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Benjamin Netanyahu in 2023

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Netanyahu offers unity talks without preconditions; Eisenkot calls it spin

Netanyahu urged Eisenkot into unity talks without preconditions, citing Iran; the Yashar leader said a Likud meeting was already set for Sunday.

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Hamas confirms Rafah Brigade commander killed in Al-Mawasi strike

Benjamin Netanyahu in 2023

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Netanyahu urges Eisenkot to unity talks without preconditions, citing Iran

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Fellow MK Itamar Itam joins Elisha Madan's unity tent at the Knesset

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards say six drones targeted a US radar in Bahrain
The IRGC claims it struck an American air defence radar at the Al-Riffa helicopter base, calling it a response to US actions. No other party has confirmed the strike.
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Eisenkot bloc plans Knesset speaker vote and repeal of judicial overhaul laws
Gadi Eisenkot's bloc intends to use its new Knesset majority to undo the outgoing government's judicial laws and pick a speaker while coalition talks go on.
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A Wall Street Journal report says Iran is rebuilding its missile arsenal more slowly than before the war, largely from components it stockpiled earlier.
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The coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis says two ballistic missiles fired at the Saudi capital were destroyed, after a civil defence alert in Riyadh.
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Four hurt, two seriously, in two-car crash on Rishon LeZion's Palmach Street
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Environment2026-11-15
Kinneret slips 2.0 cm to -213.735 m, sitting 0.74 m below the lower red line
The lake fell again this week and remains under the 213-meter threshold, 38.0 centimeters lower than at this point last year.
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Border Police officer shot driver in Acre, leaving him seriously hurt, police say
Police say an off-duty Border Police officer fired at a driver on a main road in Acre after the man endangered pedestrians; the incident is under review.
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Courts & Crime2026-11-14
Haaretz photographer Itai Ron assaulted at protest outside Eisenkot's home
Right-wing activists kicked and shoved a Haaretz photojournalist in Herzliya, the paper says, while police dispute its claim that officers watched and did nothing.
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Emergency2026-11-14
Driver, 21, killed after his car hits a pole in Nof HaGalil
Magen David Adom crews pronounced the young man dead at the scene after rescuers freed him from the wreck with hydraulic tools in the northern Israeli city.
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Kafr Manda grenade attack: investigators point to a criminal feud
Investigators link the grenade that killed Lina Qassem Zidan to a feud with a relative of the shop owner, N12 says; her brother tells Haaretz she supported the family.
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Courts & Crime2026-11-14
Mumbai man, 20, arrested over alleged surveillance of city's Chabad House
Indian counter-terror police detained a 20-year-old suspected of scouting sensitive Mumbai sites, including the Jewish centre attacked in the 26/11 assault.
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Driver lightly hurt as stones hit car near Beit Ummar in Gush Etzion
Stones thrown at an Israeli car near Beit Ummar lightly injured the driver with broken glass, and Israeli troops set up checkpoints to search for those responsible.
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Man shot in central Arab city of Taibeh dies after being critically wounded
The victim, named in media reports as Mohammad Yazan, was pronounced dead in hospital, as police searched for suspects and a car linked to the gunmen burned.
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Eisenkot works three coalition channels as talks with Likud are set to open
Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot is negotiating with haredi parties, Arab parties and Netanyahu's Likud at once, with the haredi track seen as the main effort.
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Emergency2026-11-14
Iraq's prime minister fires nine officials over oil smuggling in Jurf al-Sakher
Ali al-Zaidi ordered dismissals and court referrals after a probe in an area held by Kataeb Hezbollah, a move one analysis frames as a test of Baghdad's authority.
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Israel weighs acting alone on Iran while fearing a surprise US strike
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Shin Bet questioned Joint List activists about rival Ra'am, Channel 12 says
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Mossad warned CIA of Iranian drone plot targeting Trump and top officials
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Angela Merkel calls coverage of Israel's Gaza war 'disproportionate'
Germany's former chancellor said Israel went too far in Gaza but argued international coverage of it lacked proportion, while also criticising the Netanyahu government.
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Smotrich urges Eisenkot to meet Netanyahu and join a unity government
Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich publicly called on Gadi Eisenkot to answer the prime minister's appeal for unity, adding his voice to Netanyahu's.
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Security2026-11-14
IDF Northern Command announces wave of strikes as Lebanon reports new attacks
Israel's army said a wave of strikes on the Lebanon front was imminent, warning of explosions audible across the Galilee and Golan, as Lebanese reports described more strikes.
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Trump may hold off on Iran strikes and leave Hormuz talks to Gulf, reports say
Reuters reports Trump is weighing a pause on Iran strikes; Ynet adds he may let Gulf states handle Hormuz talks, and that Erdogan also urged restraint.

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