Israel’s ruling coalition has lost its majority. Now what?

The surprise announcement on Wednesday morning, April 6, in Israel by Coalition Leader Idit Silman of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s own Yamina party that she would leave the Coalition (but remain a Member of Knesset) means that the Government of Bennett and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid no longer has a parliamentary majority. Both the…

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Editorial: Ukraine and the Israel obsession

At a time when Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has created millions of refugees, levelled cities and killed untold numbers of Ukrainian civilians, it’s remarkable how much critical commentary on the war seems to be focused on Israel – a tiny country far removed, both geographically and geopolitically, from the fighting.

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