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Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties are out of power following the formation of a new coalition government led by Naftali Bennett and fear “catastrophic” change as a result
CAIR was not seriously harmed by a years-long mole, but the now-ex employee has shaken a community that had put their trust in him.
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President Reuven Rivlin is set to pick a prime minister who can form a government, after another inconclusive Israeli election.
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Mansour Abbas and his Raam party, who broke away from the mainly Arab Joint list over ideological divisions, is on track to be the kingmaker in Israel's latest inconclusive election.
Nearly 14,000 polling stations opened at 7am (5am GMT) across the country, several thousand more than previous elections to prevent crowding in the pandemic, Israeli media reported.
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Analysis: Saudi Arabia's foreign policy has been largely ambivalent towards diplomatic realignments in the region. But as US influence declines, which options will Riyadh pursue?
Israel is leading the world in vaccinating its population, but the programme has been snagged by major controversies regarding data sharing and the neglect of Palestinians in the West Bank.
Early frictions have emerged in the UAE-Israel alliance.
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President Reuven Rivlin will begin consultations next week with Israel's political rivals in hopes to put together a majority coalition in the 120-seat parliament.
This comes after Bennett tightened Covid measures for Israelis and counselled them not to bother booking holidays because he expected more countries to be added to the no-travel list.