Tag: Israeli Politics
Likud reaches 30 seats for first time since Oct. 7, per ‘Channel 14’ poll
If Israeli elections were held today, Likud would secure 30 seats—a quarter of the Knesset—with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu maintaining a lead with a 46% public approval rate, compared to 27% each for...
Will Netanyahu replace Defense Minister Gallant?
Recent Israeli media reports indicated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would fire his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, over key political disagreements following Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress and meeting with President...
Netanyahu: Israel will defeat Hamas ‘neo-Nazi regime’ in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces is making significant progress towards the total destruction of Hamas’s “neo-Nazi regime” in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the opposition during a Knesset debate on Wednesday.
“If it were up to you—in the...
The attempt on Trump’s life is a warning to Israel
After the attempt on Donald Trump’s life and the sudden “discovery” of the incitement that led to it, the Israeli cabinet got a grim reminder of just how much worse the incitement against Prime...
JNS poll: Most Israelis think early elections would hurt deterrence
While 60% of Israelis are dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the conflicts on the country’s southern and northern borders, the majority believes that early elections would hurt the war effort, according to a...
A fraught 48 hours portend major crisis for Netanyahu’s coalition
“Pull yourself together,” was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s warning to his government partners after 48 hours of coalition turmoil.
It all started after Shas, the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox party, demanded approval for the “rabbis bill.”...
What will be the impact of Gantz’s departure from the government?
Barring any unforeseen events, War Cabinet member and Minister-without-Portfolio Benny Gantz is expected to take his eight-member faction out of the Netanyahu government on Saturday night. With his departure, the national emergency government and...
Let Israel finish the job
Did you know that Saddam Hussein won the First Gulf War of 1991? That's the version I heard in Iraq in 2003, after noticing the same Arabic inscription decorating chandeliers in Saddam’s palaces all...
Israeli Labor Party leader Michaeli to quit politics
Merav Michaeli, the head of Israel’s opposition Labor Party, will retire from political life after serving out her current term in the Knesset, she announced on Thursday.
“The State of Israel is currently in a...
Gantz: This isn’t the time to replace Netanyahu
Benny Gantz, currently serving as part of Israel's War Cabinet, has said in private conversations that the idea of replacing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the middle of the war is "nothing less than...