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Iran is Reviewing ‘Concrete Proposals’ on Nuclear Program, Officials Say

Iran’s willingness to re-engage on the issue suggests that Qatar-led diplomatic efforts to avert full-blown war between the U.S. and Iran have had some success.

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Gen. Mohsen Rezaei, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said this week that Iran would not hold talks on its nuclear program until the U.S. accepts the country’s demands. Privately, however, he has shown more openness to discussing the issue, officials say.
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Israeli Claims of Iranian Chemical Weapons Divide U.S. Officials

Some administration officials suggested Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to draw President Trump back into military action.

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Military personnel joined mourners in Tehran to pay their respects at the funeral processions for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in July.
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Israeli Claims of Iranian Chemical Weapons Divide U.S. Officials

Some administration officials suggested Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to draw President Trump back into military action.

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Military personnel joined mourners in Tehran to pay their respects at the funeral processions for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in July.
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Iran Says It Would Reopen Strait of Hormuz in 2 Days as Part of U.S. Deal

Iranian officials spoke of some progress in negotiating to reopen the strait even as they prepared for all-out war. A Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran on Monday to meet with the foreign minister to continue talks.

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Off the coast of Iran in September. The conflict’s effect on shipping has shaken the global economy.
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Where Do Israel’s Arab Parties Stand?

Having won a record 19 seats in Israel’s Parliament, the two Arab-led parties say they want to work with opposition factions to take down the Netanyahu government.

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An electoral billboard for the Arab-led Joint List political alliance in Israel’s northern city of Nazareth in October.
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An Arab Town in Israel Celebrates the Election but Wonders What Will Change

Gains for Arab-led parties have electrified Taibe, in central Israel, even as voters elsewhere in Israel say they have no place in any future government.

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Ahmad Tibi, a leader of the Joint List party, with supporters on Tuesday outside a polling station in Taibe, Israel, a predominantly Arab town. “We’re ready to swallow frogs to take down Netanyahu’s government,” he said.
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Eisenkot, Netanyahu’s Main Rival in Israel’s Election, Faces a Dilemma

To form a government, Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot needs to either join forces with Arab parties — anathema to many Israelis — or with members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s alliance.

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Gadi Eisenkot addresses voters on Wednesday after exit polls from Israel’s election were released.
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5 Key Moments From Israel’s Pivotal Election Campaign

New political alliances, a contentious A.I. video and accusations about security failures all featured in the run-up to Tuesday’s election, widely seen as one of the most consequential in Israeli history.

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Naftali Bennett, left, and Yair Lapid announced in April that they would join forces in the hope of ousting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But polls have suggested that their new party is likely to finish third.
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Netanyahu Pushed for Attack on Iran Ahead of Israeli Election, Officials Say

Israel’s military chief resisted the prime minister, who then pressed in recent days for a separate action, short of an overt strike, according to an official and a person briefed on the matter.

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A campaign billboard in Tel Aviv depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump on Monday, the eve of Israel’s national election.
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Flurry of Diplomacy in Iran Amid Reports of U.S. and Israeli Plans to Renew War

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan made a rare joint visit to Tehran amid reports that the U.S. and Israel were drawing up plans to renew their attacks on Iran.

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Mohsen Rezaei, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, in July. He will meet with a delegation from countries in the Mecca Pact to discuss conflict in the region, according to an Iranian official.
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Palestinian Gunmen Open Fire on Israelis in the West Bank, Officials Say

The Israeli military said two soldiers and two attackers had been killed, and three soldiers wounded. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to launch a major offensive in the Israeli-occupied territory.

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Israeli soldiers standing next to one of the bodies of two armed Palestinian men after the exchange of fire on Friday.
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Palestinians Hope Israeli Election Will Oust Netanyahu

Many in Gaza and the West Bank are desperate to avoid more years of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, which has made life close to unbearable.

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Palestinians carry food aid from a distribution point in Gaza last month.
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U.S. Officials Condemn West Bank Attacks as Netanyahu Casts Doubt on Them

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has downplayed accounts of recent extremist attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank amid the annual olive harvest.

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Masked Israeli settlers driving through Abu Falah in the West Bank on Saturday.
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Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians and European Officials in West Bank

Extremists assaulted residents and broke a European diplomatic vehicle’s window, witnesses said, as settler violence surges in the territory during the olive harvest.

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Tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers fills an olive grove in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Friday.
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