Tag: Israel Elections 2019

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...