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طوت الأزمنة المعاصرة، أو تكاد، تلك الحبكات البوليسية التي ابتدعها الروائي الإنكليزي إيان فلمنغ، ونسبها إلى شخصية جيمس بوند الخارقة في شتى ملابسات المؤامرة والمناورة والمباغتة، وفي ميادين التجسس والجريمة وصراعات الحرب الباردة؛ الأمر الذي لم يترافق مع طيّ عقليتها، أو يمنع استلهام تقنياتها، في مواقع لم تكن تخطر على بال فلمنغ أو شركاه. وهكذا، […]
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Israel's president announced on Saturday he would task Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government following last week's election, in what Netanyahu's rivals see as a first step to remove the country's longest-serving prime minister. The opposition bloc led by Eisenkot, a former military chief and political newcomer who has tried to appeal to secular and liberal Israelis, has opened the door to a once improbable alliance with ultra-Orthodox Jews, which could give it the numbers to form a coalition.
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The anti-Netanyahu alliance led by former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot has been tasked by President Isaac Herzog with forming a new government, with tricky coalition talks expected.
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Former army chief, backed by both Arab-led parties, has 28 days to build a coalition as Netanyahu fights to stay in power
