As a divided Israel prepares to go to the polls, can Netanyahu pull off his greatest political trick yet?
Looming over the crowd that has gathered to hear Gadi Eisenkot, the former general who is the lead opposition challenger in Tuesday’s Israeli election, is a…
The Guardian reports: Looming over the crowd that has gathered to hear Gadi Eisenkot, the former general who is the lead opposition challenger in Tuesday’s Israeli election, is a man who is not there.
It is the man Eisenkot seeks to replace as prime minister, the man who first served in that role three decades ago and who has held it, on and off…
This politics story centres on Israel. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot and Tuesday’s Israeli.
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