Elections

Kahane talks about the trampling of Israel's democracy.

"In the vast majority of Western democracies," Shaked noted, "It is the elected officials who appoint the judges of the highest court in the judicial system."

MK Bezalel Samotrich tweeted: "Israel will not be Iran."

"Ofer Cassif, Tibi and Zoabi, supporters of terrorism every one, are in, but Ben Ari, a Zionist Jew whose sons serve in the IDF, is out."

Gantz’s political partners expressed anger that he did not share this information with them prior to its publication in the news.

The right-wing parties union is preparing to launch a huge protest in the event that the court reverses the Knesset's decision.

The state must keep Shabbat according to Halacha. But but there can be private initiatives of public transportation on Shabbat.

While several parties, including Likud, have been quick to reflect Zehut chairman Moshe Feiglin's rise in the polls and to copycat his agenda of legalizing both medical and medical cannabis in Israel, National Union leader Bezalel Smotrich appears to be betting on religious, right-wing voters who are opposed to the idea.

The news is a win for Netanyahu, who requested the delay in order to avert any adverse impact on the polls.

"Look who attacks me and who runs venomous campaigns against me, and you will understand where our votes come from – from the New Right and from Meretz," Feiglin told Maariv on Monday.

Netanyahu had something important to say, but since it's now officially the silly season of the 2019 elections, he picked a strange venue in which to state it.

Ben-Gvir said this morning, "I understand that Avigdor Liberman is under pressure."

Blue and White is approaching the size of the late Kadima party, led by Ehud Olmert and later Tzipi Livni: 29 and 28 seats in the 2006 and 2009 elections.

With 4 seats, Feiglin could tip the Bibi vs. Gantz balance to Gantz 62, Bibi 58. With more seats -- the sky would be his limit.

On December 28, 2015, Cassif posted on Facebook an attack on Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked whom he called a "neo-Nazi [expletive]."

"With Democratic leaders like Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders condemning the [proposed] resolution, it’s clear that grassroots movements are shifting what’s possible in the halls of power."

"The Israelis, whose lives depend on their future dependence on America as much as their past reliance, may come to fear him."

There's little doubt regarding the effect of photo-ops featuring Pompeo and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Meanwhile, Attorney Ben Gvir filed a 500,000 shekel ($138,000) defamation lawsuit against MK Stav Shafir (Labor), for calling the members of Jewish Power "Nazis."

Avigdor Liberman and Orly Levy-Abekasis do not pass the 3.25% vote threshold. It should be noted that one of them (not Orly) was the genius behind the decision to raise the threshold.

Zehut's recent rise in the polls is a source of anxiety for its right-wing competitors, uniting them in taking desperate measures against one of their own

The Jewish Otzma Yehudit, and anti-Zionist Ra’am-Balad and Hadash-Ta’al parties, will be allowed to run in Israel’s upcoming national elections, thanks to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit.

"We have no problem with Gantz in the first place, our problem is with Lapid," a source inside UTJ told Maariv.

Assuming Jewish Power is not in the government, walking away with their 3 seats, Bibi still comes out with a solid 65-seat coalition government.

"How I am supposed to feel if I now, as speaker of the Knesset, say to [Netanyahu], 'Go home,' and later it turns out he was innocent?"