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Yair Lapid, a former television anchorman who leads the new middle-of-the-road Yesh Atid party, attends a party meeting at parliament in Jerusalem February 11, 2013. (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)
by Dr. Amal Al-Hazzani | Jan 31, 2013 | Opinion
Being something of an exception in the Middle East, the Israeli elections are often great fun and full of surprises. This time we saw the emergence of politician Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party that has won the admiration even of its political rivals after...
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In this Dec. 16, 2012 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool, File)
by Ali El-Saleh | Jan 26, 2013 | Features
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—One thing that the Israeli election results for the 19th Knesset confirms is that the policy of a new coalition government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be completely different than that of his previous government, including on...
