David Ben Gurion
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The Irish Times view on Israel’s election: Netanyahu’s tired playbook
- Editorial
- September 16, 2019, 19:31
Israelis go to the polls on Tuesday for a second general election in six months. If opinion polls are any guide, the vote may fail to break the deadlo(...)

What legacy does Netanyahu leave as Israel’s longest-serving PM?
- Middle East
- July 19, 2019, 20:00
On Saturday, Binyamin Netanyahu will become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, breaking the record set by Israel’s first prime minister, David B(...)

Haredi exemption from military service in Israel under threat
- Middle East
- June 30, 2019, 17:01
At nearly 50 years of age, Yitzhak Pindrus would prefer the traditional life of an ultra-Orthodox Jew, sequestered in a religious school poring over t(...)

Israel to hold new election after coalition talks fail
- Middle East
- May 29, 2019, 22:19
Israel will hold a new election on September 17th after prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu failed to meet the Wednesday midnight deadline to form a gov(...)

Netanyahu’s peerless political instincts bring him fifth term
- Middle East
- April 10, 2019, 15:28
King Bibi has done it again. Trailing in the polls to the centrist Blue and White throughout the campaign, Binyamin Netanyahu managed to siphon enough(...)

Netanyahu wins fifth term in office as rival concedes
- Middle East
- April 10, 2019
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu secured a clear path to re-election on Wednesday, with far-right parties set to hand him a parliamentary maj(...)

Exit polls show Israeli election too close to call
- Middle East
- April 9, 2019, 21:39
Binyamin Netanyahu looked on course to secure a fifth term as Israeli prime minister on Tuesday night, but differences in exit polls from the three ma(...)

Prolonging Netanyahu’s premiership may come at a cost for Israel
- Opinion
- April 6, 2019, 03:00
Like any successful politician, Binyamin Netanyahu recognises the value of being underestimated. For him, it’s been a recurring theme. In the 1980s, (...)

Netanyahu’s political life in peril amid three cases of corruption
- Middle East
- February 28, 2019, 21:20
Binyamin Netanyahu has dominated Israeli politics for the last two decades and only a few months ago looked a certain bet to win a fifth term as prime(...)

Binyamin Netanyahu: final reckoning for the Israeli leader?
- Middle East
- April 7, 2018, 08:00
Binyamin Netanyahu, now in his fourth term as prime minister, is the only leader in Israel’s history to have been elected three times in a row. If his(...)