Q&A: Israel on a knife edge, freedom of movement back on the cards and what next for Christa Pike?
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Following this week’s elections in Israel, will Benjamin Netanyahu cling on as Prime Minister? Why did Christa Pike’s execution fail? And as Andy Burnham weighs up a return to free movement with the EU, have the political class ever accepted Brexit? You asked, so we answered, in this edition of our monthly Q&A series.
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Gabrielle Weiniger, Israel correspondent, The Times and Sunday Times. Oliver Moody, Berlin correspondent, The Times and Sunday Times. Olivia Empson, US correspondent, The Times and Sunday Times. Tom Whipple, Science Writer and Special Correspondent, The Times and Sunday Times.
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