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Election campaign posters in Tel Aviv depict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud Party, as well as leaders of the Blue and White Party, including Benny Gantz, second from left, Sept. 2019. Photo by Adam Shuldman/Flash90.

With 90% of vote officially counted, Blue and White leads Likud 32-31

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According to official results released by Israel’s Central Elections Committee, with 90% of the ballots counted Blue and White maintains a slight lead over the Likud, with neither bloc clearly positioned to form a...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Likud Party headquarters on elections night in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 18, 2019. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

The Netanyahu era’s last chapter begins

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When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeted his supporters at Likud Party campaign headquarters on Tuesday evening, his demeanor as much as his words made the outcome of the vote clear to everyone. While...
Joint Arab List member Ayman Odeh speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University on March 10, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Would an Arab party alliance with Blue and White topple or boost Netanyahu?

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Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint Arab List, signaled a potential major political shift when he announced last week that his party would consider joining a center-left government led by Benny Gantz of the Blue and...
Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White Party (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud Party. Credit: Gili Yaari /Flash90 and Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Israeli right and left remain at impasse as Sept. 17 elections approach

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With less than a month to go before Israel’s unprecedented second election this year, it’s becoming clear yet again that neither the right nor left will be able to cobble together enough mandates on...
Likud Knesset Member Ofir Akunis speaks at the Knesset on May 20, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Israeli science minister: ‘Likud will not turn Israel into a state run by Jewish...

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Speaking to Israel Radio on Tuesday, Israel’s Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis said that the Likud Party under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not lend a hand to turning Israel into a state...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and coalition head David Amsalem during a faction meeting in the Knesset on Nov. 19, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Netanyahu names Knesset member David Amsalem as communications minister

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that he was appointing Likud Knesset member David Amsalem as communications minister. Amsalem, who serves as the coalition chairman, will replace Ayoub Kara, who resigned his post...
Israelis count the remaining ballots from soldiers and absentee voters one day after national elections, April 10, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Latest poll shows new elections would strengthen Likud, right-wing bloc

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If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to secure a coalition before the Wednesday deadline and Israel goes to another round of elections, Netanyahu’s Likud Party will win again, according to a survey conducted Sunday...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara address supporters at Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on April 09, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

The right still rules in Israel. Will it continue?

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Is Benjamin Netanyahu’s dominance of Israeli politics the product of a consensus he helped build, or is he merely a convenient beneficiary of forces that were beyond his control? Like the old question about...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara address supporters at Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on April 09, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Despite head-to-head election tie, Netanyahu-led right emerges victorious

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With nearly all the votes counted as of Wednesday morning, Benjamin Netanyahu will likely remain as prime minister, despite his Likud Party coming in a virtual tie with Blue and White Party leader Benny...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the site of a deadly terror attack near Ariel in the West Bank on March 18, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Likud expressing concern over turnout as Israeli elections wind down

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With about an hour left until the polls close in the Israeli elections on Tuesday, Likud is expressing concern over voter turnout. “I’m hoping that people get out to there and vote, the numbers are...