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A guide to Israel’s perplexing political parties As Israel gears up for its fourth national election in two years, the political landscape continues to shift Oded Balilty/AP People walk by election campaign billboards showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside the Blue and White party leaders in Tel Aviv in April. By Share The first day of Israel’s national election campaign kicked off with a bang yesterday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rivals on the right sought to position themselves as leadership alternatives, and as the center-left is scrambling to g...

Israel was still shuddering from Zeev Elkin’s sudden departure from Likud and the latest version of “I accuse,” pointing the finger at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ for sacrificing the country’s welfare to his own personal interests. The shocking aspect of it was Elkin’s closeness to Netanyahu, typically

Arabs and Muslims increasingly accept Israel even as the global left rejects it Follow Us Question of the Day ANALYSIS/OPINION: That four Arab states in four months normalized relations with Israel is a remarkable development that opens the possibility that the Arab states’ war with Israel, which began in 1948, is winding down.  But there is more good news, less visible and also potentially momentous: a change taking place among the people who constitute Israel’s ultimate enemy, its Arab citizens. This sector may finally begin to end its self-imposed political isolation and r...

Anything up in talks where there would be give and take. >> gil hoffman, chief political correspondent speaking with me a little later. donald trump says he will give up his charitable foundation to avoid any possible conflict of interest when he becomes president of the united states. that day january 20th. >> there are claims that the foundation is less charitable than most and may have even broken the law. cnn's dana baesh has more. >> the president-elect's team is trying to figure out what to do about his vast business interests, even trump-owned properties like mar-a-lago where is he st...