Tag: Israel Elections 2020
Israeli government approves immigration of 400 Falash Mura
The Israeli government’s recent approval of a plan to allow nearly 400 Ethiopian Jews from the Falash Mura sect to immigrate to Israel has touched off political controversy in the country.
Following Sunday’s Cabinet approval,...
The Jewish left is dead in Israel. Why is it thriving in America?
The unveiling of President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan last week engendered the usual partisan responses that attend to anything the administration does. Although it was welcomed by a cross-party consensus in Israel,...
Did Netanyahu outmaneuver his political opponents by calling off immunity push?
Shortly before the release on Tuesday of details on the Mideast peace plan by U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity on the three indictments...
Netanyahu withdraws request for parliamentary immunity
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently in Washington, D.C., for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, announced on Tuesday that he will withdraw his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution in...
As Trump gets set to roll out his Mideast peace plan, Israelis debate timing...
In an unprecedented political move, both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main political challenger Benny Gantz are traveling to Washington to meet separately with U.S. President Donald Trump just prior to the...
Former Trump aides head back to US as Netanyahu kicks off Likud campaign
Former Trump campaign aides Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie have left Israel after a month of working on the election campaign of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.
Lewandowski was U.S....
Gantz swerves to the right in voicing support for Jordan Valley annexation
Blue and White Party chair Benny Gantz announced on Tuesday that his party will work to annex the Jordan Valley after the March general elections, a potential significant move geared to wooing right-wing voters.
“We...
Jewish Home drops Otzma Yehudit to join new United Right alliance
In a last-minute merger late Wednesday night, Israel’s Jewish Home Party broke its unity deal with the far-right Otzma Yehudit to join forces with National Union and New Right. The three parties will run...
Enough with the Trump and Netanyahu analogies
In the coming weeks, a U.S. Senate trial of President Donald Trump on impeachment charges is looming. In Israel this week, the Knesset will debate whether or not to grant immunity to Prime Minister...
Netanyahu builds momentum with key victories in Likud primary and Supreme Court challenge
After two Israeli elections passed without the formation of a coalition government, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit released his long-awaited announcement that he would formally indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, opponents of the embattled...