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Israeli students visit at the museum &quot;From Holocaust to Revival&quot; on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, Israel, Wednesday, April. 7, 2021. Holocaust remembrance day is one of the most solemn on Israel's calendar with restaurants and places of entertainment shut down, and radio and TV programming focused on Holocaust documentaries and interviews with survivors. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

On Holocaust Day, Netanyahu issues warning about Iran

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a hearing evidence stage for his trial over alleged corruption crimes, at the Jerusalem district court, in Salah El-Din, East Jerusalem, Monday, April 5, 2021. Netanyahu was back in court for his corruption trial on Monday as the country's political parties were set to weigh in on whether he should form the next government after a closely divided election or step down to focus on his legal woes. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Israeli president picks Netanyahu to try and form government

By Laurie Kellman and Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March. 24, 2021, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to his supporters after the first exit poll results for the Israeli parliamentary elections at his Likud party's headquarters in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Israel’s Netanyahu sees prospects fade as his trial resumes

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Chairman of Israel's Central Elections Committee Judge Uzi Fogelman, left, poses with Israeli President Reuvin Rivlin with official election results in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Israeli election officials Wednesday handed the results of last week's vote to President Reuven Rivlin, nudging forward the country' elusive efforts to break political deadlock, form a government and avoid an unprecedented fifth consecutive round of balloting. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israel’s president calls for new alliances to solve deadlock

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Workers count votes in Israel's national elections wearing and divided in groups by sheets of plastic masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Final vote results show major setback for Israel’s Netanyahu

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 23, 2021 file photo, Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List, also known by the Hebrew name Ra'am, votes for Israel's parliamentary election at a polling station in Maghar, Israel. After a hard-fought election, an Arab Islamist could choose Israel’s next prime minister. Tuesday’s elections have left a razor-thin margin between a right-wing coalition led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a diverse array of parties bent on ousting him. Each side needs the support of Ra'am. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Tight Israeli vote means Arab Islamist could choose next PM

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to his supporters after the first exit poll results for the Israeli parliamentary elections at his Likud party's headquarters in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel vote deadlock: Netanyahu appears short of majority

By Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2021 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Leumit Health Care Services vaccination facility in Jerusalem. Israel is holding its fourth election in two years after two deadlocked votes and a government that collapsed after less than a year. It is widely seen as a one-issue referendum — with the electorate almost evenly divided — on whether longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can remain in power. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool via AP, File)

EXPLAINER: Israelis vote in fourth election in 2 years

By ILAN BEN ZION - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 24, 2019, file photo, Bezalel Smotrich, the then Israeli transportation minister, arrives to attend a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. An alliance of far-right groups including openly racist and homophobic candidates like Smotrich appears poised to enter Israel’s parliament, possibly as an indispensable member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition, according to exit polls Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Smotrich, a longtime activist, has organized anti-gay protests and recently compared gay marriage to incest. (Menahem Kahana/Pool via AP, File)

Far-right party set to gain new influence after Israeli vote

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center left, tours the Mahane Yehuda market while campaigning a day before national elections, in Jerusalem, Monday, March 22, 2021. The March 23 vote is Israel’s fourth parliamentary election in two years. (AP Photo/Oren Ben Hakoon)

Israel votes: Netanyahu’s fate hangs on Tuesday’s elections

By Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

People pass an election campaign billboard for the Likud party that shows a portrait of its leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Sunday, March 21, 2021. Israelis head to the polls on Tuesday for what will be the fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the race boils down to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israeli election seen as referendum on divisive Netanyahu

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

An election campaign billboard for the Likud party that shows a portrait of its leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and opposition party leader Yair Lapid, is defaced with Hebrew that reads, &quot;go home,&quot; in Ramat Gan, Israel, Sunday, March 21, 2021. Israelis head to the polls on Tuesday for what will be the fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the race boils down to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

EXPLAINER: Players in Israel’s fourth election in 2 years

By ILAN BEN ZION - Associated Press

Israeli protesters, one wearing a mask of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu carry large Israeli flag during a demonstration outside of his official residence in Jerusalem, Saturday, March. 20, 2021. The weekly protests against Netanyahu's corruption charges and his handling of the pandemic have persisted since summer, but tonight's gathering is the last before Israel will be holding its fourth election in two years on March 23. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Thousands protest against Israel’s Netanyahu ahead of vote

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2020, file photo, from left; Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, sit during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington. As Israel heads to the polls next week for the fourth time in two years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought to capitalize on his new partnership with the United Arab Emirates in his desperate campaign to stay in power. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Despite ties, UAE stays clear of Netanyahu election maneuver

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during his meeting with the prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babis in Jerusalem, on Thursday, March 11, 2021. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel election faces new factors

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Israeli PM avoided Saudi airspace because of Houthi missiles

Associated Press

In this March 8, 2021 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, speaks to journalists after meeting the Israeli citizen, who is the 5 millionth person to be vaccinated in Israel, at a ceremony in Tel Aviv. An Israeli official says Netanyahu will travel to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, March 10. It will be Netanyahu's first official trip to the Gulf Arab nation after the two countries established diplomatic relations. (Miriam Alster/Pool via AP)

Israel’s Netanyahu cancels UAE trip in pre-election setback

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Israel’s Netanyahu to visit Abu Dhabi on 1st official trip

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Audience members wearing protective face masks take a selfie during a performance of Israeli musician Ivri Lider, where all guests were required to show &quot;green passport&quot; proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination or full recovery from the virus at a soccer stadium in Tel Aviv, Friday, March. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

With many vaccinated, Israel reopens economy before election

By ILAN BEN ZION - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday Aug. 28, 2018 file photo, Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday, March 3, 2021 that she has launched an investigation into alleged crimes in the Palestinian territories. Fatou Bensouda said in a statement the probe will be conducted “independently, impartially and objectively, without fear or favor.” (Bas Czerwinski/Pool file via AP, File)

ICC launches war crimes probe into Israeli practices

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and MIKE CORDER - Associated Press