Tag: Israeli legislative election

The United Torah Judaism and Shas motion entitled “A trefah [non-kosher] Government" was rejected by a majority of 59-50.

It should be interesting to watch the Knesset becoming divided not along the traditional coalition vs. opposition divider, but as sharks vs. guppies.

A 1996 law placed severe restrictions on no-confidence motions.

In the throes of the Knesset brouhaha on Sunday, it was possibly difficult to catch and digest the very long and ambitious list of goals the new prime minister was trying to deliver.

The Haredi MKs letter is the first open expression of no confidence in Netanyahu, and much less blunt than those issued, reportedly, by Netanyahu's own senior party members.

Sources in the Likud said that the chances of their recommending Bennett were low.

The relatives of victims of terrorism stated that they would fight a government that would receive outside support from Ra'am or the Joint Arab List.

"We haven't finished dealing with violence, but we have to deal with the deep roots of the problem."

There is no joy in Likudville these days with Bibi at the bat.

On Monday night, 36 days before the election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was interviewed in the lions' den, Channel 12 News, and shared how...

Likud and Blue&White announced they would support the Derech Eretz bill to postpone the state budget by 100 days.

"We will not cooperate with any initiative to bring early elections and we will do everything to prevent elections," Gafni, Litzman and Deri vowed.

But the AG warned the high court that the coalition agreement promotes significant constitutional changes, including creating a new model of government that is not an organic part of Israel's system of government.

It's a nasty bit of anti-democratic legislation which presumes the PM to be guilty until proven innocent, inflicting on them the most severe political outcome of the case against them even before the court had held its first session.

"In the upcoming term, at least 4 judges will be appointed to the Supreme Court. This is a historic opportunity to formulate a conservative majority."

Edelstein's resignation thwarted the possibility of holding a vote for a new Speaker until Monday.

Edelstein is reportedly furious at the High Court panel of five justices, especially since they obviously didn't bother to read his lengthy and well annotated response.

"If we have to bring in MKs from the opposite camp, we will certainly change the law so that no sanctions are imposed on them," MK Zohar said.

"We went through every city, neighborhood by neighborhood, we plowed through the country."

"If the 250,000 olim from English-speaking countries vote with their feet, they could tip the balance in this election."

"The talk of applying sovereignty in the Jordan Valley, Samaria and Judea is welcome. But for now it's just that, talk."

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

Netanyahu was re-appointed Likud chairman in January 2016 without voting, since no other Likud members had submitted their candidacy.

In an early November Channel 12 poll, 40% said they would vote for Netanyahu, while 36% said they would vote for Gantz.

"Israel is in the midst of a government emergency that could lead to economic and social collapse."

In early November, Shas chairman Aryeh Deri proposed swift elections for prime minister between Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu – believing the voters would favor Bibi.

In October 2018, Benjamin Netanyahu accused Sa'ar of conspiring with President Reuven Rivlin to endorse Sa'ar as prime minister following a Likud win in the next elections.

"The quorum of ministers the Likud would receive would be lower, because of the distribution of portfolios to our partners, so that Blue&White would have more ministers than the Likud."

"Netanyahu agreed to go out on leave of absence in order to make forming a government possible. It's more than a simple show of leadership,” Edelstein pointed out.

Netanyahu reportedly said voter turnout in Likud strongholds and in the settlements was low, and in a third election voter turnout in those locations would be higher.