Netanyahu Calls for Broad Coalition Government

Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu has been charged with the task of attempting to form a coalition government, and while he would be able to piece together a coalition simply with the right-wing parties that supported his leadership bid, he is hoping to attract a...

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Netanyahu Charged With Forming Next Israeli Govt

Israeli President Shimon Peres has tapped Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu to make the first attempt to form a coalition government in the wake of last week's elections. The announcement was widely expected after Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman endorsed...

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Netanyahu Scores Key Endorsements

A key endorsement from Avigdor Lieberman this morning is likely to secure Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party the first opportunity to form the next Israeli government. The 15 seats of Yisrael Beiteinu will bring the total of supporters of Netanyahu's position up to 65...

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Likud Threatens to Cut Lieberman Out of Next Govt

Israeli President Shimon Peres will begin talks with political parties tomorrow as the first stage of making his decision which party to charge with attempting to form a coalition government. The most interesting meeting however will be on Thursday morning, when Peres...

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Courting Lieberman May Cost Livni Support

While the Kadima Party ended up finishing first in last week's election, their path to forming a coalition appears to be a rocky one, and even as the rival Likud Party's own bloc falters Kadima seems to have struggled to hold on to what little support they had. Though...

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Israel Undermining NPT, ElBaradei Warns

IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei says that Israel's status as the Middle East's only nuclear power and its only non-signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a major obstacle to efforts for global nuclear disarmament. "What compounds the problem is that...

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Kadima, Lieberman Mulling Non-Religious Bloc

While most people had assumed that Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman would eventually wind up in the camp of the Likud Party, it seems that a public snub by Likud and growing efforts by the Kadima Party may put him into the centrist party's bloc. "Bibi doesn't...

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