Tag: Shas

This week's unprecedented heat wave, with temperatures rising to 114 degrees Fahrenheit even along the shore, hasn't helped things.

And, on behalf of Blue&White, Omer Yankelevich, a Haredi woman, will be the next Diaspora Minister.

Meanwhile Rafi Peretz reportedly received an offer to jump ship and join the coalition by himself without Yamina.

A solution needs to be found also for those who observe the upsherin haircutting ceremony in Meron.

The Haredi extremists intend to intensify their attacks on the Jerusalem District Police in their pursuit of spiritual challenges.

Meanwhile, finance committee from the Likud, Shas and UTJ boycotted Wednesday's committee meeting, and may also boycott the meeting Forer has called for Thursday morning.

Fourth election, anyone?

Benjamin Netanyahu has succeeded in reversing the trend that began last April with the rise of Benny Gantz's Blue&White

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.

Should Gantz be able to revive the old Labor-Independent Liberals-NRP-Haredim centrist coalition of the 1960s in Israel, he could win big, relegating Likud back to the opposition benches.

Despite Netanyahu's media blitz, in Washington, Moscow, and Africa, the needle refuses to move.

The heads of councils in Judea and Samaria were elected democratically, but their power stems from the defense ministry.

Less than half of the respondents, 46%, believed there's great urgency in annexing territories even before the elections.

Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit does not cross the 3.25% vote threshold, getting only 1.9% of the respondents' votes in this survey.

His partner on the council, attorney Zohar Yasharim (Shas), voted against the Sababus budget – for the obvious reason of the desecration of Shabbat.

MK Ofer Shelah, a Blue&White spokesman, on Monday morning all but confirmed Liberman's angry warning.

Instead of going after Russians, Likud will focus on the Ethiopians, whom Netanyahu believes could bring in as many as two new Likud seats.

Avigdor Liberman's Israel Beiteinu inserted a proposed amendment into the law, that foreign workers in Israel will not receive double-time holiday pay on election day.

Israeli media claim there are silent negotiations between Likud and Liberman, but there is still no way to match the maximum Haredi concessions to Liberman's minimum demands.

In response to the question whom they would prefer as the next prime minister, 41% of respondents preferred Benjamin Netanyahu, with Benny Gantz trailing with 38%, within the margin of error.

Before the disruption, Yair Netanyahu said: Not a day goes by that I don't receive death threats against me or my parents.

New Right chairwoman Ayelet Shaked refused to meet with Gantz, saying she would conduct negotiations exclusively through the Likud team.

The major player in the next 28 days, other than Gantz, is Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman, who can make or break a Gantz government.

A senior Yamina official rejected Netanyahu's request, telling Srugim, quite crudely, "We are not his chumps."

Blue & White offered the Likud a quick negotiation if the Likud were to dump its political partners: Shas, UTJ and Yamina - an offer the Likud flatly turned down.

Rivlin resumes his consultations with the remainder of the representatives of the parties on Monday.

Otzma Yehudit does not cross the vote threshold in any of the major polls.

The rightwing bloc without Liberman will probably get 60 seats, with the expectation that Netanyahu would be able to entice Orly Levy-Abekasis to join the coalition.

It appears that Amir Peretz and Orly Levi, with Labor's 5 seats offer the only solution to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pursuit of 61 seats

"Otzma Yehudit will ensure the rightwing's rule," Ben Gvir concluded.