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For the first time since 2009, Netanyahu is facing a formidable challenge from a new centrist party, Blue and White, established by Benny Gantz, a former military chief of staff…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242166
ISSN: 2633-304X
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This will be the second general election in the space of less than six months after Netanyahu abandoned efforts to form a coalition following April’s vote. That leaves the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244368
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The country has been without a permanent government for close to a year after elections in April and September failed to produce a coalition; another snap poll is now scheduled…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249603
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Israel will hold its second legislative vote of the year on September 17 after coalition talks collapsed following April’s previous election.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246020
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The advent of the new federal prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, himself a former journalist, brought a temporary lull, but deadly partisanship is now returning to the media…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257418
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The disagreement was over a draft law extending ultra-Orthodox students’ exemption from military service, which nationalist politicians reject as unfair. This is part of a broader…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB230395
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The government is also curtailing legislators’ right to cross-question ministers, especially the prime minister -- a distinctive feature of the Kuwaiti system that has long given…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261017
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The bill was proposed by Benny Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue and White party, the main opposition faction, and would rule out incumbent Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251125
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Prospects for political dissent in Oman.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB230667
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Fakhfakh's brief tenure had been characterised by squabbling and backbiting within the ruling coalition.