Josef Federman

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Supporters of Naftali Bennett, head of Israel's Jewish Home party celebrate after the exit polls were announced at the party's headquarters in the city of Ramat Gan, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party emerged as the largest faction in a hotly contested parliamentary election on Tuesday, positioning the hard-liner to serve a new term as prime minister, according to exit polls. But a lackluster performance by Likud, along with surprising gains by a centrist newcomer, raised the strong possibility that he will be forced to form a broad coalition. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Exit polls: Netanyahu narrowly wins Israel vote

Josef Federman · January 22, 2013 5:00 am

A vandalized election campaign billboard of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu hangs on a main road in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. The general elections will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

As Israelis vote, peace seems distant

Josef Federman, Dan Perry · January 21, 2013 5:00 am

Yair Lapid, popular former TV anchorman and head of the new centrist party Yesh Atid, poses for a portrait at his house during an interview for the Associated Press in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, June. 16, 2013. Lapid predicted he will one day become prime minister and said he would fight for a more moderate policy towards the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

AP Interview: Israel’s Lapid won’t be ‘fig leaf’

Josef Federman, Dan Perry · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks to the media during an event in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Israel's powerful foreign minister resisted calls to resign after he was charged Thursday with breach of trust for actions that allegedly compromised a criminal investigation into his business dealings, throwing the country's election campaign into disarray just weeks before the vote. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Israeli FM charged with breach of trust

Josef Federman · December 13, 2012 9:26 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lights candles on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah during an event with foreign press in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Netanyahu is accusing the international community of double standards, saying it condemns Israeli settlements in the West Bank but not Palestinians' refusal to renew peace talks or militant group Hamas' call for the end of the Jewish state. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel’s Netanyahu: World has double standards

Josef Federman · December 10, 2012 10:55 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lights candles on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah during an event with foreign press in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Netanyahu is accusing the international community of double standards, saying it condemns Israeli settlements in the West Bank but not Palestinians' refusal to renew peace talks or militant group Hamas' call for the end of the Jewish state. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli’s Netanyahu: World has double standards

Josef Federman · December 10, 2012 5:00 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Ammar Awad, Pool)

Israel grows jittery of new Palestinian uprising

Josef Federman · December 9, 2012 6:24 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007 file photo, construction workers are seen at the E-1 construction site near the West bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem. On Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, a spokeswoman said Israel is moving forward with plans for two major settlement projects in east Jerusalem, even as a senior Palestinian official warned that his government could pursue war crimes charges if Israel doesn't halt such construction. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Palestinian war crimes case faces long road

Mike Corder, Josef Federman · December 4, 2012 5:00 am

A view of the Jewish West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, with E1, background, near Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations' endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, and announced it would withhold more than $100 million owed to the Palestinians in retaliation for their successful statehood bid. Israel has a master plan to build 3,600 apartments and 10 hotels on the section of territory east of Jerusalem known as E1. The Palestinians have warned that such construction would kill any hope for the creation of a viable state of Palestine. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel feels heat from allies over settlements

Josef Federman · December 3, 2012 9:10 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the national police headquarters in Jerusalem. Netanyahu, who appeared to be cruising to victory a few weeks ago, suddenly appears vulnerable as national elections approach. His Likud Party's selection of an exceptionally hard-line slate of candidates, coupled with the political return of a popular former foreign minister could galvanize Israel's divided opposition.(AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool, File)

Israeli PM Netanyahu suddenly seems vulnerable

Josef Federman · November 27, 2012 5:00 am

An Israeli soldier stands on a tank at a staging area near the Israel Gaza Strip Border, southern Israel, early Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging Israeli forces and Gaza militants to hold their fire, warning that a further escalation of the seven-day-old conflict would endanger the entire region. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Israel-Hamas cease-fire remains elusive

Ibrahim Barzak, Josef Federman · November 20, 2012 5:00 am

Palestinian Yoused Abu Khoussa, carries the body of his one and a half year-old son Iyad, during his funeral in Bureij Refugee Camp, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. The baby boy was one of five Palestinian children killed in Israeli strikes on Sunday, according to a Gaza health official.(AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel strike kills 11 in Gaza, including children

Ibrahim Barzak, Josef Federman · November 18, 2012 5:00 am