Israel coalition parties trying to keep government alive

A key partner in Israel’s governing coalition said on Monday that all the factions are working to try and keep the fragile coalition afloat, less than a year after it was sworn into office. The coalition has come under threat by internal squabbles and repeated Israeli security and settler raids on occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam. The assaults have left over 200 Palestinians injured and seen worshippers struck with batons and attacked with tear gas by Israeli security. Earlier this month a member of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s party split from the …

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