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Netanyahu tasked with forming new Israeli government
Israel President Reuven Rivlin mandates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to form the government after his initial attempts at negotiating a unity deal between the prime minister and his main challenger Benny Gantz fail
Israel vote deadlock confirmed by near-complete official results
With 99.8% of the votes counted, Israel's election committee says Benny Gantz's centrist Blue and White has 33 seats out of 120 and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud with 31
Netanyahu sworn into Israel's new parliament after election victory
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is among the 120 members of the Knesset, or parliament, sworn in during an official ceremony
Netanyahu expected to receive formal nod to remain Israel prime minister
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin must choose who will form the next government and is expected to pick Netanyahu
Israeli president starts process of selecting next Prime Minister
Rivlin appears to have little choice but to pick incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after his party won the most seats in the April 9 vote leaving it best placed to form a coalition government
Netanyahu, Gantz make final pitches before Israeli vote
The general election in which Netanyahu is seeking to extend his already 13 years in office is expected to be close, with ex-military chief Benny Gantz posing a serious threat
Main Netanyahu challenger shows his claws at election launch
'Four years after completing my service as commander in chief, I am asking for your confidence so that I may lead Israel,' says Benny Gantz
Israel's Netanyahu accused of stoking 'fake' crisis to force poll
The dispute comes as Netanyahu faces a possible indictment on bribery charges in the coming months
Hydropower plant seen to save Ifugao Rice Terraces inaugurated
As a condition for the grant the net proceeds of the plant must be placed in a trust fund called the Rice Terraces Conservation Fund for the preservation of the Ifugao Rice Terraces
New Israel coalition near after negotiation breakthrough
Netanyahu whose Likud party won a surprise victory in a March 17 election has until May 6 to piece together a new government after receiving a 14 day extension last week
Netanyahu apologizes to Arab Israelis
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologizes for saying Arabs were voting in droves in comments that drew US condemnation
Netanyahu wins surprise victory in Israel election
UPDATED His rightwing Likud party is seen taking 30 of the Knesset s 120 seats with the center left Zionist Union a distant second with 24
Israelis vote in tight race
The outcome of the race is likely to help determine the prospects for new Middle East peace talks and Israel s troubled relations with its US ally
Netanyahu says no Palestinian state if reelected
Israel s second snap general election in 3 years opens Tuesday in a ballot experts agree is likely to be a referendum on the Netanyahu years
Israeli vote in balance as campaigning draws to close
The final two surveys released Friday night by private television channels give Labour leader Isaac Herzog s Zionist Union a four seat lead over incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu s Likud
As Israel vote looms, center-left pulls ahead of PM's Likud
Experts say the vote will largely be a referendum on the 6 year tenure of Netanyahu who has made security the centerpiece of his campaign
Netanyahu denies reneging on Palestinian state speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies reneging on a 2009 speech in which he acknowledged the need for the creation of a Palestinian state
Netanyahu poll challenger urges end to Israel isolation
The center left Zionist Union unveils its platform with an emphasis on ending Israel s diplomatic isolation
Netanyahu re-elected head of Israel's ruling Likud
It is a list of a governing party that can continue to lead Israel that will help us defeat the left under Tzipi Livni and Bujie Isaac Herzog says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel PM calls for early elections, fires ministers
UPDATED Another win for the Israeli right would leave little hope for Middle East peace talks after the last round of negotiations collapsed with no progress
Israel cabinet votes to enshrine 'Jewish state' in law
UPDATED Critics who include the government s top legal adviser say the proposed change to the laws that act as Israel s effective constitution could institutionalize discrimination against its 1 7 million Arab citizens
Netanyahu tops Israel vote but weakened by centrists
Exit polls released by Israel s three main television stations showed Netanyahu s Likud which ran on a joint list with the hardline nationalist Yisrael Beitenu winning just 31 seats down from 42 in the outgoing coalition
Israelis vote in elections seen swinging to the right
Israelis vote Tuesday January 22 in a general election expected to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to power at the head of a government of hardline right wing and religious parties
