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Three television polls by TV networks this evening show Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai’s new party eating into support for Yair Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid and Naftali Bennett’s right-wing Yamina, but failing to much affect Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope.
Meanwhile Benny Gantz’s Blue and White continues its crash, just barely passing the electoral threshold in both polls.
Despite enjoying a lead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still does not have a clear path to forming the next government, with rival Gideon Sa’ar vowing not to bring his New Hope party into a government under Netanyahu.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered the former director-general of the Health Ministry, Moshe Bar Siman-Tov, the fifth spot on Likud’s slate for the coming elections, Channel 12 News reports.
There is no word on whether Bar Siman-Tov, who gained prominence as the face of the Health Ministry during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, plans to accept. He has said in the past he has no intention of entering politics.
Then Health Ministry director-general Manager Moshe Bar Siman-Tov at a press conference about the coronavirus COVID-19, at the Prime Ministers office in Jerusalem on March 11, 2020. (Flash90) I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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At least 30 Syrian soldiers were killed Wednesday in a jihadist attack on their bus in the east of the war-torn country, a monitor says.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the attack in Deir Ezzor province was carried out by the Islamic State group.
The official news agency SANA reports that a “terrorist attack” on a bus killed “25 citizens” and wounded 13. I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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Health Minister Yuli Edelstein confirms the ministry may stop administering first doses for “a short period,” telling Channel 12 News that “there will be no shortage in the second dose.” I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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The Walla news site reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to appoint Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz as the next US ambassador in place of Gilad Erdan, who is supposed to take up the role in addition to the UN envoy position he already holds.
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
According to the outlet, Netanyahu is meeting with Erdan, and giving him the choice of choosing which position he wants to keep and which he wants Steinitz to have.
Steinitz has been closely involved in US and UN-brokered negotiations with Lebanon over a maritime border dispute.