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New polls by Channel 12 and Kan News show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud maintain its lead ahead of the coming election, but it remains unclear if he’ll be able to form a government.
A survey by Channel 12 has Likud at 29 Knesset seats; Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope with 18; Yesh Atid-Telem 16; Yamina 13; Joint List 11; Shas 8; United Torah Judaism 8; Yisrael Beytenu 7; Meretz 5; Blue and White 5.
Kan has Likud at 28; New Hope 20; Yamina 15; Yesh Atid-Telem 13; Joint List 11; Shas 8; UTJ 7; Blue and White 6; Yisrael Beytenu 6; Meretz 6.
Israelis cast their ballot at a voting station in Jerusalem, March 2, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
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Former prime minister Ehud Barak was allowed to return to his home after stepping off a flight from London Tuesday night, while dozens of other passengers were forced to go to so-called coronavirus hotels for quarantine under observation, due to the new, more infectious UK strain of the virus.
Barak and the Health Ministry said the arrangement was necessary due to Barak’s security needs. They said he will isolate at his home and be tested as required.
Ehud Barak during a press conference in Tel Aviv, on July 25, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin (Likud) announces he has chosen attorney Sagit Afik to serve as the Knesset next legal adviser.
Afik is currently serving as parliament’s deputy legal adviser.
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Hailing his own achievements on the coronavirus pandemic and forging new peace deals, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists he did everything to prevent fresh elections but promises his party will have “a huge win.”
“I didn’t want elections. Likud didn’t want elections. We voted again and again against elections,” he asserts. “Benny Gantz walked back his agreements with us.”
The prime minister, who is on trial on corruption charges, says Gantz “insisted on letting [Justice Minister Avi] Nissenkorn continue the dictatorship of leftist officials” in the justice system.
Gantz reportedly walked back an agreement to curb Nissenkorn’s powers after realizing his party would not back the move.
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