Tag: Yair Lapid
Survey: Netanyahu Continues Downward Slide as 28% of Likud Voters Want him Out
It is interesting to note that the peace agreement with the Gulf states that has grabbed many headlines over the past month is not beneficial in the least to the prime minister’s popularity.
With Her Party Reaping Extraordinary Poll Numbers, Ayelet Shaked Urges New Elections
"I think Bennett can lead the country and be an excellent prime minister, but we are not forming coalitions yet."
A Record 6,700 Israeli Coronavirus Patients in 24 Hours as Fight between Rallies and...
Israelis, please stay home, stop spreading the virus, how difficult is this to understand?
Despite Peace Deal Netanyahu Down in Latest Poll
And yet, despite the overwhelming dissatisfaction with his job performance, 31% of those surveyed believe that Netanyahu is best qualified to serve as prime minister.
Survey: Bennett’s Yamina Remains 2nd Largest Party as Arabs Rise to 17 Seats
Netanyahu and Bennett can form a 51-seat coalition bloc, to which they can add whomever they desire, at a bargain basement price.
Poll Shows Peace Deal Didn’t Improve Netanyahu’s Election Prospects
Yamina and Yisrael Beiteinu, should they choose to form a bloc, would have 28 seats together, enough to force Netanyahu to acquiesce to any imaginable demand on their part.
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.
Netanyahu, Gantz, Clash on Protests, PM Slams Media
"Never before has there been such a distorted mobilization," the PM pushed on. "I wanted to say Soviet, but it's already on North Korean levels, where the media are in favor of the demonstrations."
Survey: 52% Believe Protests Too Violent, Likud Voters Switching to Bennett
In analysis, the further to the right the respondents are, the stronger their assessment that the rallies are driven by political activists.
Likud’s Dramatic Dive Continues in Latest Poll, Left & Right Tied at 60
The survey also shows that the Joint Arab List is getting stronger, going from 15 to 16 seats.
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).
Knesset Passes ‘Norwegian Law’ to Help Ministers-Rich Blue&White Party Add MKs
The new law is a double edged sward for Gantz, seeing as close to half of his original slate is currently in the opposition, under MK Yair Lapid's leadership.
Habayit Hayehudi Approves Rafi Peretz-Netanyahu Deal, Bennett Signs Opposition Pact with Liberman
The Bennett-Liberman alliance will bombard the Likud with rightwing bills that will embarrass Netanyahu and set him up for failure in the settlements come next election.
Likud Rebellion Against Netanyahu, Government Swearing In Is Off, Gantz Takes Back Speaker’s Post,...
Likud ministers sharply criticized Netanyahu's way of distributing those portfolios, as several Likud ministers have been left floating in the wake of the coalition steam ship.
Unanimous Court Begrudgingly Permits Netanyahu to Assemble New Government
Yes, this new government is definitely a platypus – an egg laying mammal, with a duck's bill to boot.
Knesset Continues Marathon Debate of 2nd, 3rd Phases of Unity Government Bill
“We are not changing the system of government in Israel."
Direct Polls Predicts Astronomical Likud 4th Elections Win
Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid suffered a cut in its mandates from 14 to 11.
Orly Levy-Abekasis Officially Joins Netanyahu’s Camp, Upping Right to 59
Netanyahu needs to only pull over two MKs and he has a coalition.
Gantz is Betting Against the House
Gantz is trying to hard to push a very left wing government onto Bibi, and it may backfire on him.
Generals’ Party Capitulates as So Many Have Done, before a Masterful Netanyahu
Bibi understood, with the mystical foresight of a hunter, that Gantz did not have it in him, Gantz did not have the killer's instinct, the total dedication, the unbound desire.
A Bright Day for Israeli Democracy and the Lessons Learned
Who are the winners and the losers of the election crisis, and what did we learn from it?
Unexpected Twist: Benny Gantz Appointed Knesset Speaker
Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid), Gantz's partner strongly opposes the move.
Speaker Edelstein Passing the Gavel to Amir Peretz, Tells Court to Back Off
Edelstein said the court had been "dragged into political negotiations" instead of allowing the Knesset to elect a new speaker with a broad consent.
Knesset Speaker Edelstein Resigned Over High Court’s Meddling: I Won’t Support Civil War
Edelstein's resignation was made in protest, and also to avoid a precedent in which the High Court of Justice is obeyed when it intervenes in the workings of parliament.
High Court Orders Speaker Edelstein to Convene Own Decapitation Session
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.
Haaretz Radical Leftist Gideon Levy: Gantz Must Surrender and Join Netanyahu
"Surrender, withdrawal, and even breach of election promises are not necessarily the worst choices."
Direct Polls: Netanyahu Defeats Blue&White, Forms 62-Seat Coalition in 4th Election
A month ago, Gantz stepped on the biggest political landmine of his short career when he had to decide: Tibi or Bibi.
Arab MK Who Endorsed Gantz Insists Her Goal Is Dismantling the Zionist/Jewish State
And this is the level to which Blue&White is prepared, nay, happy to sink in order to replace Netanyahu at the helm.
Disconnect: Health Ministry Warns Thousands Will Die, Yair Lapid Says Forced Isolation Is Dictatorship
Yair Lapid's follower David Roth wrote him Tuesday night: All I care about is for Israel not to become another Italy. Stop messing around and join an emergency government.