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Eisenkot calls off Likud talks over Netanyahu's Knesset swearing-in speech
Yashar! cancelled planned talks with Likud after Netanyahu's speech at the 26th Knesset's swearing-in, accusing him of division and of desecrating the ceremony.
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Shas says it still backs Netanyahu and is holding no talks with rivals
Eisenkot's Yashar files 61-plus signatures to replace Knesset Speaker Ohana
Smotrich urges Matan Kahana to refuse Knesset speaker post over votes
Eisenkot says bloc agreed on Matan Kahana as its Knesset speaker pick
Canada sanctions 11 Iranian entities over nuclear proliferation concerns
Iranian security council secretary denies any negotiations with Washington
Eisenkot and Lieberman agree on Knesset speaker and Haredi outreach, reports say
Trump questions honesty of US midterms; Schumer calls him a crybaby
Trump and Qatari prime minister end closed-door White House talks on Iran
Netanyahu renews unity government call after Herzog gives mandate to Eisenkot
Iran's security council chief Rezaei expected to meet JD Vance in Qatar
United Torah Judaism rejects Eisenkot party bid to replace Knesset speaker Ohana
Hasidic newspaper ties support for any government to a draft exemption law
French ministry report says Israeli accounts amplified riot narratives
Trump to host Qatar's prime minister in the Oval Office on Iran mediation
Trump's Israel aid cutoff remark jolts defense officials as talks continue
Liberman calls anyone with other Knesset priorities 'simply an idiot'
Netanyahu names Ofir Katz to chair Likud's faction in the 26th Knesset
Eisenkot to hold off on swearing in government until Knesset speaker is replaced
Liberman denies sabotaging Eisenkot, defends Haredi draft compromise talk
France says it will join US-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi
Dana White says he will meet Trump to discuss press secretary offer
Security stepped up for Deputy Minister Almog Cohen after threats to his family
Netanyahu calls for a unity government, and Eisenkot's party calls it spin
Netanyahu calls for a unity government, but only with all his coalition allies
White House voices support for Pete Hegseth as dismissal talk circulates
Trump says US is talking to Iran as Qatar-mediated talks show progress
Rubio denies reports he will quit Trump administration ahead of 2028
Trump tells ABC he intends to keep Hegseth as impeachment push builds
El-Sayed, Michigan's senator-elect, backs Trump's plan to end Israel aid
Eisenkot's Yashar! finishes first round of talks with three change-bloc parties
Entry resumes at President's Residence; foreign journalist still held
Shas denies Aryeh Deri sent letter resigning from Knesset and party helm
Lapid rules out Netanyahu unity government, citing Zini and US midterms
Likud says opposition talks with Arab parties are a 'knife in the back'
Vance says US feels good about Iran deal as Qatari mediators leave Tehran
US to mediate Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11
Americans vote in US midterms as Israel weighs stakes of a hostile Congress
Qatari mediators return to Tehran with draft of a possible US-Iran deal
Democrats back Gadi Eisenkot for prime minister, completing opposition bloc
Jewish Democrats push back as Haley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers
US-Iran talks show 'some progress' as nuclear gaps persist, reports say
Araghchi calls Vance letter a positive step, says Iran sent delegation to Qatar
Iran's Rezaei ties Hormuz and nuclear talks to US accepting Iran's conditions
Eisenkot sets four coalition conditions, leaves door open to any lawmaker
Avigdor Liberman says he has no desire to become Knesset speaker
Iran deputy minister in Doha as source says direct US talks not yet agreed
Qatari mediators spend 12 hours in Tehran pressing for a US-Iran deal
Trump says Iran wants to talk and the US has time to negotiate
Netanyahu and Ben Gvir meet on blocking a change-bloc minority government
Qatari mediators back in Tehran to pursue a US-Iran deal, reports say
Vance writes to Iran's Rezaei on talks as Trump denies directing outreach
Israel's opposition weighs replacing Knesset speaker Ohana, with Lapid floated
Trump post crediting him for Netanyahu tie was later signed Irving Schwartz
Trump denies Netanyahu pressured him into a second endorsement
Iranian official tells Reuters nuclear file is off the table at regional talks
Report says Netanyahu told diplomats to back Argentina on Falklands talks
Paris shops board up and the Louvre shuts as France braces for weekend protests
US memo on Iranian plots against officials informs Mideast embassy staffing
US orders families out of Saudi Arabia and trims embassy staff, CNN says
Netanyahu tells Israelis to prepare for banking sanctions and a bypass economy
Bottle thrown toward Netanyahu's convoy at Jerusalem's Mahaneh Yehuda market
