Tag: elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not discounted the possibility of calling new elections, Likud sources say, according to the Israeli publication, Ma'ariv.

"Despite the mudslinging campaign against us before the elections, we recommended Netanyahu to form the next government."

The institution of party primaries in Israel needs to be expanded not shrunk, so that the government will be under the supervision of the people from which it derives power and the moral authority to govern.

In these days of candidates, spinsters, and strategists, it’s comforting to know that there are people of action, known only to those who must know, swimming against the current of self-interest.

Tasked with the job of forming the next coalition government, Netanyahu sets out his goals for this term.

Tens of thousand of votes cast by Torah observers ended up supporting leftist and Arab MKs.

While Netanyahu reportedly has his hands full with Yair Lapid's coalition demands, Avigdor Liberman met with Naftali Bennett today to discuss Bennett's joining the...

Lapid's election success is a reflection of the widespread view among Israelis that external threats do not mean that the country's house should not be put in better order.

It does not really matter who is in power in Israel: no Palestinian leader has a mandate to make any concessions to Israel, let alone sign a peace treaty.

There's the "hype" that politician "a" or "b" can make it all better. None of it's true.

There was little discussion during the campaign of 'the peace process, because everybody in Israel, with the exception of the European- and NIF-funded Left, knows that the “peace process” is dead.

Even though there will be an unprecedented number of religious Knesset members, Haredim are closer to being drafted than at any time in Israel’s history.

Two days after the elections ended, PM Netanyahu finally decided to call HaBayit HaYehudi (Jewish Home) head Naftali Bennett. The two did not set a...

A little insulting but shouldn't the Temple become a central element in the public discourse?

Like Liberman before, Lapid will likely be Netanyahu's major partner as under almost any coalition figuration Yesh Atid can bring down the coalition.

The Guardian and other foreign media invested heavily in promoting their desired political narrative of a Jewish state lurching dangerously towards the right.

These are the final results for the elections to the 19th Knesset.

Someone asked me if Israelis were forced to vote or they had a choice...we so have a choice and we choose to vote.

In the past, Chareidi (Ultra-Orthodox) participation in election voting has never topped more than around a third of their potential voters. Chareidim have avoided voting...

If you are thinking of voting for Kadima and Shaul Mofaz, if you are thinking of voting for Likud and Bibi Netanyahu - take a look at this news report.

So my advice is, don't try to outsmart anyone. You will just be shooting yourself in the foot. Vote for the party you want to see lead the country.

Bibi wants the smallest Likud possible while still maintaining his PM seat.

In Israel they have a cute commercial where a cop revokes your whining license for 4 years if you fail to vote.

What is better, a popular Israel riddled with dead Jews or an unpopular Israel filled with living ones?

The Likud has achieved much over the last four years for settlements and the nation, and aside from his silly insistence on the two-state solution, Netanyahu has been a pretty good Prime Minister.

How many times can we be said to have turned right? And why are journalists surprised?

By sitting in a Netanyahu-led government the Jewish Home would be an accomplice to the theft of the Land of Israel.

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.

Right wing and Haredi parties form a seemingly insurmountable, 71-seat block.

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