Tag: Israel Elections 2019
Bolsonaro slated for historic Israel visit one week before elections
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will arrive in Israel on March 31 for a four-day visit, Israel Hayom has learned, just one week ahead of Israel’s general elections on April 9.
In closed talks with Bolsonaro during a historic...
Fact sheet: Party lists, primaries or appointment
Does the Israeli political system confuse you? Here is a detailed look at how the parties function.
Feb. 22 is the deadline for parties vying for seats in Israel’s Knesset to submit their lists of...
Israeli minister Regev: ‘The goal: 40 seats for Likud under Netanyahu’
The Likud Party was triumphant at the right-wing Leumiada event held this weekend in Eilat, and used the gathering as a chance to drive home its campaign messages.
Israel’s Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev...
Bennett projects confidence that he can take votes from Gantz and Lapid
The election strategy of the New Right party, co-founded by former leader of Habayit Hayehudi Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, focuses on attracting votes that might otherwise go to Yesh Atid or...
Will Israel’s new election tie attorney general’s hands?
Mordechai Kremnitzer, professor emeritus of law at the Hebrew University, cites in his Ha’aretz column of January 10 the old story about the man who murdered his parents and then claimed clemency in court because he...
Fragmentation of right-wing bloc puts Netanyahu leadership at risk
Likud activists and a candidate for the Knesset in the ruling party told JNS that they were seriously concerned about the fragmentation of the right-wing bloc, and that a similar scenario played out in...
‘Dramatic announcement’ keeps Netanyahu’s legal woes atop election cycle
In a prime-time televised address on Monday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu placed looming corruption charges against him at the center of the current election cycle, ahead of issues relating to security or...
Ahead in polls, Netanyahu’s legal troubles provide main electoral challenge
Israel’s Channel 10 News reports that Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is likely to announce his intention to proceed with a pre-indictment hearing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the April 9 elections.
That places...
Israel Elections 2019: JNS Composite Polling Average, Jan. 6
Current update: Sunday January 6th 2018.
Party
New Avg
Change
Week 1 Avg
Current
1
Likud
28.8
1.2
27.6
30
2
Israel Resilience
12.8
-0.6
13.4
0
3
Yesh Atid
12.7
-0.1
12.8
11
4
Joint List
11.7
-0.7
12.4
13
5
HaYamin HeHadash
8.8
-1.6
10.4
3
6
Labor
8.2
-0.6
8.8
24
7
UTJ
6.7
-0.3
7
6
8
Kulanu
5.5
-0.1
5.6
10
9
Meretz
5.5
-0.1
5.6
5
10
Shas
5
0.2
4.8
7
11
Gesher
4.8
0.2
4.6
1
12
Yisrael Beitenu
4.5
0.7
3.8
5
13
Bayit Yehudi
2.8
-0.4
3.2
5
14
Livni
1.5
1.5
0
0
15
Other
0.7
0.7
0
0
Right-Religious Block
(current coalition)
62.8
0.4
62.4
66
Center-Left-Arab
(current opposition)
57.2
-0.4
57.6
54
Note: The electoral voting threshold is equivalent to 3.25 percent of total votes,...
The left is trying to steal the election, declares Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly criticized the left and the media in a video message published on Thursday evening in which he said that they are “putting brute, inhumane pressure on the attorney...