Elections

Center-left-Arab bloc wins 58 seats, rightwing-Haredi bloc with 55 seats, Liberman remains the decider.

Naftali Bennett stood on his hind legs and stubbornly refused to add Ben-Gvir to the united list.

We have so much to do, so much to fix, in the struggle over violence, over discrimination, over equality."

"As usual, we have come to carry out the strengthening of our Land of Israel! Not talk. Deeds."

New Right chairman, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett declared: "It's a big day. We've reunited our home." Of curse, we also broke the home apart in the first place, last February, but that was two elections ago.

Make their slogan: "The party with internal fisticuffs only some of the time."

The committee voted to continue with the list of candidates that was established for the September 2019 elections.

Ron Kobi was accused of provoking and instigating against religious Jews. He was fired for failing to pass a budget.

"No democracy in the world has changed the rules of the electoral process during a vacation. "

The Likud believes that the Knesset Advisor has a conflict of interest, as his wife participated in the state prosecution’s ruling on Netanyahu’s cases.

Meanwhile, the small parties on the right are still squabbling.

Kahlon, who is 59 years old, says he is fatigued after heading the Finance Ministry for the past five years and wants to spend time with his family.

“After much reflection and thought, I now realize my words were inappropriate. I apologize for raising questions about a people, a faith and a culture whose beliefs span a broad political spectrum,” she wrote.

The campaign website also states that “the U.S. government needs to stop enabling conflicts by reducing aid from nations committing human rights violations,” a reference implied of Israel.

The jockeying has not yet ended, although at this point two of three members of a right-wing bloc seem firmly in place. Rabbi Rafi Peretz has yet to make a final decision.

Running together, a rightwing union would receive 8 seats.

The counsel's affair serves to reinforce the common view in Israel that the judicial system is a den of corrupt elite operators with scant regard to the rule of law.

The Knesset counsel's opinion puts the ball in Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein's court, and it's up to him now to adopt or reject it.

So, expect more Bernie Sanders endorsements of "I'm not anti-Semitic, just anti-Zionist" politicians.

The question is, will the mainstream organizers permit the extreme leftwing Congresswoman to hijack their protest to turn it into an anti-Trump, an, by extension, an anti-Israel fiasco?

Knesset Counsel Eyal Yinon's opinion will certainly determine Benjamin Netanyahu's political future.

The men and women who are eager to take on Trump next November have decided to make it easier for him to wipe the floor with whomever they send to the ring.

The High Court declared it would not be discussing the issue before the election, stating that “at this time the petition is theoretical and premature.”

In Israel, image copyright violations can cost as much as NIS 100,000.

The reality is that should the Knesset decide to grant Netanyahu immunity based on police mismanagement of the case against him, his protection would not likely go away when he is out of office.

Besides his role as prime minister, Netanyahu served as the health minister, social welfare minister, Diaspora minister and agricultural minister.

"A party that wants to remain alive can't be impervious to the public's sentiments," Smotrich stated, hinting at the near-autistic Rafi Peretz pact with Otzma Yehudit.

Europe is unsure if Abbas actually intends to hold elections, and wants to avoid embarrassment and a clash with Israel. Abbas hopes to use Israel as an excuse to cancel the elections idea.

Ignoring the rift between their chairman and Smotrich, leading Habayit Hayehudi branch leaders and council members are meeting on Sunday with Smotrich in Ra'anana.

And so, the 85-year old Mahmoud Abbas will soon begin his 16th year on the throne without a vote, and that seems to be just fine with the powers that be in both Ramallah and Gaza.