Tag: Israel Elections 2019
Snap elections shine light on parties’ dilemmas, inner squabbles
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision on Monday to call early elections was not entirely unexpected, but it still caught some Israeli parties off guard.
The elections, due in November next year, have been moved up...
Israel Elections 2019: Timeline of key events
December 26: Knesset officially votes to dissolve parliament (must occur up to 90 days before the election).
January-February: Primaries for Likud, Labor, Joint Arab List, Jewish Home & Meretz parties. Kulanu, Israel Beitenu, Yesh Atid...
2019 Israeli elections, ‘Case 4775’: The public trial of Netanyahu
Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek to win a record-tying fifth election on April 9, which would put him in position to become the longest-serving premier in Israeli history—longer even than founding...
Knesset opposition cheers news of upcoming elections
Opposition members in the Israeli government cheered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement on Monday that there will be elections next year.
“In April, we will win,” said Avi Gabbay, leader of the largest opposition party Zionist...
White House: Israeli election may affect peace-plan rollout
The Trump administration said on Monday that the Israeli election in April 2019 could affect the timing behind the highly anticipated rollout of its peace plan.
“The upcoming election in Israel on April 9 is...
Despite all the controversy, Netanyahu forecasts his re-election in 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured his Likud Party on Monday that he will win re-election and therefore maintain the current governing coalition when elections take place in April.
The Israeli leader confirmed on Monday that elections...
Coalition partners vote to dissolve Knesset; early elections scheduled for April 9
The governing partners of Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition voted unanimously to dissolve the Knesset Monday. New elections are tentatively scheduled for April 9, 2019, four years since the last election, and six months before...