Iran Built a Facility to Develop Nuclear Weapons and Hid It from Inspectors during Negotiations with the West
The Shahid Mahalatti “pilot plant.”
April 13, 2020
Why the Israeli President Denied Benny Gantz’s Request for More Time to Form a Government
By taking away both sides’ chance to stall, Reuven Rivlin may have prevented a fourth election.
Under most circumstances, the role of Israel’s president is largely symbolic, but the inconclusive results of the most recent election give him a fair amount of discretion in overseeing the selection of a new prime minister. Yesterday, President Reuven Rivlin exercised this discretion when he denied the opposition leader Benny Gantz’s request for a two-week extension of the deadline for negotiating with the other parties to form a government. Rivlin did not, however, choose to give the incumbent prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu a chance to take the lead in cobbling together a coalition. Instead, as of midnight tonight, it is now up to the Knesset as a whole to decide who will be the next prime minister. Gil Hoffman explains Rivlin’s reasoning:
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Why the Israeli President Denied Benny Gantz’s Request for More Time to Form a Government
By taking away both sides’ chance to stall, Reuven Rivlin may have prevented a fourth election.
How Ultra-Orthodox Attitudes toward the Israeli State and the Duties of Citizenship Shaped the Response to the Coronavirus
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