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Yonatan Sindel/Pool via AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to have finally lost his grip on control of the Israeli government and will be replaced as Prime Minister by the leader of a coalition of Israeli political parties led by Yair Lapid, the head of the centrist Yesh Atid party. I don’t pretend to be an expert on Israel’s complicated parliamentary government system, but as I understand what has happened, in elections held in March, Netanyahu secured the first opportunity to form a new coalition government when his Likud party won the largest number of seats in the 120 ...

4 shares Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett arrives for a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his official residence in Jerusalem on April 8, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The Likud party on Wednesday assailed Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett, accusing him of failing to cooperate with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to form a government. “Due to an uncontrollable ambition to be prime minister at any cost, Bennett – with just seven seats — is ready to crown a left-wing government,” the party said in a statement. It went on to claim that Bennett was co...

History & Hope: Activist Phyllis Bennett discusses decades-long fight for racial equality Share Updated: 4:58 PM EST Feb 7, 2021 Jeremy Jenkins Share Updated: 4:58 PM EST Feb 7, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript JEREMY: TELL US ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE GROWING UP IN THE 1950’S VERSUS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SEEING TODAY. MS. BENNETT: WHEN I GREW UP IN THAT ERA, JUST BEING ABLE TO GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES -- WE COULDN’T GO TO SKATING RINKS. MATTER OF FACT, WHEN WE WANTED TO GO TO THE SKATING RINK, THE MAN SET IT ON FIRE SO THAT WE COULDN’T SKATE ...

WGAL News 8's Jeremy Jenkins speaks with activist Phyllis Bennett about her decades-long fight for racial equality.

Among the well-known themes in modern U.S. presidential campaigns, many remember a guiding principle and mantra of Bill Clinton’s 1992 successful campaign defeating then incumbent President George Bush Sr., “It’s the economy, stupid.” The message was clear, that the economy was a pillar of the campaign and not to get distracted by tangential issues.  As Israel’s fourth election in two years approaches, the campaigns to unseat long time incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be well advised to stick to a few clear pillars of messaging as well. This year one inevitable the...