Ethan Bronner

Within hours of US President Donald Trump forcing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abandon a plan to bomb south Beirut, Israel’s parliament began preparing for elections — highlighting the combustible interplay between war and politics facing the premier.

From the beginning of the US-Iranian negotiations to end the war in the Middle East, Israel has repeatedly demanded its conflict with Lebanon’s Hezbollah be left out.

The conflicts with Iran and Hezbollah threaten the Israeli leader’s prospects in voting this fall.

Benjamin Netanyahu has staked his political future on his ironclad relationship with Donald Trump — but that’s become a liability now that the US president has cut a deal with Iran that much of Israel opposes.

Benjamin Netanyahu ha apostado su futuro político a su sólida relación con Donald Trump, pero eso se ha convertido en una carga ahora que el presidente de Estados Unidos cerró un acuerdo con Irán que gran parte de Israel rechaza.

Israel’s government said it won’t respect a Supreme Court ruling on a broadcast regulatory body, prompting accusations that it’s paving the way to a constitutional crisis ahead of national elections.

Israeli tech titan Eyal Waldman and Palestinian tycoon Bashar Masri were best pals. The Hamas attack and Israel’s response made them bitter enemies.

Yair Golan, who heads Israel’s left-wing Democrats party, said he’ll join the government if the opposition wins next month’s election and will put tackling Jewish settler violence in the occupied West Bank on the agenda.

Yair Golan, who heads Israel's left-wing Democrats party, said he'll join the government if the opposition wins next month's election and will put tackling Jewish settler violence in the occupied West Bank on the agenda.

Yair Golan, who heads Israel's left-wing Democrats party, said he'll join the government if the opposition wins next month's election and will put tackling Jewish settler violence in the occupied West Bank on the agenda.