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Akiva Eldar

Akiva Eldar

May 24, 2016

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Avigdor Lieberman attend a Likud-Beitenu faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem November 11, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo - RTSFIT8 — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Avigdor Lieberman attend a Likud-Beitenu faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, Nov. 11, 2013. — REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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Avi Gabbai, the new leader of Israel's centre-left Labour party, delivers his victory speech after winning the Labour party primary runoff, at an event in Tel Aviv, Israel July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC1D4C8AD5C0

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (front) and Avigdor Lieberman head of far-right Yisrael Beitenu party attend the opening of the summer session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RTSFKJO

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shakes hands with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on May 15, 2016 during a meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem.Ayrault met Netanyahu before meeting Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas ahead of a France-sponsored Middle East peace process summit in Paris on May 30. Israel has rejected the initiative, the Palestinians support it and the United States has been cold. REUTERS/ MENAHEM KAHANA/Pool - RTSECIN

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