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Israel convinced next big threat is coming from Lebanese chaos

Israel is now mainly trying to get other countries to act and to counter-balance the attempts by Iran to play Lebanon’s savior

By Anshel Pfeffer

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (L) talks with Cyprus foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides (R) during a Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on July 12, 2021. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli Labor Party leader and co-leader of the Zionist Union list for the upcoming general election, Isaac Herzog (L) talks with citizens on the phone to try to convince them to vote for them, at the party headquarters in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2015, two days ahead of the elections. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

The new president will put an end to the daggers at dawn era

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Jews seen at the illegal Israeli outpost of Evyatar, in the West Bank, on June 28, 2021. Photo by Flash90 *** Local Caption *** אביתר התנחלות מתנחלים בתים

Bennett vs West Bank Settlers, round one

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Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett holds a press conference at the Ben Gurion International airport, on June 22, 2021. Photo by Flash90

First test of new government: Covid-19 is creeping back into Israel

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Bennett has come face to face with his own weakness

The 13th prime minister of Israel has a real problem of establishing his authority

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June 17, 2021 11:00

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Israeli Foreign minister Yair Lapid attend the first government conference, at the Israeli parliament on June 13, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Pugnacious, religious, audacious and very ambitious: Bennett prepares for top job

Bennett is a highly ambitious man who certainly saw himself becoming prime minister one day when he joined the then-Leader of Opposition Netanyahu’s team

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June 10, 2021 11:01

Head of the Yamina party Naftali Bennett gives a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 6, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** כנסת נפטלי בנט ימינה

How Bibi’s maximum pressure plot backfired

Efforts by Mr Netanyahu to delegitimise the new government before they are sworn in has one objective: to try to convince wavering members of the new coalition to recant before the confidence vote

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June 10, 2021 10:32

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Israel feels on the brink of Jewish apocalypse

For the first time since Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power in 2009 there is a majority for replacing him

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June 3, 2021 10:55

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on March 16, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Anshel Pfeffer: Bibi’s on trial and nobody notices

While the British media was transfixed by Dominic Cummings, Whitehall’s new most powerful Dominic found himself in Jerusalem

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May 27, 2021 12:07

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on March 16, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Does anybody know what is really going on with Israel and Hamas?

Israel has descended to its worst internal chaos since October 2000, writes Anshel Pfeffer

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May 13, 2021 12:48

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Bibi the Magician’s last chance to pull a rabbi out  of a hat

The scenes at Meron reminded those of a certain age of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, says Anshel Pfeffer

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May 6, 2021 10:44

Head of the Yamina party, Naftali Bennett, arrives to the president's house in Jerusalem, to have talks regarding recieving a possible mandate to form the new government, on May 05, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90

This time, it really could be the end for Netanyahu

Michael Gove may turn out to be the last senior foreign politician to visit the Israeli PM while he is still in office.

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April 22, 2021 10:17

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 06: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to meet British Prime Minister Theresa May on Downing Street ahead of a meeting at Number 10 on June 6, 2018 in London, England. Mr Netanyahu is currently on a European tour in an effort to rally support from leaders to scrap the existing Iran nuclear deal. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

IDF chief’s cryptic remark was a reference to unease over  Iran missions

Was he hinting that there may be missions that are not right? Was it a warning or reassurance?

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April 15, 2021 10:45

IDF chief’s cryptic remark was a reference to unease over  Iran missions

Netanyahu’s split screen dramas

The first three days of the evidentiary stage in Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial were a sobering experience for journalists

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April 8, 2021 12:33

The Plenary Hall during the swearing-in ceremony of the 24th Knesset, at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, April 6, 2021. Photo by Alex Kolomoisky/POOL ***POOL PICTURE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES, PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER AS WRITTEN - ALEX KOLOMOISKY/POOL***

With Arab parties welcome, Israeli politics can change

Mansour Abbas is the kingmaker and the most unlikely candidate to change Israel’s political landscape, writes Anshel Pfeffer

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March 31, 2021 14:43

Mansour Abbas, Israeli Arab member of the United Arab List party, speaks during a campaign rally for the Joint List political alliance ahead of upcoming September parliamentary elections, in the Arab town of Kafr Yasif in northern Israel on August 23, 2019. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Bibi’s masterplan succeeds — but it still may not be enough

Even a global pandemic can’t break Israel’s political deadlock, writes Anshel Pfeffer

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March 25, 2021 12:35

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