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likud
Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick moves to Knesset
Jewish Journal
May 25, 2016
A year and a half ago, Yehuda Glick was a fringe Temple Mount activist expected to die, the victim of a point-blank assassination attempt.
Embattled from the outset, new Netanyahu government sworn in
Jewish Journal
May 14, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s new rightist coalition government, hobbled by a razor-thin parliamentary majority, was sworn in late on Thursday amid wrangling within his Likud party over cabinet posts.
Israel’s vulnerable governing coalition passes first test
Jewish Journal
May 13, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s emerging government scraped by its first parliamentary test on Wednesday, paving the way for the new cabinet to be sworn in after two months of difficult coalition building.
Bibi’s fate hangs in the balance as Israel votes
Jewish Journal
March 17, 2015
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a fight for his political survival on Tuesday as Israelis voted in an election that opinion polls predict the center-left opposition could win.
As prisoner release fell through, Danon stood front and center
Jared Sichel
March 28, 2014
In recent months in Israel, one star in Israel’s ruling Likud party has been making headlines for his outspoken demeanor and unapologetic one-liners.
Settlement freeze letter equals tough math for Bibi
Jewish Journal
February 25, 2014
Sometimes, it seems like the political survival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu all comes down to math.
Can Bibi’s wife Sara spoil Israel’s coalition?
Jewish Journal
January 25, 2013
Forging a coalition is, without a doubt, the most difficult part of the election process in Israel.
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