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Israel takes another step toward 4th election as Gantz loses coalition mandate

Israeli lawmakers now have three more weeks to find a solution to the country’s yearlong political deadlock.

By Marcy Oster April 16, 2020 8:29 am

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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)

Knesset speaker resigns a week after shutting down Israel’s government

Yuli Edelstein stepped down rather than accede to a Supreme Court order to call a vote on his replacement.

March 25, 2020 8:23 am

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

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has said he will defy an Israeli Supreme Court order to hold a vote on his replacement by Wednesday.

March 24, 2020 12:51 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

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz speaks during a demonstration held by Israeli opposition parties outside the Tel Aviv Museum, May 25, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Gantz and Netanyahu break off talks of a unity government that would include both of them

By Marcy Oster March 19, 2020 2:27 pm

Jerusalem protest of Knesset shutdown leads to 5 arrests

By Marcy Oster March 19, 2020 12:33 pm

Israeli parliament shut down in move critics call a breach of democracy

By Marcy Oster March 18, 2020 4:36 pm

Israeli lawmaker donates kidney to a stranger

By Marcy Oster February 4, 2020 10:13 am

Israel’s parliament schedules immunity hearings for Netanyahu

By Marcy Oster January 21, 2020 3:48 pm

Netanyahu will ask Knesset for immunity from prosecution on corruption charges

By Marcy Oster January 1, 2020 2:41 pm

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