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Israel & Middle East
Damascus Calls On UN To Condemn Israeli Strike; Gantz Vows To Thwart Transfer Of Iranian Weapons
Damascus has called on the UNSC and the General Assembly to condemn “the attacks of the Israeli occupation on Syrian sovereignty”
Israel & Middle East
Israeli Defense Minister Sends Warning After Missiles Fire at The Jewish State From Lebanon
“The State of Israel demands that the Lebanese government take responsibility for what happens on its territory.”
Israel & Middle East
MIDEAST REVIEW w/ Amir Tsarfati: Panic, Appeasement & Looming War
If Ukraine is taken, it could be just the first of multiple dominoes to fall to a Russian juggernaut. This continues to fit very snugly into an Ezekiel 38 last days scenario.
Israel & Middle East
Gantz: Action Against Iran Will Come Soon
Israel must have “a viable ‘Plan B’ to stop Iran in its tracks” from reaching atomic bombs capability while it remains unclear if Iran intends to negotiate
Israel & Middle East
Tsarfati: Gantz Reveals Iran Is Using UAVs To Transfer Exposives Into Israel
Gantz revealed that "Iran tried to transfer explosives from Syria to Syrian terrorists in Judea and Samaria using unmanned aircrafts"
Israel & Middle East
Breaking With Long-Held Israeli Stance, Gantz Willing To ‘Accept’ JCPOA Revival; Netanyahu: ‘This Is A Dangerous Mistake’
“The current US approach of putting the Iran nuclear program back in a box, I’d accept that,” Gantz told Foreign Policy in an interview published Tuesday.
Israel & Middle East
Gantz Puts Hezbollah on Notice Amid Monitoring of Northern Border with Lebanon
Israel’s defense minister toured the northern border this week amid concern of imminent Hezbollah-related activity.
Israel & Middle East
Jan Markell: Israel Not Fooled By ‘Ironclad’ Promise
“We have the Iran nuclear treaty, which is being resurrected from the dead where it belonged & that is almost begging for Iran to dump a nuclear bomb on Israel”
Israel Elections
Israel Prepares for a Fourth Round of Elections in March Amid Feud Between Parties
Amid failure of negotiations between Blue & White and Likud Party, Israel is preparing for an unprecedented 4th round of elections in 2 years
Israel & Middle East
Netanyahu: Immediate Elections if High Court Rejects Gantz Post
Netanyahu warned the High Court that if it disqualifies Alternative PM Law facilitating the formation of the gov't, elections would be initiated immediately
Anti-Semitism
Sign of Unity – Gantz & Netanyahu Respond to the Hostility of Iran’s Supreme Leader
Benny Gantz & Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu respond to Iranian supreme leader Khamenei’s hostile remarks towards the Jewish State.
Israel & Middle East
Netanyahu’s Fifth Government is Officially Sworn in, Ending 508-Day Political Lockdown
Israeli PM Netanyahu ’s 5th government was sworn in Sunday; This brings an end to the 508-day political lockdown that consisted of 3 separate elections.
Israel & Middle East
Israel Leaders Agree to New Coalition ‘Emergency’ Government, Netanyahu to Remain as Prime Minister
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu will continue in his role after forging a deal with his chief rival to create an “emergency” coalition government.
Israel & Middle East
Gantz, Netanyahu Meet in Last-Ditch Effort to Form Unity Government
PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz inched closer to a deal on Monday, just hours before a deadline to form a government was due to elapse.
Israel & Middle East
Blue & White Party Splits after Benny Gantz Joins Netanyahu Government, is Elected Knesset Speaker
In a dramatic turn of events, the Blue & White Party breaks up Thursday after Benny Gantz decides to enter Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government
Israel & Middle East
Netanyahu: As we fight coronavirus, Blue and White supports terrorists
PM Netanyahu slammed Blue & White Wednesday during an interview saying that “even in this time of a national emergency they continue to support terrorists.”
Israel & Middle East
President Rivlin Gives Benny Gantz Mandate to Form Government
Benny Gantz officially receives a mandate to form a government from President Rivlin Monday receiving four weeks to build a coalition.
