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A 'new day' in Israel after Netanyahu unseated

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 14 06:50 PM

Israel awoke Monday with Jewish nationalist Naftali Bennett at the head of a precarious coalition government that faces stark challenges, after 12 years under right-wing Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more »

Demonstrators celebrate Israel's new coalition government

Menahem Kahana, AFP
Posted at Jun 14 08:47 AM

Israeli demonstrators celebrate the passing of a vote confirming a new coalition government during a rally in front of the Knesset during a parliamentary vote, in Jerusalem, Israel on Sunday.  Read more »

Netanyahu out, Bennett in as Israel marks end of an era

Jeffrey Heller and Maayan Lubell, Reuters
Posted at Jun 14 07:30 AM

Benjamin Netanyahu's record 12-year run as Israel's prime minister ended on Sunday with parliament approving a new "government of change" led by nationalist Naftali Bennett, an improbable scenario few Israelis once could have imagined.   Read more »

Israel lawmakers to vote Sunday on anti-Netanyahu gov't

Maggy Donaldson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 08 07:29 PM

JERUSALEM— After weeks of political wrangling the Israeli parliament will vote Sunday on whether to install a "change" coalition and end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's record 12 consecutive years in power. Read more »

Israel inches closer to government without Netanyahu

Daniella Cheslow and Michael Blum, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 31 06:44 AM

JERUSALEM - Israeli nationalist hardliner Naftali Bennett said Sunday he would join a potential coalition government that could end the rule of the country's longest-serving leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more »

Israel declares state of emergency in Lod

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 12 08:04 AM

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod as police accused Arab residents of waging "wide-scale riots".  Read more »

Dozens killed in stampede at Israeli religious festival

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 30 10:25 AM

JERUSALEM - At least 20 people were seriously injured in a crush at a religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a "heavy disaster". Read more »

No more masks: Israel drops outdoor COVID mask order

Dan Williams, Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 12:05 AM

JERUSALEM - Israelis went about barefaced on Sunday after the order to wear masks outdoors was rescinded in another step towards relative normality thanks to the country's mass-vaccination against COVID-19. Read more »

Vaccination nation: Lessons from Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

David Dizon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 15 05:04 PM

According to the Israel’s Ambassador to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz, the success of Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout was a combination of many things — early access to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines plus ample supply of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca as well as robust public-health infrastructure to implement the mass vaccination plan. Read more »

Israel to bail out its airlines with $210-M COVID-19 aid plan

Steven Scheer and Rami Ayyub, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 07:57 AM

TEL AVIV - Israel's government announced on Wednesday a long-awaited bailout of its airlines to help them weather the coronavirus crisis and maintain operations in the midst of a year-long halt to international travel. Read more »

Israel sharing some COVID vaccines with Palestinians, Honduras, Czech Republic

Reuters
Updated as of Feb 24 06:18 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel said on Tuesday it was giving small amounts of surplus COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinian-run territories as well as to several countries. Read more »

Israel, Greece sign travel deal for vaccinated citizens

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 09 07:27 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel and Greece agreed a tourism deal Monday that will allow coronavirus-vaccinated citizens of the two countries to travel between them without limitations, once flights resume.   Read more »

Israel extends lockdown, sees delay in COVID-19 turnaround

Dan Williams, Reuters
Posted at Feb 01 09:53 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel extended a national lockdown on Sunday as coronavirus variants offset its vaccination drive and officials predicted a delay in a turnaround from the health and economic crisis. Read more »

Israel's Netanyahu removes Trump from his Twitter banner photo

Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 11:48 AM

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu dropped U.S. President Donald Trump from the banner photo of his Twitter account on Tuesday in an apparent break with a political ally facing possible impeachment. Read more »

Israel tightens nationwide coronavirus lockdown

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 06:44 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel tightened a national lockdown on Friday in a bid to curb a sharp rise in new COVID-19 cases, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising that all Israeli adults could be vaccinated by the end of March. Read more »

Iran vows 'decisive response' to any Israeli move against it

Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 04:39 AM

DUBAI - Iran said on Tuesday it would deliver a "decisive response" to any Israeli move against it, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not allow Tehran to develop nuclear weapons, a news agency close to the Revolutionary Guards said. Read more »

Israel speeds vaccines, locks down in hope of March exit from pandemic

Dan Williams, Reuters
Posted at Dec 28 06:52 AM

Israel began what officials hope will be its last coronavirus lockdown on Sunday as they ramp up vaccinations to a pace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said may allow an emergence from the pandemic by March. Read more »

Morocco recognizes Israel and wins Trump nod on Western Sahara

Shaun Tandon and Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 05:02 AM

WASHINGTON - Morocco has become the fourth Arab nation this year to recognize Israel, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, as he in turn fulfilled a decades-old goal of Morocco by backing its sovereignty in disputed Western Sahara. Read more »

Israel's Gantz puts submarines probe on hold

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 09:00 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Sunday froze a probe into the purchase of German submarines that had riled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following a justice ministry request. Read more »

Biden's win means a demotion for Netanyahu and less focus on Israel

David M. Halbfinger, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 10 08:38 AM

JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump’s defeat has left Israel and its longtime prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on the receiving end of an abrupt demotion.Overnight, President-elect Joe Biden’s victory effectively downgraded Israel’s ranking on the list of U.S. foreign-policy priorities, diminished Netanyahu’s stature on the global stage and undercut his argument to restive Israeli voters that he remains their indispensable leader. Read more »