Incoming PM is also facing Smotrich's demand for the Finance Ministry; meanwhile, Likud MKs see their negotiating power for top jobs reduced, particularly Israel Katz

Israel's left has been in freefall for 3 decades. It didn't lose ground in the election; it simply woke up to the mismatch between its political institutions and the electorate

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Shay Selami accused of killing Yafit Furian after she said she wanted to leave him and he found she was corresponding with a male colleague; their 4 children were home at the time

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Turnout was up overall, but especially for Netanyahu's bloc, and most of all among Haredim. And while he optimized his bloc to beat the threshold, his opponents emphatically didn't

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