Tag: Israel Elections 2019
At least 27 percent of Israeli Arabs voted for Zionist parties in recent elections
Now that the newly elected Israeli Parliament has been dissolved due to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s inability to form a government, Israelis, including Israeli Arabs, will be going back to the voting booths on Sept....
Is this the start of the post-Netanyahu era?
In an unprecedented move, the Knesset that was elected in April voted to dissolve itself this week. That means Israelis will have yet another election in September. But what happened in Israel wasn’t about...
Oy vey! Israel to go through another election
Negotiations to form the next government of Israel became a game that nobody was going to win. There’re only losers in Netanyahu’s attempt to form again a right-wing government after the April 9 elections....
Likud MKs blast Lieberman, warn he will ‘pay the price’ for scuttling coalition talks
Likud Knesset members railed against Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigor Lieberman in Israeli media on Thursday morning, hours after his refusal to join Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition forced Israel into new elections next...
As elections loom, Bennett and Shaked get set to make a comeback
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition talks come down to the wire, Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked met in Tel Aviv to plan out their course should new elections...
Latest poll shows new elections would strengthen Likud, right-wing bloc
If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to secure a coalition before the Wednesday deadline and Israel goes to another round of elections, Netanyahu’s Likud Party will win again, according to a survey conducted Sunday...
A guide to the perplexed: What happens if Netanyahu fails to form a government?
Can Netanyahu form a government by Wednesday?
If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to stay on as premiere, he has to get the Knesset’s approval for a newly formed government, in the form of a...
It’s time for Netanyahu’s coalition partners to start governing
On April 9, the Israeli electorate made a clear choice: to empower Benjamin Netanyahu to remain Israeli prime minister. Netanyahu received more Knesset mandates than ever before, five more than in the previous election,...
Report: Netanyahu offered Kulanu Party leader Kahlon foreign-ministry position
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered Kulanu Party leader Moshe Kahlon the Foreign Ministry portfolio on Sunday, reported Israel’s Channel 13. The two, who have not met since the April 9 election, are expected to convene...
Habit voting aided Netanyahu despite all
Now that the actual elections (though not the coalition-building process) are behind us we can stop and think about what we have all just been through here in Israel, and what awaits us in...