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Palestinians vs. Saudi Arabia: Politics and football

Archaeologists find 5,000-year-old 'New York' in Israel

The political deadlock leaves Benjamin Netanyahu with few options to form a government.

Netanyahu faces new legal battle -- just as his political hopes fade

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R), Israeli president of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut (C) and Benny Gantz (L), leader of Blue and White party, attend a memorial ceremony for late Israeli president Shimon Peres, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on September 19, 2019. - Netanyahu called on his main challenger Benny Gantz to form a unity government together, a major development after deadlocked election results put his long tenure in office at risk. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo credit should read GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu given first chance to form a government

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on September 18, 2019 shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) waving to supporters at his Likud party's electoral campaign headquarters early on September 18, 2019, and Benny Gantz, leader and candidate of the Israel Resilience party that is part of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, waving to supporters alongside his wife Revital Gantz at the alliance's campaign headquarters in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv early on September 18, 2019. - Netanyahu and his main challenger Gantz were locked in a tight race in the country's general election after polls closed, exit surveys showed, raising the possibility of another deadlock. Three separate exit polls carried by Israeli television stations showed Netanyahu's right-wing Likud and Gantz's centrist Blue and White alliance with between 31 and 34 parliament seats each out of 120. (Photos by Menahem KAHANA and EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP) (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA,EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Israel is deadlocked a week after election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R), Israeli president of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut (C) and Benny Gantz (L), leader of Blue and White party, attend a memorial ceremony for late Israeli president Shimon Peres, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on September 19, 2019. - Netanyahu called on his main challenger Benny Gantz to form a unity government together, a major development after deadlocked election results put his long tenure in office at risk. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo credit should read GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Why no one in Israel seems able to win an election

LEFT: Retired Israeli General Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, speaks during a campaign event in the northern Israeli coastal city of Haifa on September 8, 2019, ahead of the parliamentary polls scheduled for September 17. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

RIGHT: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement in Ramat Gan, near the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, on September 10, 2019. - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a deeply controversial pledge on September 10 to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank if re-elected in September 17 polls. He also reiterated his intention to annex Israeli settlements throughout the West Bank if re-elected, though in coordination with US President Donald Trump, whose long-awaited peace plan is expected to be unveiled sometime after the vote. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)

Israeli exit polls showing an extremely tight race