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 What
is the Knesset? How does one get elected prime minister? Read a background
report on Israel's electoral process.
Facing
a vote of no-confidence that he would have lost, Israeli Prime Minister
Netanyahu calls
for new elections. (12/22/98)
Benjamin
Netanyahu defeats Shimon Peres
(5/30/96)
The 1996
election campaign. (5/28/96)
The
issue of security. (5/23/96)
Complete
NewsHour coverage of
Israel, the Middle East and the peace process.
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Will
Barak's victory revive a stalled Middle East
peace process? (5/18/99)
With
98 percent of the votes counted, Ehud Barak
has been elected prime minister of Israel. (5/18/99)
NewsHour
analysis of what Mr. Barak's victory means for Israel
and the peace process. (5/17/99)
Exit
polls indicate that Israel has elected Ehud
Barak as its new prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu has conceded
the election and stepped down as leader of the Likud party. (5/17/99)
With
the three other candidates out of the race, Prime
Minister Netanyahu and Mr. Barak prepare for a head-to-head battle.
(5/16/99)
A
look at the candidates for prime
minister. Note: Ze'ev Begin, Azmi Bishara and Yitzhak Mordechai
all withdrew over the weekend.
The
Israeli Prime Minister discusses the search for peace in the Middle
East. (5/15/98)
Following
the assassination of PM Yitzhak Rabin, Charlayne Hunter-Gault talked
with then-Foreign
Minister Barak about security issues. (1/23/96)
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