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After cutting Xinjiang from its supply chain, China calls for a consumer boycott of H&M fashion retailer. The UK and the EU attempt to allay anxieties over vaccine supply after the EU passed a measure that would allow it to block vaccine exports. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu emerged from Israel’s fourth election in two years without a clear path to a majority. Analysis: Israeli Elections: Political Deadlock, Again.

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Israeli Elections: Political Deadlock, Again

With 90 percent of the votes counted, it seems Israel’s elections on March 23, the fourth round in less than two years, have not broken the deadlock between the “pro-Netanyahu" bloc and the “anti-Netanyahu” bloc. There are several possible scenarios for the formation of a governing coalition, yet the most probable option is a fifth election in the summer of 2021.

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