Ultra-Orthodox Parties and Netanyahu: An Unholy Deal That Just Came Apart
Opposition targeted alliance in bid to shake secular voters from their apathy. But they may have been barking up the wrong tree
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On Tuesday evening Benjamin Netanyahu gathered the Likud MKs and announced: “There are two possibilities – a government headed by me, or a government leaning on the Arab parties...
Israel Election 2019
Election Economics: Israelis Voted a Lot, Shopped Even More Tuesday
Credit card charges were up more than a third Tuesday, compared with the April election
Israel
Israel Shuts Out Spain in First Game of Summer Olympics Baseball Qualifiers
Israel beats Spain 3-0, taking team one step closer to Tokyo in 2020
Haaretz Magazine
U.S. News
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio Ends 2020 Presidential Bid
'It's clearly not my time,' de Blasio says, vowing to support whoever wins the Democratic Party's nomination
Middle East
Twitter Suspends Disgraced Saudi Royal Adviser Embroiled in Khashoggi Affair
Saud al-Qahtani, who had also overseen a pro-Israel PR campaign in the kingdom, is said to still wield considerable influence ■ Other pro-Saudi accounts also removed
Jewish World
Meringue-topped Apple Pie Bars, an Innovative Rosh Hashanah Dessert
Beyond apples and honey, another way to bring the Rosh Hashanah staple fruit to the holiday table
Culture & Life
Feminism, Nakba and Tears: This Young Palestinian Artist's Works Are Hard to Look Away From
Womanhood and national identity politics are at the heart of the drawings of artist Samah Shihadi, now on display at her solo Tel Aviv Museum exhibition
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Baking Sacramental Bread and Bombing Enemy SUVs: The Patriot's Guide to Fun in Israel
Baking bread for the Temple, learning about Israeli army weapons and sifting through debris from the Temple Mount – our correspondent takes a 'patriotic' vacation
