#ISRAEL: Netanyahu, Gantz Form Emergency Wartime Gov't

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity party leader Benny Gantz announced a landmark agreement on Wednesday to establish an emergency wartime government, after Hamas launched a brutal and unprecedented assault on Israel early Saturday that claimed the lives of over 1,200 Israelis, the single deadliest day in the country’s history.

The establishment of the new “national emergency government” — an unthinkable prospect mere days ago amid long months of bitter national divisions over Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plans — underscored the extent of the shock the nation has suffered and the degree to which politicians and the entire country have been unnerved by the sudden severe threat to national security.

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#ISRAEL: Opposition Leaders Open To Unity Gov't Following Hamas Attack, War

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Israeli opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz have expressed their willingness to join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in light of the attack on Israel by Hamas in the Gaza strip. But Lapid demanded that far-right leaders, and government ministers,  Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir be removed from the cabinet. Gantz agreed to join alongside the two.

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#ISRAEL: Opposition Parties In Talks To Unite To Try To Oust Netanyahu

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Yamina Party Leader Naftali Bennett delivered his long-awaited announcement Sunday that he would attempt to create a unity government with Yesh Atid Party Leader Yair Lapid and seek to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he accused of leading Israel to national suicide for his own personal reasons.  

Yesh Atid and Yamina began negotiations immediately following the announcement Sunday night in an effort to reach an agreement by Wednesday’s deadline.

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#LEBANON: Two Months After Elections, Prime Minister Believes This Time, Government Close To Forming

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Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri says he's confident he can form a government with multiple squabbling political parties and religious factions jockeying for power in a 30-member national unity government. Elections were held on June 30, the first elections held in the country since 2009, but a government has been unable to form since then.

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#LIBYA: Parliament Rejects UN-Backed Unity Gov't; Cabinet "Too Large"

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Libya’s internationally recognized parliament in Tobruk has voted to reject a UN-backed initiative to form a unity government with a Tripoli based militia alliance. The proposal was aimed at resolving the political deadlock in the crisis-ridden country.According to the lawmakers, the 32-member unity government was rejected because its cabinet was too large.