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Selective Outrage in Palestine: The Problem is Not Just Smotrich but Zionism
By Ramzy Baroud By his own admission, Israel’s new Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a “fascist homophobe”. This declaration, which he made on January 16, should be enough to accentuate the violent nature of […]

Shaked’s Yamina Party to Unite with Jewish Home Party in Upcoming Israeli Elections
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked signed a deal Tuesday morning with the Jewish Home Party, ahead of the November elections, Israeli media reported. According to The Times of Israel, Jewish Home leader Yossi Brodny and […]

WATCH: Israeli PM Bennett Says He Will Not Run in Upcoming Election
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Wednesday that he will not be running in the upcoming election, news agencies reported. “I leave behind a thriving, strong, and secure country,” he told reporters. “We proved this […]

Israel’s Political Crisis Returns: Bennett Dissolves Knesset, New Elections Planned
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a joint statement on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced that the government coalition will submit a bill to voluntarily dissolve itself next […]

Israeli Government Loses Majority as MK Withdraws from Coalition
Israeli member of the Knesset Idit Silman, from the Yamina Party, announced on Wednesday her withdrawal from the government, leaving it with 60 lawmakers and ending its majority in the Knesset, Israeli media reported. Silman, […]

Yamina to Leave Government if Settlement Freeze is Agreed
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has confirmed that her Yamina party will leave the coalition government if it agreed to a request from the Biden administration to implement a building freeze in West Bank settlements, […]

Netanyahu Refuses to Attend Bennet’s Inauguration
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to attend the inauguration of his successor Naftali Bennett, Israeli media reported yesterday. Bennett’s government won a narrow 60-59 vote of confidence in the Knesset on Sunday. Likud […]

Netanyahu Ousted as Israeli Prime Minister after 12 Years
Israel’s longest-serving leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been ousted from office by a loose coalition of rivals from across the political spectrum, united by their wish to end his 12-year run in power. Israel’s parliament voted […]

Israel Grants Extra Security to Yamina MKs amid Escalating Tensions
The Israeli Knesset Guard yesterday granted extra security protection to two other lawmakers of the right-wing Yamina Party after they claimed to have been threatened by protesters aiming at pressuring them against backing the country’s […]

Bennett, Lapid Unite to Expel Netanyahu from Power
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister, might finally be on his way out. While Netanyahu was still hoping to drag the power struggle in Israel a bit longer, Naftali Bennett, […]

Netanyahu Fails to Form Israeli Government before Deadline
Israel’s president on Wednesday signaled he would move quickly to task a new candidate with forming a government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to do so ahead of a midnight deadline. President Reuven Rivlin […]

Netanyahu Accepts Bennett as PM in Coalition Deal
Head of Israel’s Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, said yesterday that he was ready to accept Yamina Party head, Naftali Bennett, as prime minister during the first year of a rotation agreement if a coalition is […]

Bennett: Yamina Party Will Support Netanyahu
Israel’s right-wing Yamina party will back Netanyahu’s Likud in creating a government, Haaretz reported on Monday. Naftali Bennett, Yamina’s chair, said he “could’ve already been a prime minister by now”, but that his major commitment […]

Israeli Elections: Netanyahu in Lead but Majority Uncertain
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party was on track Tuesday to win the most seats in the country’s fourth election in two years, but with no guarantee it can form a governing majority. The […]