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Activists, asylum seekers and refugee advocates in Israel are pointing to the incitement directed toward African asylum seekers by politicians, state institutions and the media as necessary context for the vigilante mob and shooting that killed an Eritrean asylum seeker. An Eritrean asylum seeker was mistaken for a Palestinian during a shooting attack at… ....
Raoul Wootliff is the The Times of Israel s political correspondent. President Reuven Rivlin (R) meets Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid at the President s Residence in Jerusalem, May 5, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO) President Reuven Rivlin announced Wednesday that he had tasked Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid with forming Israel’s next government, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a day earlier acknowledged he had failed to build a coalition. Lapid, like Netanyahu before him, now has 28 days to try and form a government, though the new prime minister-designate faces an uphill battle to complete the task. In a televised statement from his official residence, Rivlin said his “main consideration” in picking Lapid was that he had the best chance of forming a government that can win the Knesset’s backing, though this, the president said, would be difficult. ....