Tag: Israel Elections 2019
Israeli science minister: ‘Likud will not turn Israel into a state run by Jewish...
Speaking to Israel Radio on Tuesday, Israel’s Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis said that the Likud Party under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not lend a hand to turning Israel into a state...
As election race heats up, Netanyahu may return to familiar campaign strategy
Perhaps timed to the Middle East weather, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under heated attack from his political foes. His current nemesis remains Knesset member Avigdor Lieberman of Yisrael Beiteinu, who is...
The real cost of Israel’s ‘do-over’ elections in September
Israel’s 21st Knesset voted to disperse itself on May 30, just one month after its inauguration. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to piece together a government and chose to call for new elections...
Barak names new political vehicle the ‘Israel Democratic Party’
Ehud Barak officially unveiled the name of his new party on Saturday night: the Israel Democratic Party.
“The State of Israel is at a moment before the total dissolution of Israeli democracy. Now is the...
Poll: ‘Mega-right’ bloc would win 19 seats; Lieberman will decide
The second Knesset election of 2019 is getting off on the wrong foot for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the rest of the right-wing camp, who have a real chance of being voted out...
During silent election campaign, Netanyahu doctrine on full display
Over the past month, headlines in Israel have focused on Israeli politicians and their attempts to change the political landscape in the upcoming second elections slated for Sept. 17, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Knesset member Amir Peretz wins Labor Party leadership
Despite the lowest voter turnout in the history of Labor Party primaries, Knesset member Amir Peretz was chosen Tuesday to lead the once-powerful faction as it gears up for elections in September.
Just 46 percent...
Only one issue in Israel’s election: Bibi
What’s normal politics?
Arguments about more benefits? Favoring the middle or lower classes? Something for the religious? My party or yours? Foreign policy? National defense?
Here and now we hear about all of that, but they’re...
Likud amps up attacks on Barak
The Likud party continued to blast Ehud Barak’s record over the weekend, following the former prime minister’s announcement that he was returning to the political arena.
Science, Technology and Space Minister Ofir Akunis said, “The public...
Otzma Yehudit breaks with Jewish Home
Far-right activist Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party is breaking ranks with the more mainstream, religious-Zionist Jewish Home party, Otzma Yehudit announced Tuesday.
In a letter to Jewish Home leader Rafi Peretz, party officials wrote: “Unfortunately,...