Tag: Gideon Sa’ar
Why Ze’ev Elkin thinks it’s his time in the Israeli political spotlight
At the end of December, Likud minister and longtime confidant to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Ze’ev Elkin stunned the Israeli political community by announcing that he was leaving the party. Elkin decided to...
Benny Begin to join Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope Party
Former Israeli minister Benny Begin announced on Thursday that he is joining Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope Party as a candidate for the Knesset in Israel’s upcoming March 23 elections, the party said in a...
Netanyahu challenger Sa’ar hires Lincoln Project founders as campaign advisers
New Hope Party leader Gideon Sa’ar has hired four of the founders of the Lincoln Project to serve as his advisers ahead of Israel’s March 23 elections, a campaign official confirmed on Sunday.
The Lincoln...
Remembering Yitzhak Shamir
As Israel enters its fourth election cycle in two years, it’s important to go down memory lane to see how we got to where we are.
The late former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir’s granddaughter,...
Yet another Likud MK bolts party to join Sa’ar’s New Hope movement
Likud Knesset member Sharren Haskel resigned from the Knesset on Wednesday and announced that she would be joining former Likud lawmaker Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope Party.
“This past year has made it clear how big...
In talk to American Jewish leaders, Sa’ar throws water on idea of Palestinian state
Likud Knesset Member Gideon Sa’ar said on Wednesday that while the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan is better than any proposal Israel has seen in decades, a Palestinian state just miles from Israeli population...
Netanyahu Likud challenger Gideon Sa’ar: Two-state solution is an ‘illusion’
The two-state solution is an “illusion” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has perpetuated, Likud Knesset member and Netanyahu rival Gideon Sa’ar said on Sunday.
Speaking at a conference in Jerusalem, Sa’ar said, “Throughout the...
Netanyahu has no chance to form a government, says rival Gideon Sa’ar
Likud Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, saying the Likud leader would not be able to form a government even with a third round of elections.
A tentative date of March...
Sa’ar: The world’s lack of ‘moral clarity’ on terrorism, Israel is ‘dangerous’
Likud Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar said on Tuesday that the world is currently being endangered by a “lack of moral clarity.”
Speaking to 25 pro-Israel parliamentarians from around the world on the final day of...
Likud’s Sa’ar dismisses Netanyahu’s call for a direct election for the premiership
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party rival Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar on Sunday dismissed the idea of holding direct elections as a way of solving the country’s political crisis.
Such a proposal, Sa’ar told Kan radio,...