Tag: Israeli Politics
Netanyahu gains landslide victory in Likud primary race
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scored a landslide victory on Friday in the Likud leadership race against his rival Gideon Sa’ar.
The prime minister won 72.5 percent of the vote, compared to 27.5 percent for Sa’ar, according to...
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Israel’s dysfunctional electorate?
“Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit (‘And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice...
Israeli leaders point fingers at one another for taking country to third round of...
After being unable to form a government following two inconclusive elections, Israelis will now need to head back to the polls on March 2 for a third round of voting within the past 12...
Lieberman says Israel headed back to elections in 2020
Yisrael Beiteinu Party leader Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday that Israel is headed to its third round of elections with the course of a year.
“Elections are coming,” Lieberman told the Yediot Achronot daily in an interview....
Why Netanyahu is not planning to resign
While Israel’s government remains in a period of unprecedented paralysis, embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains entrenched in his position despite being handed a series of criminal indictments that have been followed by calls...
Gantz’s ‘internal war’ rhetoric is insulting and dangerous
Blue and White Party chairman and former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz has insulted the decency and morality of Israel’s public, drawing false and dangerous comparisons between Israel’s current political dysfunction...
Likud, Blue and White negotiators meet for coalition talks
Negotiators from the Likud and Blue and White parties met on Sunday for the first time since Blue and White leader Benny Gantz was given the mandate by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to form...
At inauguration of 22nd Knesset, celebration was dampened by political deadlock
A red carpet was laid in the plaza leading up to the entrance to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament building in Jerusalem, and a large sign welcoming members and guests to the inauguration of the...
Could Israel’s religious parties surge in next round of elections?
As the Sept. 17 elections draw here, a flurry of activity among the various political parties continues to be a game-changer. Israel is holding a second round after the April 9 elections because Prime...
While a consensus rules in Israel, US politics becomes more divisive
It used to be that Israel and the United States represented two very different political paradigms.
The two major American political parties may have had their disagreements, but the difference in their worldviews was slight...