Netanyahu, Gantz announce Israeli 'national emergency government'

Netanyahu.
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After three elections within the last year, Israel finally has a government.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the conservative Likud Party, has struck a deal with his political rival and chief challenger Benny Gantz, who heads the center-right Blue and White faction.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.