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Oct 30, 2017

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the opening of the winter session of the Knesset in Jerusalem, Oct. 31, 2016. — REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a session of the plenum of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem, March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC1C0029F120

Why Netanyahu wants to lower Knesset entry threshold

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In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri are seen at the end of a news conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem April 2, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC163EB70890

Israeli season of political mergers in full speed

Danny Zaken

In Ma'ale HaHamisha, reporting on Israel

Aryeh Deri (C), leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, attends an annual pilgrimage to the gravesite of Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, a Moroccan-born sage and kabbalist also known as the Baba Sali, in the southern town of Netivot January 14, 2013. Powerful political players for years, Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties must now reckon with a new force ushered in by voters bent on stripping them of perks they have relied on for decades. Picture taken January 14, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS

Sephardic party turns to Ashkenazi leaders for help

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman leaves after giving a statement to the media at his Jerusalem office December 2, 2014. Israel appeared to be heading on Tuesday towards an early election after right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his major centrist coalition partner failed to patch up differences. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, head of the far-right Yisrael Beitenu party, told a news conference, "An election is a now a fact." REUTERS/ Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) -

Bibi's rivals suffer scandals

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense