Tag: Ayelet Shaked
Ahead of Sept. 17 elections, Ayelet Shaked lays out right-wing vision for Israel
While many Israelis might already feel fatigued by the upcoming elections on Sept. 17, former justice minister Ayelet Shaked, who heads the newly formed right-wing Yamina Party, is both making history and surging in...
Shaked: Notice that Likud attacks Lapid, but not Gantz
The Likud is “careful to attack” Blue and White No. 2 Yair Lapid, but not party leader Benny Gantz, Yamina Party leader said on Monday, indicating that Likud is planning on a coalition deal...
With election season (again) descending upon Israel, can anyone break the political stalemate?
With Israel facing its second election in less than a year after failing to achieve a government in April, significant changes to the composition of its political parties were just waiting to be made.
On...
Shaked shakes up politics again with new merger on Israeli right
Israel’s politics got another major shakeup in recent days—this time on the right, with the announcement of the merger between Ayelet Shaked’s New Right Party and Jewish Home. Like similar moves on the left...
Ayelet Shaked to lead Union of Right Wing Parties following last-minute deal
Jewish Home Party leader Rabbi Rafi Peretz agreed on Sunday to cede the top slot in a united electoral list to New Right Party leader Ayelet Shaked, sealing a deal that will join the...
Former Israeli Justice Minister Shaked calls for right-wing unity ahead of September elections
Former Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked told a group of New York Republican leaders visiting the Jewish state this week that Israel’s right-wing, which unsuccessfully ran under separate banners during the recent April elections,...
Netanyahu fires Justice Minister Shaked and Education Minister Bennett
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, according to Israeli daily Israel Hayom.
No exact reason was cited for the decision, although there has been speculation of...
As elections loom, Bennett and Shaked get set to make a comeback
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition talks come down to the wire, Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked met in Tel Aviv to plan out their course should new elections...
Justice minister appoints two more right-wing judges to Israel’s appeals court
Two new judges were appointed to Israel’s appeals court by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (New Right Party) on Wednesday, bringing the total number of judges chosen throughout Shaked’s tenure to 334.
That number comprises approximately...
Yair Shamir: Why Yisrael Katz was wrong to quote my father about Poland
Acting Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz caused an uproar last week during an interview with Israeli TV, when he quoted former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Shamir as having said, “the Poles suckle anti-Semitism with...