Published: 8 April 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Netanyahu’s final campaign focus: An effort to decimate Bennett and Shaked (Times of Israel)
Hoping to boost Likud and defeat his family’s long-time nemeses, PM is concentrating on wooing New Right voters, including with the promise of sovereignty over settlements
Why we must take Netanyahu's pre-election stunt seriously (Haaretz)
Annexation would be disastrous for the Palestinians. It would also be enormously damaging for Israel. Netanyahu knows that – but he also knows his base has moved rightwards, and that Trump will back him anyway
Gantz blasts PM’s settlement sovereignty pledge as ‘irresponsible’ bid for votes (Times of Israel)
Netanyahu’s main election challenger dismisses campaign promise as ‘meaningless,’ says PM had 13 years in office to annex West Bank communities but didn’t
Netanyahu talks West Bank annexation after election – but thwarted all efforts in the past (Haaretz)
Netanyahu, who is trying to woo right wing voters in last-ditch effort, blocked three West Bank annexation bills just last year. He might still deliver if reelected, but election promises should be taken this week with a whole shaker of salt
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Netanyahu allies, including top Likud minister, say they won’t back immunity law (Times of Israel)
After prime minister refuses to rule out so-called French Law, Gilad Erdan and several rightist party heads say no chance they will legislate to protect him from prosecution
Photo: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, centre, in the Israeli parliament, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
