Elections

Pro-Hezbollah parties did not fare as well as they had in the past in Lebanons elections.

An estimated 60 Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem were nominated by the various electoral lists.

The counsel's affair serves to reinforce the common view in Israel that the judicial system is a den of corrupt elite operators with scant regard to the rule of law.

The attacker also threatened to kill Zyskowicz by pushing him in front of the subway train.

Liberman said he would prefer someone other than Netanyahu as a Likud candidate for prime minister. 

Yair Lapid said in a meeting behind-closed-doors that there was progress in his talks with Yemina chairman Naftali Bennett.

Pure ideologues like Itamar Ben Gvir are Netanyahu’s nightmare.

Likud's decline is exploited by Yamina, which gets 21 seats while – lest we forget – it currently holds only 5 Knesset seats.

Without those regulations, the settlements will be cut off from Israel.

Only 43% of Haredi respondents plan to vote for United Torah Judaism, a drop from the previous 47%.

"At this hour, no one will preach to me about politics and rebuke me for choosing our citizens."

Harris voted against the nomination of David M. Friedman in March 2017 to be U.S. ambassador to Israel.

Ahead of coalition reshuffle, Bennett revving up attacks on Netanyahu, Liberman urging calm.

Otzma Yehudit responded: On the day Jewish blood is spilled and depraved individuals kill a soldier, the Reform movement chooses to ask for our disqualification."

While Clinton and Trump are essentially tied, Bernie Sanders whips Trump by double digits in almost every single major poll.

"Trump has repeatedly proven that he, like no one else, understands the public’s demand for a change in course."

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked asked Bennett to transfer his veto power to her if he steps down, "to safeguard the right's power."

It would have been the first meeting since the downing of a Russian spy plane by Syrian aerial defense forces last September. Syria said its forces were aiming at Israeli warplanes.

Just before the Steering Committee voted on the Energy and Commerce slots, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership team circulated a slate of their candidates.

Altogether, it looks like the Biden team has learned a thing or two from Trump after all.

Under the Obama administration in 2012, just 45 percent of registered voters said they were better off than they were in 2008.

So, it's official, the bon ton of the Democratic party, or at least a good chunk of it, is about attacks on Israel, support for Israel's most vicious enemies, and, here and there, splashes of classic anti-Semitism.

Less than a majority of respondents believe that the scheduled local elections are important; the rest believe that they are somewhat important or not important. Only 47% are confident the elections will be held as scheduled.

It is doubtful either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton would have been approved to run for presidnet in Iran, even if they had agreed to embrace Islam…

Arabs began to celebrate from the moment of terrorist Jabareen's release, in Umm al-Fahm as well as in the Palestinian Authority.

Sa'ar was clearly enjoying himself, even though he didn't crack a smile.

Livni's party is now down to 2 MKs (from 6). What did Herzog buy that was so expensive?

Was the defense minister calling on his officer to rebel against the political class? Probably not, although he sounded dangerously close to saying just that.

MK Eichler has been on a crusade to smoke out "Reform sponsors" who buy out Israeli politicians, Netanyahu included.

"This district is literally Ground Zero and our representative supported the Iran Deal? Is no one paying attention," Rosenthal queries.