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Netanyahu pushes comeback bid in tight Israeli election race

Israelis vote for the fifth time in four years on Tuesday in an election in which former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comeback bid may depend on a far-right party whose leaders call for those deemed disloyal to Israel to be expelled.

Reuters

Netanyahu banks his comeback on an alliance with Israel’s far right

After 16 months in opposition, Benjamin Netanyahu is plotting his return as Israel’s prime minister, teaming up with the nation’s far right in a bid to replace the unwieldy coalition that removed him from office.

Tribune News Service

Israel's Haredi voters drift hard right in leadership vacuum

One of Israel’s most extremist politicians, known for his inflammatory anti-Arab speeches and stunts, is attracting new supporters from a previously untapped demographic

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Itamar Ben-Gvir: fiery far-right leader gains traction before Israeli election

Ben-Gvir, a defender of Jewish extremists, poised to become powerful mainstream force

The Guardian - UK

Netanyahu Eyes Return to Power as Israel Votes Yet Again

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is eyeing a return to power when the country holds its fifth election in four years Tuesday, his chances potentially boosted by the rise of the extreme-right.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EXPLAINER: Israeli election could yield familiar outcome

Israel is holding its fifth national election in under four years, and once again the race is shaping up as a referendum on former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fitness to rule

The Independent UK

Netanyahu comeback dominates Israel election 'all about Bibi'

At a dead-end road in a crime-hit town in central Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu stands on a mobile stage enclosed by a glass wall, pledging through a window to restore law and order as the crowd chants "Bibi the king."

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‘Bibi v no Bibi’: Israel’s voters split on comeback of scandal-hit Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu’s chances of returning to office in this week’s elections depend on alliance with far-right

The Guardian - UK

Israeli Ultranationalist Ben-Gvir May Become Election Kingmaker

If Benjamin Netanyahu regains the premiership after Israel's election next month, it may be thanks to an ultranationalist firebrand whose romp into the mainstream has jolted voters otherwise exhausted by years of political deadlock. Polls predict the joint list co-headed by Itamar Ben-Gvir's "Jewish Power" party will win as many…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli ultranationalist Ben-Gvir may become election kingmaker

Reuters

Report: Netanyahu Has Last Chance to Form Gov’t

Senior Likud politicians are plotting to dismiss party leader Benjamin Netanyahu if his bloc fails to win a majority in the upcoming elections. Top party members told the Times of Israel’s Hebrew site, Zman Yisrael, that Netanyahu would be offered almost full control of the party but keep him out…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel's Right Accuses Lapid of Surrendering to Hezbollah

Former Likud MK Danny Danon accused on Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid of offering major concessions in the agreement between Lebanon and Israel to demarcate the maritime borders. “These concessions amount to a maximum surrender to Hezbollah,” the Israeli former deputy said. His comments came amid statements in Tel…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Benjamin Netanyahu gets campaign show on the road in ‘Bibibus’

Former Israeli prime minister rallies supporters from behind bulletproof glass of modified delivery van

The Guardian - UK

Israel’s Netanyahu Campaigns Aboard Bulletproof ‘Bibibus’

Props are a familiar part of Benjamin Netanyahu’s repertoire when delivering public speeches — from cartoon bombs at the United Nations to a wall of CDs and binders supposedly seized from Iran by Mossad agents. Now, the former prime minister — famed for his flair for the dramatic — is…

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Israel's Netanyahu campaigns aboard bulletproof 'Bibibus'

As he hits the campaign trail for the fifth time in less than four years, Israel's former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is addressing supporters from a strange new vehicle dubbed the “Bibibus" after his popular nickname

Asharq Al-Awsat

Extremist Lawmaker Surges Ahead of Elections in Israel

Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir calls his Arab colleagues "terrorists." He wants to deport his political opponents, and in his youth, his views were so extreme that the army banned him from compulsory military service. Yet today, the populist lawmaker who was once relegated to the margins of Israeli politics is…

The Independent UK

Extremist lawmaker surges ahead of elections in Israel

An extremist Israeli lawmaker who was once relegated to the margins of Israeli politics is surging in the polls ahead of the country's November elections

The Guardian - UK

Scepticism over Giorgia Meloni’s claim ‘fascism is history’ in Italian far right

Critics say message is part of election game plan and point to recent speech on immigration and homosexuality

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Key witness: Netanyahu received gifts from billionaires

A key witness in former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial has taken the stand

Al Jazeera

Can new Israeli elections secure a stable government?

Israel dissolves parliament, prompting new elections on November 1 and the possible return of Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Guardian - UK

Israel braces for fifth election in less than four years

Poll set for October after collapse of short-lived coalition that ousted Benjamin Netanyahu from office

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why is Israel always holding elections?

The leaders of Israel’s broad-based but severely weakened coalition government have thrown in the towel this week, after barely 12 months in office

Reuters

Israeli Knesset votes to dissolve in step towards snap election

Israel moved closer on Wednesday to its fifth election in less than four years after lawmakers gave an initial nod to dissolve parliament, with a comeback by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu already dominating the campaign.

The Independent UK

Lapid, set to be Israel's next premier, faces critical test

In a 10-year political career, Yair Lapid has transformed himself from upstart political novice to feisty opposition leader to the savvy operator who toppled longtime leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Reuters

Explainer-Israel on course for another election

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has called for parliament to be dissolved, putting the country on the path to a its fifth election in less than four years.

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