Israel & Middle East
Blue and White’s Calamitous Week and Israel’s Political Forecast
Political Affairs: In stitching together such a government, Blue and White’s goal is merely to defenestrate Netanyahu from the Prime Minister’s Residence.
Israel & Middle East
Netanyahu Calls for Emergency Unity Government to Combat Coronavirus
PM Netanyahu called on Blue & White leader Benny Gantz to join him in the establishment of an emergency unity government on Thursday to confront coronavirus.
Israel & Middle East
Israeli Election: Likud Culture Minister Accuses Gantz of Starting an ‘Attempted Coup’
Netanyahu accuses Gantz of seeking to undermine democracy, defy will of public after it emerged he seeks legislation to bar Bebe from serving as PM
Israel & Middle East
Benjamin Netanyahu Defeats Gantz, but is Still Short a Majority
PM Netanyahu beats Benny Gantz in Israel's third election on Monday winning majority in the Knesset, according to exit polls on major television networks.
Israel & Middle East
Netanyahu to ‘Post’: Democratic president can’t stop Trump plan
Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed confidence that even if a Democrat wins the American election, US Pres. Trump’s Mid-East peace plan will be implemented.
US News
Trump to unveil Israeli borders map for first time to Netanyahu, Gantz in peace-plan rollout;
US President Donald Trump plans to present a map of Israel’s new borders under his peace plan, a source involved in drafting the plan told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
Israel & Middle East
Israel Officially going to third election in a single year
Almost no negotiations took place during the day, with last-ditch efforts to form a government abandoned earlier in the week, but MKs took the time to blame one another for the situation.
Israel & Middle East
According to the Law: Netanyahu Can’t Even be Indicted at this Time
According to Israeli law, Israel’s Attorney General, Avichai Mandleblit has no authority to indict the Prime Minister at this time. Conservative pundit Caroline Glick publicized the law relating to indicting members of Knesset on her Facebook page.
Israel & Middle East
Making History, Knesset set to Enter 21-day Grace Period for Forming Government
Israel’s political system was to make history Thursday, entering for the first time a specially designated 21-day grace period in which any member of the Knesset will have the opportunity to become prime minister.
Israel & Middle East
Gantz Fails to Form Government; Returns Mandate back to President
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz informs President Reuven Rivlin that he has failed to form a governing coalition, all but assuring Israel will be headed to a third round of elections in under a year, according to a party statement.
Israel & Middle East
Netanyahu: Minority Gov’t with Arab Joint List would be a ‘Terror Attack’ Against Israel; Tehran would Celebrate
At 'emergency conference,' Israeli PM warns Tehran would 'celebrate' a Blue and White minority gov't.
Israel & Middle East
5 days before Deadline, Gantz’s Chances of Forming Coalition seen as Fading Away
With no breakthrough in negotiations with Likud, internal disagreements in Blue and White, and expectations of coming indictment against PM, political deadlock persists
Israel & Middle East
As Proposal for Direct PM Elections Gathers Steam, Netanyahu Denies Weighing It
The Likud party denied on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was planning to push for an immediate and drastic change to Israel’s election law that would reintroduce a direct election for the prime minister in a last-ditch effort to break the ongoing political deadlock.
Friends Of Israel
Kushner urges PM & Gantz to unite to Seize ‘Tremendous Opportunities’ in Region
US presidential adviser Jared Kushner urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz in separate meetings to work together to form a unity government in order to seize the “tremendous opportunities” in the region, he said in an interview that aired Tuesday.
Israel & Middle East
Netanyahu Gives Up Effort to Form Government, Returns Mandate
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned the mandate to form a government to President Reuven Rivlin minutes after the end of the Simhat Torah holiday on Monday night, and two nights before the deadline for him to build a coalition.
Israel & Middle East
RIVLIN GIVES NETANYAHU MANDATE TO FORM GOVERNMENT
President Reuven Rivlin formally gave Netanyahu four weeks to form the government after a meeting at the President's Residence.