Tag: Second Israel Elections 2019
UTJ, Shas sign vote-sharing agreement as elections loom
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism and Shas parties concluded a vote-sharing agreement on Tuesday and pledged to continue working together in the next Knesset “with full cooperation.”
The deal was signed by Shas leader Interior...
Shaked: Notice that Likud attacks Lapid, but not Gantz
The Likud is “careful to attack” Blue and White No. 2 Yair Lapid, but not party leader Benny Gantz, Yamina Party leader said on Monday, indicating that Likud is planning on a coalition deal...
Zehut members vote 3-1 to accept Likud deal and bow out of Knesset race
Zehut Party members voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to accept a deal with the Likud Party, according to which the libertarian-leaning party would end its Knesset bid in exchange for the ruling party taking on...
How Israeli elections work … if they work
In less than three weeks, Israelis will head to the polls for their second national election in just six months. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inability to form a majority coalition following the April...
Trump administration: No movement on Mideast peace plan before Israeli elections
The Trump administration officially stated that it will not release any part of its Mideast peace plan to help resolve issues associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prior to Israel’s Sept. 17 national elections.
“We have...
Likud pressuring Otzma Yehudit and Zehut parties to drop out of election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party is pressuring two smaller right-wing parties to drop out of the Sept. 17 national elections, according to Israeli media reports. Neither of the two parties—Otzma Yehudit and...
Would an Arab party alliance with Blue and White topple or boost Netanyahu?
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...
Likud Party joins Otzma Yehudit to petition court to disqualify Joint Arab List
Members of the Likud and Otzma Yehudit parties submitted a petition to the High Court of Justice on Tuesday requesting that the Joint Arab List be barred from running in the upcoming elections on...
Joint Arab List chief demands Barak drop out of election race
Joint Arab List chairman Ayman Odeh on Saturday called on former prime minister and Democratic Union member Ehud Barak to drop out of the Sept. 17 Knesset race.
In a Facebook post, Odeh condemned Barak...
The big parties head into final stretch as Israeli elections near
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a living example of how an election campaign can be decided at the last minute, on the days the polls open. In 2015, he amazed everyone when he...