israel election

Israel coalition agrees to dissolve, hold new elections

June 20, 2022 Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office announced Monday that his weakened coalition will be disbanded and the country will head to new elections. The election, expected in October or November, would be Israel’s […]

For first time in a long time, Netanyahu’s rule threatened

May 6, 2021 Josef Federman, Associated Press

JERUSALEM — For the past 12 years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dominated Israeli politics, vanquishing a stream of challengers as he maintained his tight grip on power. But after a bruising two-year cycle of […]

Israel’s Netanyahu faces midnight deadline to form coalition

May 4, 2021 Josef Federman, Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a midnight deadline on Tuesday to put together a new coalition government — or be looking at the possibility of leading his Likud party into the opposition […]

Israeli president asks parliament to choose prime minister

April 16, 2020 Josef Federman, Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israel’s president Thursday asked the Knesset to choose a new prime minister, giving parliament three weeks to agree upon a leader or plunge the country into an unprecedented fourth consecutive election in just […]

Israelis vote in 3rd election in a year focused on Netanyahu

March 2, 2020 Aron Heller, Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israelis were voting Monday in the country’s unprecedented third election in less than a year to decide whether longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power despite his upcoming criminal trial on corruption […]