Tag: Israel Elections 2019
How Israeli elections work … if they work
In less than three weeks, Israelis will head to the polls for their second national election in just six months. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inability to form a majority coalition following the April...
What’s missing from Israel’s election campaign?
Statements from President Donald Trump last week about American Jews “being disloyal” set off a firestorm of criticism from Jewish groups. It was clear that the president was criticizing liberal Jews for not prioritizing...
Could Israel’s religious parties surge in next round of elections?
As the Sept. 17 elections draw here, a flurry of activity among the various political parties continues to be a game-changer. Israel is holding a second round after the April 9 elections because Prime...
Israeli right and left remain at impasse as Sept. 17 elections approach
With less than a month to go before Israel’s unprecedented second election this year, it’s becoming clear yet again that neither the right nor left will be able to cobble together enough mandates on...
Reasons for skepticism in Israeli election
In this last month before the elections in Israel I find it very difficult to believe anything the political parties are telling us about themselves. (This includes Benny Gantz, the leader of Blue and White, who often says...
The big parties head into final stretch as Israeli elections near
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a living example of how an election campaign can be decided at the last minute, on the days the polls open. In 2015, he amazed everyone when he...
Former MK Hanin Zoabi may face indictment for fraud, money laundering
Former Balad Knesset member Hanin Zoabi has been summoned for a hearing before a final decision is made on whether she will be indicted on corruption charges, Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced on...
Will another Netanyahu victory sever ties with the Diaspora?
The slates are set for next month’s elections in Israel, but considering that it was only four months ago that voters last went to the polls to try to elect a government, their lack...
Shameful comparisons in the name of politics
Is it too much to ask of Israeli politicians that they take a pause before providing priceless ammunition to the Jewish state’s worst enemies?
Clearly, the answer is “yes.”
In what can only be described as...
Likud members swear fealty to Bibi
Avigdor Lieberman has stated publicly that because of his endeavor to promote a national unity government (consisting – of course- of himself, Likud, and Blue and White), Likud may have to choose another leader. He mentioned Yuli Edelstein, the...