56 MKs back Lapid for PM, including right-wing New Hope, as Rivlin resumes talks

By Times of Israel Staff—- Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope party said Wednesday that it would tell President Reuven Rivlin that it recommends that Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid form the next government, greatly increasing the opposition chief’s chances of being handed the mandate after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to muster a majority coalition…

Arabs Warn West: Do Not Let Iran Fool You

By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute—- Arabs are growing increasingly concerned about Iran’s sinister intentions and deception as the Iranians and representatives of Germany, France, Britain, Russia, and China continue their negotiations in Vienna about reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which the Trump administration abandoned in 2018. The deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive…