Tag: Israeli Politics
Tension between Israel’s legislature and judiciary raises unprecedented questions
It really is all about the Benjamins. Pending any last-minute crisis, Israel may finally have an emergency unity government after a yearlong political deadlock and three elections. The new government—the precise terms of which...
Edelstein’s sudden resignation as Knesset speaker leaves country’s political future uncertain
Israel’s political chaos took another surprise twist on Wednesday when Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein suddenly resigned. The snap decision by Edelstein came after he rejected an order by Israel’s Supreme Court to...
Israel’s coalition crisis deepens with High Court ruling on Knesset Speaker
Amid Israel’s aggressive attempts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s democratic system has been thrown into an unprecedented and multilayered crisis, now embroiling the executive, legislative and judicial branches of its government.
For over...
‘Constitutional’ sabotage of the democratic process
This week, Israel’s “center-left” bloc of political parties formally jettisoned former Israeli Chief Justice Aaron Barak’s constitutional vision and instead embraced the understanding of parliamentary sovereignty most commonly associated with the right. For decades,...
Unity talks continue despite Knesset shutdown, COVID-19 crisis
With Israel’s Knesset shut down and amid an ongoing national health crisis, negotiations towards a unity government are quietly continuing.
Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein, a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, shut...
Coronavirus prompts delay in Netanyahu’s trial
By all accounts, Prime Minister Netanyahu may turn out to be one of the beneficiaries of the coronavirus crisis. Benefit #1: As his sidekick the minister of justice has closed the courts, his trial,...
Politics and coronavirus in Israel
It’s been two weeks since the election, and just now the President has interviewed party heads, and selected Benny Gantz to have the first chance at forming a coalition.
Earlier signs of a minority government...
Israel needs a ‘national responsibility government’
On Sunday, after a year of political deadlock, the eight parties that would be sworn into the Knesset the following day submitted to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin their recommendations for who should be tasked...
Netanyahu promises ‘strong, stable government,’ vows to ‘heal the rifts’
In his address to supporters, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the initial results from Monday’s election, the results of which are poised to make the Likud Party the largest in the next Knesset...
Deadlock, mutiny, defections: All the post-election scenarios
With Israelis heading to the polls for an unprecedented third time in under 12 months, all eyes are on “the day after.” Polls have projected a continuation of the political deadlock, but is Israel...