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Ben Caspit

May 8, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slistens during a joint press conference with Israel's health minister regarding preparations and new regulations for the coronavirus, at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on March 4, 2020. (Photo by GALI TIBBON / AFP) (Photo by GALI TIBBON/AFP via Getty Images) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slistens during a joint press conference with Israel's health minister regarding preparations and new regulations for the novel coronavirus, at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on March 4, 2020. — GALI TIBBON/AFP via Getty Images

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US pressure heightens opposition to Netanyahu's judicial overhaul

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

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Israeli Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz in Jerusalem May 13, 2020. Sebastian Scheiner/Pool via REUTERS - RC2ONG9Y03BM

Pompeo forges ties with Ashkenazi as Israeli government diversifies

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Israeli Defence Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz speaks to Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi as both wear masks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC2LZG93E5AX

Netanyahu’s annexation plan now in Gantz, Ashkenazi’s hands

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement overlooking the Israeli settlement of Har Homa, located in an area of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, that Israel annexed to Jerusalem after the region's capture in the 1967 Middle East war, February 20, 2020. Debbie Hill/Pool via REUTERS - RC2E4F9ALPB6

Can anyone stop Netanyahu’s annexation plans?

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