Netanyahu May Have Just Kicked Off His New Election Campaign
The PM looks more than ever ready to get back on the campaign trail – and not to answer questions about his actual job
Breaking:
- Lebanon detains 16 in probe of Beirut port blast, state news agency says (Reuters)
- Lebanon central bank freezes accounts of port, customs officials (Reuters)
- Ukraine expects to swap 100 prisoners with Russian-backed separatists within weeks (Reuters)
- Far-right party leaps forward in election poll as Netanyahu's Likud loses strength (Haaretz)
- Assailant seizes hostages in northern France (Reuters)
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