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 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Itamar Ben-Gvir seen in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 27, 2025

Israel's coalition to advance series of law proposals ahead of Passover recess

 United Torah Judaism (UTJ) chairman rabbi Yitzchak Goldknopf is seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 28, 2022

Chikli loses faith in Goldknopf over discriminatory land allocations to haredim

 Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 3, 2025.

First budget bills expected to pass into law overnight

 Yair Lapid (left), Mansour Abbas (center left), Arye Deri (center right), Bezalel Smotrich (right), in front of a hostage deal protest (illustrative).

Joint list of Arab parties would win at least 13 seats

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a press conference on January 11, 2022

Netanyahu's Likud gains support, but Naftali Bennett still leads in new poll

By MOSHE COHEN
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf seen in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023

Coalition struggling to muster majority to pass 2025 budget, sources say

 Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 3, 2025.

Government approved 2025 ‘coalition funds’ amidst criticism

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf seen in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023

Israeli gov't whitewashes over a billion shekels in political funds, letter reveals

 Austrian Chancellor and head of People's Party (OeVP) Karl Nehammer speaks with journalists after coalition talks in Vienna, Austria, December 20, 2024.

SPÖ joining coalition might be only way to stop rise of far-right in Austria

 OPPOSITION LEADER MK Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset plenum last week. From October 7, 2023 to the end of October 2024, Lapid was present in the Knesset only 359 hours, ranking 107th out of the 120 members, says the writer.

Why can't Israel’s opposition challenge the current government?

By SHAHAF ZAMIR
 Austrian far Right Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Herbert Kickl leaves the presidential office at Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, February 12, 2025.

Austria's far-right fails to build a coalition, talks collapse

By REUTERS
 US President Donald Trump meets with Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington D.C., February 4, 2025.

Support for Netanyahu surges following Trump's Gaza plan, survey finds

By MOSHE COHEN
 Opposition head Yair Lapid (left), Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (center), Otzma Yehudit head Itamar Ben-Gvir (right), illustrative.

Israeli politicians react to Netanyahu's trip to Washington, the beginning of the next phase deal

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on December 23, 2024.

The continuation of the hostage deal depends on Netanyahu's relationship with Trump

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a press conference on January 11, 2022

Bennett bloc dominates as Netanyahu’s coalition loses ground

By MOSHE COHEN
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends Israel Hayom's security conference in Jerusalem, December 1, 2024

Smotrich pulls resignation letter as coalition negotiations deal to obviate his return to Knesset

 A plenum session on the state budget in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, December 16, 2024.

Netanyahu's coalition strikes down bill to form state probe into October 7

Coalition MKs are seen talking in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, on August 14, 2024

Knesset approves reshuffling of committee chairman roles