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Israeli leaders confront political rift as election looms

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned his defense minister, Ehud Barak, on Saturday to discuss allegations he had undermined the premier during recent trips to the United States, raising further speculation of an early election.Full story

Netanyahu may dissolve parliament in mid-October-official

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will decide before parliament reconvenes on October 15 on whether to seek a snap election, a government official said on Friday. Full story

Netanyahu-Barak spat stokes early Israel vote talk

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Friction between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak over relations with the United States fuelled talk on Wednesday of an early Israeli election. Full story

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Defense Minister Ehud Barak insists that Israel will act while it still can to stop Iran from going nuclear, and won’t delegate that decision to the United States. The Aspen Institute’s Walter Isaacson and The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg discusses.

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