Tag: Second Israel Elections 2019
Likud up to 32 seats, UTJ down to seven after election panel amends results
Israel’s Central Election Committee announced late on Tuesday night that it was amending the final election results following an investigation into electoral fraud, bumping the Likud Party from 31 to 32 seats, and the...
With Netanyahu and Gantz in political deadlock, Lieberman says only ‘one option’ remains
Following his completion of meeting with party representatives, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosted Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party head Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, in an attempt to...
Only 10 Joint List MKs back Gantz (not 13), putting Netanyahu back in the...
The Joint Arab List clarified on Monday that while the bloc is backing Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz to create the next Israeli government coalition, one faction, the Balad Party, will not...
Could Benny Gantz make the left love Israel again?
The results from Israel’s second attempt at electing a government in 2019 are like a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces don’t fit. There’s no getting around the fact that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the...
Gantz spurns Netanyahu meeting, says he will lead unity government
Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz rejected on Thursday afternoon Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s call to join a unity government under the Likud leader’s leadership, stating that he would be prime minister of a...
Likud, Yamina parties and UTJ form joint coalition-negotiation bloc
As the dust began to settle in the wake of Tuesday’s general election, Likud officials on Wednesday worked on two primary messages: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be ousted as head of...
Netanyahu calls for immediate meeting with Gantz to discuss unity government
Following Tuesday’s deadlock election results, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on Thursday morning to request a meeting “at any hour today” to discuss the possibility of...
In a deadlocked election, the real winners are Israeli Arabs
If nothing else, one clear result of Israel’s frustrating general election gives the lie to the claim that Israeli Arabs were being intimidated from casting their vote.
This arose from a failed attempt by Israeli...
With 90% of vote officially counted, Blue and White leads Likud 32-31
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...
Joint List celebrates ‘end of Netanyahu era’
Joint Arab List leaders celebrated as voting booths closed Tuesday night, heralding “the end of the Netanyahu era” as a surge in voter turnout led to exit polls predicting from 13-15 seats for the...