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Netanyahu, center, and Edelstein, second from left, at a Likud convention in March

Analysis || Israel Is Forming an 'Emergency' Government, but Not to Fight the Coronavirus

Amos Harel | 14.05.2020

Episode 78 | How 'God-gate' rocked the settlers’ faith in their evangelical allies

A teacher and students, all wearing protective gear, at a school in central Israel, May 5, 2020.

COVID-19 || Ministries Ask Netanyahu to Fully Reopen Schools

Live updates | 14.05.2020

Naftali Bennett and Rafi Peretz, his successor as education minister, in 2019.

Bennett Heads to the Opposition With Qualms as Ally Splits From Right-wing Slate

Chaim Levinson | 14.05.2020

Netanyahu speaking at an AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C. in 2014

AIPAC: Annexation Should Not Change U.S.-Israel Relationship

Amir Tibon | 13.05.2020

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a screen in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon February 16, 2020.

Hezbollah's Nasrallah: Israel's Actions in Syria Not Reason for Withdrawing Forces

Jack Khoury | 13.05.2020

Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware on March 12, 2020.

51 Anti-war Groups Push Biden to Use U.S. Military Aid to Pressure Israel

Alexander Griffing | 13.05.2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arriving for a meeting with officials on the coronavirus crisis, February 25, 2020.

Explained || Ten Days Until Netanyahu’s Trial Begins: Everything You Need to Know

Allison Kaplan Sommer | 14.05.2020

Avichai Mendelblit at the Knesset, February 4, 2020

Israel’s AG, Who Indicted Netanyahu, Files Complaint Over 'Organized' Threats

Netael Bandel | 13.05.2020

Missiles flying into the sky near the Damascus international airport, Syria, in an Israeli strike against Iranian targets, January 21, 2019.

Israel 'Appears' to Be Expanding Strikes Against Iran in Syria, Senior U.S. Official Says

Amir Tibon | 14.05.2020

An Israel Land Authority sign declaring the plot where Jamaya Saraja's hut stands to be off-limits, in the Bedouin town of Rahma.

The Coronavirus Gave Israel’s Bedouin Immunity From Demolition Orders. Until It Didn’t

David B. Green | 13.05.2020

Orli Levi-Abekasis at the inauguration of the Labor-Gesher party headquarters, Tel Aviv, December 31, 2019.

After Splitting From Left-wing Alliance, Levi-Abekasis to Head Newly Minted Ministry

Noa Landau | 14.05.2020

A woman walks past a poster depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Beirut’s Shatila Palestinian refugee camp. Lebanon, March 30, 2020

Opinion || For Bangladesh, Recognizing Israel Is an Immoral Choice

Nazmul Ahasan | 14.05.2020

People holding weapons stand on a street corner in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, May 1, 2020. About a dozen demonstrators marched Friday afternoon around the area of the Old Capitol, Legislative Building and Executive Mansion. Several had visible firearms. It was not immediately clear what specific issues they were protesting, as none carried signs

'Look What Happened to the Jews': How the Holocaust Became Key to the NRA's Argument

Tzach Yoked | 13.05.2020

An Israeli man sunbathes near a swimming pool in the large Israeli settlement of Ariel, in the West Bank, July 22, 2011.

Analysis || To Israeli Ears, Threats of Annexation Devastation Are Like the Boy Who Cried Wolf

Chemi Shalev | 14.05.2020

Mimivirus, the first giant virus ever found, in 2003, inside an amoeba living in a water tower in Bradford.

Mystery of the Giant Virus’ ‘Stargate’ Solved

Ruth Schuster | 14.05.2020

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