Israel Elections 5773

You might recall the famous case of MK Azmi Bishara, not coincidentally, also from the Balad party.

In 1992, the Tehiya Party brought down Shamir's government over the Madrid Conference, leading to Labor's victory and the signing of the Oslo Accords.

JERUSALEM – With one month to go before Israelis cast their ballots, religious and nationalist parties have engaged in highly negative campaigns against each other, claiming that only their party will be able to pressure the next prime minister into promoting their domestic, economic and religious agendas. According to all polls, those parties are likely to be the basis of the next governing coalition – expected to be led by incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

JERUSALEM – While it appears likely that incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will head Israel’s next government, there are growing indications that his future coalition government could look substantially different from the current one.

Speaker of the Knesset Rueven Rivlin (Likud) said Wednesday that he would be willing to be moved lower on the joint Likud Yisrael Beitenu...

Netanyahu and Yishai have been discussing 'the day after' the January 22 elections.

Naftali Bennett goes on the offensive, questioning whether Netanyahu is planing another Expulsion/Disengagement based on his statements.

Counting of the 250,000 votes from soldiers, hospitals, embassies and prisoners are expected to only be completed on Thursday. As a result, some of the...

Yair Lapid will be calling the shots at this point.

Israeli former Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman was formally indicted on Sunday on charges of breach of trust and fraud, and could also be charged with moral turpitude.

Expect an interesting conundrum on the opposition side.

In a 12 year struggle, we have led the Religious Zionists deep into the ruling party. The Likud, in turn, gladly opened its gates wide.

While the Israeli media wrongly claimed that the Likud had made an extreme shift to the right in recent primaries, some commentators were correcting in observing the existence of a deal-system. (Part IV in a series about the Likud primaries).

Moshko, the Holocaust-survivor-turned-legendary-builder-of-Gush-Etzion, once asked why Rabbi Moshe Levinger was shoving his way into Hevron and Kiryat Arba. “Here we work in consensus with...

Still deciding who will get your vote? The Jewish Press team has interviewed several of this election's most newsworthy candidates - hear what they have to say about the issues affecting you most, and cast your ballot on January 22.

This item in Hebrew from Israel's Channel 2/Mako informs us that: 49% of all first time voters define themselves as right-wing. 20% as center but right-leaning. 5% as...

Bennett turns the tables on a political ambush.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu congratulated re-elected President Barack Obama.

An Israel Channel 10 report speculated on Sunday that Likud and Yisrael Beytenu are headed their separate ways. Avigdor Liberman will be holding a press...

"When positions opened, if there was a qualified woman for the job I was inclined to hire her."

"My engagement in medicine has taught me that in order to heal one must come in contact with the most repulsive things you can imagine."

Is the Likud in danger?

So far, the only candidates that I am 100% certain about are from the list from Mattot Arim.

In an unexpected move, 10% of the Likud Central Committee members gathered enough signatures to demand a secret ballot on whether or not to run on a joint list with Yisrael Beiteinu.

Why it makes absolutely no difference how many seats the Jewish Home party gets.

Nasty threats, mistreatment, rumors, and a general lack of trust define this government's coalition building attempts.

Israel Channel 10 reported that the Likud's strategic campaign advisor, Arthur Finkelstein, quit the campaign. Finkelstein's office said the trip overseas today was planned well in advance.

The election-video recalls the practical achievements of the government over the last four years.

After failing to assemble a coalition within the legally allotted month, Prime Minister Netanyahu went back to President Shimon Peres on Saturday night to...

The poll comes on the heels of another set of polls which claimed that Israelis supported the two-state solution by a two-thirds margin.