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Israel: Blue and White leader Benny Gantz concedes failure to form governi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Nov 21 (ANI): Israel seemed to be headed for the third round of election under a year as the Blue and White leader Benny Gantz on Wednesday night informed President Reuven Rivlin that he had failed to form a governing coalition.
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Israel may face fresh elections as Liberman refuses to support minority go
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Nov 20 (ANI): Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman on Wednesday refused to support a minority government ether headed by Blue and White chief Benny Gantz or a right-wing government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, apparently setting Israel up for third elec
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Netanyahu, Gantz hold coalition talks amid political stalemate in Israel
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Oct 28 (ANI): Israel's longest-serving leader Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz met here on Sunday in a fresh bid to break the political stalemate and prevent an unprecedented scenario of a third parliamentary election in les
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu given first chance to form government
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Sept 26 (ANI): After preliminary attempts to negotiate a unity coalition between Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz failed, Israel's President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday tasked Netanyahu with forming a new government in the country.
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Israeli PM Netanyahu calls on opposition leader Gantz to form a 'unity gov
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Sept 19 (ANI): Likud Party chief Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday extended an olive branch to the Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz to form a "broad unity government" in Israel following the recently culminated snap polls.
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Netanyahu confident of re-election despite exit polls depicting deadlock
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Sept 18 (ANI): Likud Party chief Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday expressed confidence on retaining power despite exit polls showing Benny Gantz, his direct rival from the Blue and White party, taking a slight edge over him in the country's recently culminated snap general
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Ready to 'speak with everyone' about govt formation: Israel's Blue and Whi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Sept 18 (Sputnik/ANI): Benny Gantz, the leader of the Israeli opposition centrist Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) alliance, on Wednesday expressed his intention to "speak with everyone" about the issue of forming a new national unity government in Israel.
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Netanyahu invited to form government in Israel
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Apr 18 (ANI): The President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, on Wednesday invited four-time Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next coalition government here following last week's elections in the nation.
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Netanyahu's win boosts chances of Middle East peace plan: Trump
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Apr 11 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's re-election victory in the country's parliamentary polls increased the chances of securing a peace plan for the Middle East, said US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time).
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Israel: Netanyahu poised to form govt for 5th consecutive term
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Apr 10 (ANI): Israel's right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday appeared to secure a clear majority for the fifth time in the Parliament.
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In contradictory exit polls, Netanyahu, Gantz claim victory in Israeli par
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Apr 10 (ANI): As voting for the 21st parliamentary elections in Israel came to an end on Tuesday (local time), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz both claimed victory in the elections after exit polls predicted a majority for Likud party,
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Voting underway in Israel to elect Knesset members
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Apr 9 (ANI): Israel went to polls on Tuesday to elect members of its national legislature, Knesset, with more than 6.3 million voters eligible to exercise their franchise in what has been described as a closely fought battle.
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