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Politics of Israel

Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party react to exit polls in Israel's parliamentary election at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sept. 17, 2019. One sign says "Trump 2020" as well.

Anxiety and fear run high as Israel votes

As Israel’s voters head to the polls, most expressed anxiety over the outcome of the election.

A supporter of the Israeli Likud party kisses an election campaign poster depicting Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the market in Jerusalem.

For many Israelis, this election is all about Bibi

Two up close portraits of white men with short hair cuts competing for prime minister.

For the first time in a decade, Netanyahu has a serious challenger

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Israeli prime minister stands between two Israeli flags.

Israel’s early elections: Netanyahu’s best defense against criminal charges

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Israeli soldiers stand guard during the demolition of the family house of Palestinian assailant Omar Alabed

Israel wants to increase its practice of demolishing the homes of Palestinian involved in fatal attacks

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Crumpled posters at the headquarters of the center-left Zionist Union, a day after losing to incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's elections.

Their election hopes crumpled, the young Israeli left asks: ‘Should we stay?’

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“I was at a friend’s house today, and she just had a baby,” one 26-year-old says. “She is looking into acquiring a foreign passport and moving to Europe. And she says she just doesn’t want to raise her kid in this racist country.”

A photograph of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen on the floor with Likud party ballots at Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv March 18, 2015.

Netanyahu wins again. So now what?

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The Likud Party wins the Israeli elections. It all but assures Benjamin Netanyahu’s fourth term as prime minister. But did his election lurch to the right hurt his chances to actually govern?

A woman walks past a Joint Arab List campaign billboard. Four Arab-Israeli political parties have united for the first time, making the group the third-largest political faction in the Knesset.

Israel’s Arab parties make historic gains — will they actually matter?

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Exit polls from the latest Israeli election show Arab parties winning an historic number of seats in Israel’s parliament. But it’s still far from certain whether the unified Joint List will wield meaningful power under a new government.

Israeli election

Israelis head to the polls in what has become an unusually tight election

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Israeli’s go to the polls today and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping for a fourth term, but his chances seem to be falling quickly.

Isaac Herzog, at rear in the center, poses for a selfie with supporters of his center-left Zionist Union at their party headquarters in Tel Aviv on March 16, 2015.

As Netanyahu campaigns on Iran, Israelis prepare to vote on their rent

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled big on national security in Israel’s upcoming election, saying only he and his party could keep Israel safe from Iran and terrorist groups. But the gamble seems to have backfired as Israeli voters look more concerned about economic matters.