Tag: Israel Elections 2021
Controversial Arab MK wins Israeli TV award
Labor Party Knesset member Ibtisam Mara’ana, whose nomination for the Knesset sparked a legal battle, was named one of the winners of the Israeli Academy for Film and Television’s 2020 awards on Sunday.
The ceremony,...
Israel’s 24th Knesset sworn in under cloud of coalition crisis
Israel’s 24th Knesset was sworn in on Tuesday with less than the customary fanfare due to coronavirus restrictions on the number of attendees and the political crisis that is threatening to lead to a fifth round...
Israeli president tasks Netanyahu with forming next government
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the mandate on Tuesday to form the country’s next government.
In his address, broadcast from the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, Rivlin noted that in the seven...
Noam Party draws fire from Israel’s center-left for list of coalition demands
Israel’s Noam Party announced on Thursday that it will recommend Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next government though also presented a list of conditions, including the establishment of a national directorate dedicated to neutralizing...
President Rivlin received the official results of the elections to the 24th Knesset in...
President Rivlin:
“The main consideration that will guide me in selecting a candidate to entrust with forming a government is the chance of the selected Knesset Member to form a government that will secure the...
Ra’am official: Party won’t support Netanyahu coalition ‘from outside’
Knesset member Mansour Abbas’s Ra’am Party has decided in principle to back a coalition under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while remaining outside it, a senior party official told Israel Hayom.
According to the official, the...
Religious Zionist Party officially endorses Netanyahu for prime minister
Israel’s Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich announced on Tuesday that he plans to recommend that Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin task Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming the next government.
“Based on the prime minister’s commitment that...
Israeli Election Analysis at the Seder Table
As the Passover holiday came upon us, we tried to put aside politics for a family celebration. There were two children, plus spouses, and six grandchildren at our Seder. Unsurprisingly, the talk was more...
With Israeli coalition efforts underway, Likud sets sights on Gideon Sa’ar
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party efforts to cobble together a coalition so far coming up empty, party officials say that they plan to do everything they can to convince New Hope...
Netanyahu, opponents have no clear path to governing majority, official election results show
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents have no clear path towards a Knesset majority, Israeli election results show, indicating that the country’s political gridlock will continue.
The results of Tuesday’s election confirm that...