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Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is eyeing a return to power when the country holds its fifth election in four years Tuesday, his chances potentially boosted by the rise of the extreme-right.

With days to go, the calm belies what is at stake: the hard right empowered so a beleaguered figure can win and possibly evade justice, says lawyer and Guardian US contributor Lloyd Green

The agreement opens up the possibility for both countries to exploit reserves in the gas-rich Mediterranean Sea.

Lebanon has signed and delivered its copy of a U.S.-mediated sea border deal with Israel to an American mediator, and Israel was expected to sign off

Israel and Lebanon Thursday separately signed a US-brokered maritime border deal which paves the way for lucrative offshore gas extraction by the neighbours that remain technically at war.

Israel's government approved a landmark U.S.-brokered maritime border deal with Lebanon on Thursday, a statement from Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office said.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Thursday signed a letter approving a landmark US-brokered agreement laying out the country’s maritime boundary with Israel, Lebanon's top negotiator, Elias Bou Saab, told reporters. Israel was set to follow suit in approving the deal. The agreement opens the way for offshore energy exploration and…

US envoy Amos Hochstein traveled to Beirut on Wednesday to represent his country at the official signing of the historic agreement to delineate the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel and pave the way for offshore energy exploration in the Mediterranean Sea. “Hochstein traveled to Lebanon to finalize the historic…

Israel is holding its fifth national election in under four years, and once again the race is shaping up as a referendum on former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fitness to rule