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2 right-wing Israeli parties unite after left-leaning alliance formed ahead of elections Two right-wing Israeli political parties joined forces on Tuesday to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The move came a day after a left-leaning alliance was announced. Israel is gearing up for its third election in less than a year after neither Netanyahu nor his centrist rival Benny Gantz were able to form a coalition following two polls last year. Defense Minister Naftali Bennett ruled out an alliance on Monday, but just hours later his New Right party struck a deal with Transport Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s National Union faction, AFP reported. On Monday, the left-wing Labor-Gesher and Meretz parties announced they were joining forces for the March 2 election. Political parti...

Irish PM Varadkar calls parliamentary election for February 8 Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Tuesday called a parliamentary election for February 8. Varadkar’s Fine Gael and the fellow center-right Fianna Fail are closely matched in opinion polls, and some distance ahead of their other rivals. After Britain’s exit from the EU dominated politics in neighboring Ireland following the last election in 2016, Varadkar sought to put Brexit at the center of the campaign. He also acknowledged more had to be done for people to feel the strength of the economy in their pockets, Reuters said. “Brexit is not done yet,” the prime minister said, adding that the next step is to negotiate a free trade agreement that “protects our jobs, our businesses, our rural communities.” ...

‘Unconfiscatable property’: Former Wall Street trader explains to Keiser Report why bitcoin is SUPERIOR to gold Digital currency bitcoin’s quality of being ‘unconfiscatable’ is a very important attribute, particularly in countries like Argentina and others where the cryptocurrency’s adoption is skyrocketing at the moment. That’s according to RT’s Keiser Report which is joined by Tone Vays of unconfiscatable.com. He is “optimistic about the future of bitcoin when people finally realize how important it is for the global financial system.” The derivatives trader, who has worked on Wall Street for almost 10 years, agrees with Max Keiser that bitcoin is vastly superior to gold. “This is the kind of thing that [means] you just can’t stop people using bit...

Russia hopes triggering dispute resolution mechanism in Iran deal won’t complicate situation Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, commented on Tuesday on the decision by the UK, Germany and France to launch a dispute resolution mechanism within the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear deal. “They stated that they did it ‘in good faith’ to preserve the deal and that it has nothing to do with maximum pressure policy,” the Russian diplomat tweeted. “Let’s hope that this step will not complicate the situation further.” The three European states said they have been left with “no choice, given Iran’s actions, but to register today our concerns that Iran is not meeting its commitments under the JCPoA.” Tehra...

Boeing’s troubles could drag down US dollar, Peter Schiff tells RT’s Boom Bust As American aerospace giant Boeing is still dealing with the 737 Max crisis, the company’s poor performance could have consequences for the entire US economy, slowing growth and affecting the greenback. Last week, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned that the situation with the company could cut the country’s GDP this year by half a percentage point, as it is one of the largest US exporters. Moreover, the company’s troubles may also weaken the dollar, the chief global strategist at Euro Pacific Capital, Peter Schiff, believes. //www.youtube.com/embed/scKfbw457iI “Over the long term there’ll be a recovery, but in the sh...