US moves to pull some embassy staff and families from Gulf posts, citing Yemen
Israel accepted as a Pacific Islands Forum partner after Sa'ar's Fiji visit
Netanyahu unveils security doctrine with 450 billion shekels more for defence
EU condemns settler attack on European diplomats near Taybeh in the West Bank
Katie Zacharia out as White House press secretary after 5 days in the job
Herzog meets Aliyev and Bahrain's foreign minister at Baku summit
Colombia opens its embassy in Jerusalem, the tenth in the city, says Sa'ar
Netanyahu tours eastern barrier near Kibbutz Massada, tells enemies 'do not test us'
Israel and the Czech Republic sign space cooperation declaration in Tel Aviv
One year on, Israel and a US envoy mark return of last 20 living hostages
Justice Department confirms search of Ilhan Omar's home; Trump denies role
Netanyahu aide Urich asked ChatGPT how to improve Qatar's image, Channel 12 says
Trump calls Nobel decision an 'indelible stain' on Norway after Pillay win
Trump picks Trump Media adviser Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary
Sa'ar ties British consulate closure to UK's 'hostile steps' toward Israel
UK consulate in East Jerusalem loses its signs as 20 British diplomats leave
Israel's US envoy rebukes Mamdani over his October 7 anniversary statement
Ahead of October 7 anniversary, Israel warns citizens abroad to stay alert
Government releases Mount Herzl speeches by Netanyahu and Herzog after heckle
Ireland players bow heads during Israeli anthem as Israel wear black armbands
Netanyahu, Herzog and US envoy honour passengers who subdued flydubai pilot
Netanyahu warns of a heavy price if anyone sent the flydubai co-pilot
Herzog congratulates Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, Morocco's new prime minister
Other Gulf states joined Netanyahu's Abu Dhabi talks on Iran, reports say
Israel summons Spain's chargé d'affaires over minister's 'river to the sea' remark
Egypt's spy chief phoned Netanyahu days before October 7, WSJ reports
Israel gives Dutch diplomats in Ramallah seven days to return credentials
Netanyahu's office denies Egypt warned Israel before the October 7 attack
Netanyahu tells UN of brother Yoni's 1967 vow, 'We have no other choice'
Netanyahu meets Argentina's Milei at the UN, praises his economic overhaul
Qatar, Turkey and Mamdani answer Netanyahu's UN speech, 33 days before Israel votes
Abbas addresses UN General Assembly by video after US visa refusal
Netanyahu thanks Slovenia's Janša for Israel's new embassy in Ljubljana
Netanyahu and Mitsotakis meet at UN, discuss Israeli defense systems and Cyprus summit
Reuters: US drafted Rubio statement against UK settlement import ban, never issued
Pezeshkian holds up Khamenei image in UN General Assembly address
Witkoff says US and Iran talked through mediators at the UN, not face to face
Netanyahu tells Mamdani "shame on you" and vows UN speech reply
Israeli PM's office rejects Macron UN claim on Hamas in the West Bank
Israel launches "UN's Lie Industry" video ahead of Netanyahu speech
Trump speaks without sound as US networks halt pool coverage
Networks suspend White House pool as Trump speaks with no audio
US prepares sweeping sanctions to cut ICC off from dollar transactions
UAE official disputes report that bin Zayed warned Netanyahu before October 7
US officials say no Trump-Netanyahu meeting planned at UN assembly
Trump says US has struck 'permanent' security deal over Greenland
Ex-Palestinian minister says he carried Sinwar message to Israel before Oct. 7
Israel and Morocco agree to raise missions to full embassies
US officials met Houthi representatives in Oman, Reuters reports
Israel, Morocco and US agree steps to upgrade ties at New York summit
Swedish center-left edges ahead as count narrows to a few seats
Bahrain says no Hormuz talks with Iran until ties are restored
Israel's Foreign Ministry calls UN rapporteur Albanese a Hamas "spokesperson"
Herzog tells Cypriot leader he dreams of meeting Lebanon's president in Nicosia
Britain says it showed leadership; Israel rejects 'political scenery'
Herzog calls UK settlement sanctions a grave miscalculation
Netanyahu tells cabinet at Rosh Hashanah toast Iran's regime is faltering
Israel's Foreign Ministry and Huckabee criticise UK's Miliband over Gaza video
Some 120 ambassadors shown Israel's science agenda at Tel Aviv conference
Israel and DR Congo signal embassy moves to Jerusalem and Kinshasa
Netanyahu calls new Israel-Greece security agreement one of the largest ever
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Rabbi Lando Orders His Party to Vote Down the Death Penalty Bill
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Douglas Murray and Charlie Kirk Honoured at a Jerusalem Summit
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A Veteran Lawyer Is Israel's Pick for Ambassador to Athens
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Cabinet Blocks the One October 7 Inquiry That Can Compel Testimony
