invest in Arab Druze, Circassian communities

Israel

Peres: Nation-state bill risks religious conflagration

Israel

Netanyahu to Druze leaders: You are organic part of Israeli society

Culture

Why did Israel’s president just oppose a government-backed bill?

Israel

Making Israel’s Jewish status the law: Why it matters

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