Politicians from Benjamin Netanyahu's party are set to pile pressure on the embattled prime minister on Thursday, when the ruling right-wing Likud Party is set to hold a leadership primary to establish who will lead it in Israel's next general election. This comes as Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, tries to bat away an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into alleged war crimes by Israeli forces in Palestine ...
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