Tag: Israel Elections 2019
A unity government in Israel?
There are signs that Israel will be spared the nightmare of a third election. The politicians of the two major parties may be coming to their senses. Prime Minister Netanyahu, who engineered the second...
Netanyahu calls for immediate meeting with Gantz to discuss unity government
Following Tuesday’s deadlock election results, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on Thursday morning to request a meeting “at any hour today” to discuss the possibility of...
In a deadlocked election, the real winners are Israeli Arabs
If nothing else, one clear result of Israel’s frustrating general election gives the lie to the claim that Israeli Arabs were being intimidated from casting their vote.
This arose from a failed attempt by Israeli...
The Netanyahu era’s last chapter begins
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeted his supporters at Likud Party campaign headquarters on Tuesday evening, his demeanor as much as his words made the outcome of the vote clear to everyone. While...
Lieberman urges unity government after his party receives boost in exit polls
Yisrael Beiteinu Party leader Avigdor Lieberman called for a unity government with Likud, Blue and White and his party after receiving a boost in seats in the exit polls after the second round of...
The Israeli and American left are ‘criminalizing politics’
Fresh off his latest best-seller, Unfreedom of the Press, conservative author and radio personality Mark Levin has never been shy about criticizing opponents on the left, as well as his strong support for Israeli Prime...
Ultra-Orthodox rally in Jerusalem ahead of elections draws tens of thousands
An estimated 50,000 ultra-Orthodox Israelis converged on Jerusalem’s Bar-Ilan intersection on Sunday for a United Torah Judaism Party election rally.
Top religious leaders urged them to get out and vote, while UTJ leader Deputy Health...
Push for security cameras at polling stations stalls in Knesset
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu encountered a political bump on the road on Monday when his bill to place cameras in polling stations for next week’s election failed to pass in committee; in fact,...
Litzman: Lapid has ‘infected’ Gantz with ‘disease’ of anti-Semitism
Deputy Health Minister and United Torah Judaism Party head Yaakov Litzman on railed against Blue and White Party leaders Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid on Thursday, saying that Lapid had “infected” Gantz with the...
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...