Netanyahu rejects calls to resign after police seek indictment
The Prime Minister has been suspected of bribery, fraud and breach of public trust.
Tzipi Livni
Israel’s elections: Tight race between Likud, Zionist Union
Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday after a snap election called by the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, at the beginning of December.
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‘Lawfare’ is latest weapon used against Israel
Just after their failure to persuade the Hawks to arrest Israeli politician Tzipi Livni, anti-Israel hardliners are clamouring at the door of the NPA.
Palestinians lash out over document leak
Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas and his aides have accused al-Jazeera of lies and distortion for publishing the "Palestine Papers".
Hawks will not issue warrant of arrest for Livni
The Hawks have turned down a request to obtain an arrest warrant for Israel’s former foreign minister Tzipi Livni as there was not enough evidence.
Livni trip to South Africa postponed
Amid calls for her arrest, the trip to SA by Israel’s former foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, has been postponed due to a labour strike.
Hawks ‘deliberating’ Livni matter
The Hawks on Tuesday deliberated whether there were grounds to issue an arrest warrant for former Israel foreign minister Tzipi Livni, due in SA soon.
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‘Evil spirit’ sweeps over Israel, warns opposition leader
Tzipi Livni’s Kadima party is to oppose legislation to investigate funding of civil and human rights groups in Israel.
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Israel slams British arrest warrant against Livni
Israel on Tuesday slammed an arrest warrant issued by a British court against former foreign minister Tzipi Livni over her role during the Gaza war.
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Netanyahu recruits Shas party for Israel coalition
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud signed a coalition deal with the ultra-Orthodox Shas party on Monday, bringing the leader closer to forming a government.
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Abbas to ask Clinton for help on settlement freeze
Palestinian leaders were urging US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday to push Israel to freeze construction in West Bank settlements.
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Last-ditch effort for broad Israel govt collapses
Last-ditch efforts to form a broad-based Israeli coalition failed on Friday, fuelling concerns about prospects for peace with the Palestinians.
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Netanyahu meets Livni in fresh bid for coalition govt
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu was making a fresh bid on Friday to persuade Tzipi Livni to bring her centrist Kadima party into an Israeli coalition.
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Israel’s Livni warns of another Gaza offensive
Tzipi Livni on Wednesday warned that Israel would launch a military ”operation” in Gaza if the alleged smuggling of arms from Iran continues.
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Netanyahu turns right to form Israel coalition
Benjamin Netanyahu’s hawkish Likud party launched talks on Wednesday with right-wing parties on forming Israel’s next government.
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Israel’s Netanyahu kicks off coalition talks
Benjamin Netanyahu, the hawkish leader of Israel’s Likud party, has not given up hope of forging a broad coalition government.
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Israel picks Netanyahu to form government
Right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu will be asked to form the next Israeli government, the office of President Shimon Peres said on Friday.
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Israel’s Peres to pick government by Monday
The Israeli president was to hold talks with party officials on Thursday and decide within four days who will be tasked with forming a new government.
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Kadima rules out joining extreme right-wing coalition
As Israeli leaders tried to break their deadlock on Sunday, a senior figure in the Kadima party said they would not join a right-wing government.
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Israel braced for weeks of political uncertainty
Final results confirmed the Kadima party narrowly won the election but suggested Likud is better placed to form a government.
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Disarray as Israeli election rivals claim victory
Israel faced on Wednesday what could be weeks of political uncertainty after an election that ended with clashing claims of victory.
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Israel votes in tight election
Israelis began voting on Tuesday in an election that pollsters say is too close to call, with right-wing opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Israel goes to polls in wake of Gaza offensive
Israel votes on Tuesday in the wake of the war in Gaza, with the ballot expected to shift the country to the right.
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Israel’s Netanyahu vows to smash Hamas
Hawkish frontrunner Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday vowed he would smash Hamas if he becomes Israel’s prime minister after next week’s elections.
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Netanyahu maintains edge in Israel election race
Front-runner Benjamin Netanyahu has moved quickly to deflect allegations his victory could mean conflict with new US President Barack Obama.
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Israel, US eye Gaza border deal
Israel worked to secure guarantees on Friday that arms smuggling to Hamas militants would end under any deal to call off its three-week-old offensive.
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Israel sends army reservists into Gaza battle
Israeli leaders trying to find a knockout blow for Hamas militants defying a 17-day-old assault on Gaza have thrown army reservists into battle.
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Israel mounts third day of Gaza raids, 327 killed
Israeli air strikes flattened Hamas government buildings in the Gaza Strip and targeted leaders of Gaza’s Islamist groups on Monday.
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Flare-up dims truce hopes along Israel-Gaza border
An Israeli air strike killed a Hamas gunman in the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets and mortars into southern Israel.
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Israel’s Olmert under pressure to quit
Israel’s acting Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, on Thursday faced pressure to step down following a decision to indict him in one of several graft cases.
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Israel to boycott UN forum on racism
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Wednesday that Israel had made a final decision not to participate in a UN forum on racism.
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Israeli president clears the way for snap election
Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Monday that efforts to form a new government had failed, paving the way for snap elections.
