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FILE - In this May 23, 2016 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman sit in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem. Netanyahu is facing the possibility of having to fight a second election this year, as he struggles to form a coalition government. With a looming deadline, Israel's newly elected parliament began drafting a bill on Monday to dissolve itself. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Israel faces possible second election amid coalition crisis

by Aron Heller Associated PressMay 27, 2019

JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament on Monday passed a preliminary motion to dissolve itself. The move further pushed the country toward an unprecedented political impasse, less than two months after elections seemed to promise Prime Minister Benjamin…

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2015 file photo, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with then Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. The attorney general Avichai Mandelblit's decision on whether to indict Netanyahu on a series of corruption allegations is expected to be delivered Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Mandelblit is expected to announce his decision after more than two years of intense investigations and deliberations. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israel’s prime minister jolted by corruption recommendations

by Aron Heller Associated Press, and Josef Federman Associated PressFebruary 28, 2019

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 14, 2017, file photo, provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows a civil defense worker carrying a child after airstrikes hit a school housing a number of displaced people in the western part of the southern Daraa province of Syria. The Israeli military said Sunday it had rescued members of a Syrian volunteer civil organization, known as White Helmets, from the volatile frontier area and evacuated them to a third country, the first such Israeli intervention in Syria's lengthy civil war. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP, File)

Syrian White Helmets Evacuated to Safety

by Sarah El Deeb Associated Press, and Aron Heller Associated PressJuly 23, 2018

Two Palestinian men photograph a damaged hot drink street vending carte following an Israeli airstrike hits a governmental building in Gaza City , Saturday, July 14, 2018. The Israeli military carried out its largest daytime airstrike campaign in Gaza since the 2014 war as Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel, threatening to spark a wider conflagration after weeks of tensions along the volatile border. No casualties or major damage was reported on either side, and Israel said it was focused on hitting military targets and was warning Gaza civilians to keep their distance from certain sites.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israelis Exchanges Fire With Militants Militants in Gaza

by Aron Heller Associated PressJuly 14, 2018

Prince William Lands in Israel

by Aron Heller Associated PressJune 25, 2018

In this photo released Thursday, May 10, 2018, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with the Greek Kathimerini newspaper, in Damascus, Syria. In the interview published Thursday, Assad said the current U.S. administration is inconsistent and nothing can be achieved with it in terms of ending the raging conflict in his country and that he hoped there is no direct confrontation between the U.S and Russia in Syria. (SANA via AP)

Israel, Iran Engage in Confrontation

by Zeina Karam Associated Press, and Aron Heller Associated PressMay 10, 2018

African migrants wear chains to represent slavery, during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Israel announced a deal with the U.N. on Monday to resettle African migrants in Western nations, but hours later put the agreement on hold. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel Refuses African Migrants

by Aron Heller The Associated PressApril 4, 2018

Fateh masked militants carry the body of Hamdan Abu Amsha, 23, during his funeral out side of the cemetery in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 31, 2018. Israel will target "terror organizations" in Gaza if violence along the territory's border with Israel drags on, the chief military spokesman warned Saturday, a day after thousands of Palestinians staged protests near the border fence. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel Vows Tough Response if Violence Continues

by Fares Akram Associated Press, and Aron Heller Associated PressMarch 31, 2018

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen wave as they landed at Tel Aviv airport Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. Pence will pay a three day visit to Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Jerusalem Embassy Move Set for 2019

by Ken Thomas Associated Press, and Aron Heller Associated PressJanuary 23, 2018

In this Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2017 photo, Israeli Holocaust survivor, Ernest Weiner, sits in his house in the central Israeli city of Bat Yam. More than 100 fellow Holocaust survivors and advocates on their behalf gathered for the 92nd birthday party of Ernest Weiner -- a blind and widowed survivor who uses a wheelchair to get around and still lives on his own. As home to the world’s largest survivor community, Israel is grappling to serve the needs of the thousands of people like Weiner who are living out their final days alone. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel Eases Loneliness of Oldest Holocaust Survivors

by Aron Heller Associated PressJanuary 28, 2017