Tag: Gesher
Meretz Going After Joint Arab List Voters, Looking to Boost the Israeli Left
In past elections, Arab voters have saved Meretz's hide, giving it the votes it desperately needed to stay above the threshold percentage.
Survey Shows Netanyahu Sinking Rapidly, Lapid, Bennett, Soaring
These dramatic results most likely stem from the drift in the public's view of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Likud Drops 5 Seats, Yamina 3rd Largest Party in Latest Poll
The rightwing bloc gets 63 seats; the center-left-Arabs bloc only 50 seats; and Liberman gets 7 seats.
Survey: 40% of Likud Voters Disappointed in Netanyahu’s Handling of Corona Crisis, Bennett Soaring
The Yamina party, led by Naftali Bennett, would win 14 seats (up from 6).
President Refuses Gantz’s Extension Request, Coalition Cobbling Goes to the Knesset
Blue&White has the chairmanship of the Regulating Committee (MK Avi Nissenkorn) as well as the Speaker of the House – MK Benny Gantz.
Bennett Rejects Gantz’s Invite to Negotiate: First Unload the Joint Arab List
"Don't you understand that's exactly why he called you, so he wouldn't have to include the List?"
Final ‘Direct Polls’ Prediction: Rightwing Bloc Hairbreadth Away from Victory with 59 Mandates
For the first time, Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit sinks below 1%, to 0.96%. Liberman is down to 6 mandates.
Survey Claims Voters Trending Away from Gantz to the Right, But Not to Netanyahu
Last week, Yamina was struggling to keep 7 seats in the polls, and now it finally succeeded in squeezing an eighth mandate from Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit's voters.
Always an Agent of Chaos, Liberman Believes the End of Netanyahu’s Era Is Nigh
Should Blue&White build up a considerable gap ahead of the Likud, this would likely result in the Haredim and Yamina deserting Netanyahu.
Labor-Gesher, Meretz Parties Unite Ahead of Israeli Elections
Meanwhile, the small parties on the right are still squabbling.
Poll Shows Stalemate With and Without Party Consolidations on Left and Right
Running together, a rightwing union would receive 8 seats.
Latest Poll: Likud, Blue & White Tied at 30, Netanyahu Better Fit to Lead,...
When asked who is more suited to serve as prime minister, 51% of respondents answered that Netanyahu is more appropriate than Ganz, who won only 36%. 13% did not know.
Latest Poll: Gantz-Lapid Merger Will Tie Netanyahu
The movement headed by Tzipi Livni, Gesher, led by Orly Levi Abekasis, Moshe Feiglin's Zehut (Identity), Gal Hirsch's Magen (Protector), Baruch Marzel and Itamar Ben Gvir's Jewish Power, Eldad Yaniv's New Land do make the electoral threshold.
Latest Poll: ‘Gantz Effect’ Consolidates the Right, Destroys the Left
Almost two months before the elections – advantage Bibi.
This Just In: Feiglin Passes Threshold
Here's another doozie: Both Avigdor Liberman and his nemesis Ahmad Tibi get only 3 seats and walk into the setting sun, probably not hand in hand.
92 Redux: Is This the End of the Israeli Right, Or a New Beginning?
Bennett and Shaked's breakaway party will either strengthen Israel's right, or completely destroy it in the upcoming elections...
Likud Minister to Run for Jerusalem Mayor Without Bibi’s Nod
Rumor has it Netanyahu cherishes Elkin's help as Russian translator during his visits with President Vladimir Putin, and just doesn't want to start looking for a replacement.
2017 Global Jewish Unity Day, Jerusalem Unity Prize Hosted by President Rivlin
"I want the world to remember how the global community behaved during those days of uncertainty... to always remember the power we have when we choose unity over division.”
Israeli City Mayors Unite to Launch 2017 Global Jewish Unity Initiative
This year's Jerusalem Unity Prize and Unity Day is set for June 7, 2017. Senior Druze official Amal Assad is joining the Prize Committee.
Update: Northern Israel Terror Suspect Released, Deemed Innocent
Alert citizens called police to a suspicious situation in northern Israel that fortunately turned out well for everyone.
Special Event to Mark Hamas Kidnap-Murder of 3 Israeli Teens on June 3
A special event in Jerusalem on June 3 will mark the first-year anniversary of the Hamas kidnap and murder of 3 Israeli teens.