Likud-Beteinu Closes First Partner (updated)
It only took a month, but Likud-Beteinu finally managed to close a deal with its first coalition partner, Tzipi Livni's HaTnua party.
Livni will reportedly...
Pro-Labor Settler and Pro-Bennett Bedouin
There are Israeli voters making some surprising and rather unexpected choices.
Bibi’s Obvious Option: Coalition with Lapid and Bennett
Yair Lapid will be calling the shots at this point.
What Will the Chareidim Do?
In the past, Chareidi (Ultra-Orthodox) participation in election voting has never topped more than around a third of their potential voters.
Chareidim have avoided voting...
Liberman Meets with Bennett
While Netanyahu reportedly has his hands full with Yair Lapid's coalition demands, Avigdor Liberman met with Naftali Bennett today to discuss Bennett's joining the...
Bibi-Tours and Bennett
Rumors are flying in the Israeli media today that the other possible reason between the acrimonious relationship between Bibi and Bennett is the anonymous...
Netanyahu Finally Called Bennett
Two days after the elections ended, PM Netanyahu finally decided to call HaBayit HaYehudi (Jewish Home) head Naftali Bennett.
The two did not set a...
Likud Leads, But Rise Of Yesh Atid, Jewish Home Bode Bumpy Road Ahead For...
TEL AVIV – His party shrunk, his opponents grew and his challengers multiplied. But with the results in, it seems Benjamin Netanyahu survived the Knesset elections Tuesday to serve another term as prime minister.
Unexpected Results Call Makeup Of Future Israeli Coalition Into Question
JERUSALEM – With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu slate, still expected to be tapped by President Shimon Peres to form Israel’s 33rd government, its makeup will look different from the outgoing coalition.
Lapid on Jerusalem and the Palestinians
Yesh Atid perceives a possible peace process as a response to an ensemble of threats looming over the State of Israel.
Some Numbers Can Still Change
Counting of the 250,000 votes from soldiers, hospitals, embassies and prisoners are expected to only be completed on Thursday.
As a result, some of the...
No More Likud Primaries
Bibi want to block democracy within the Likud.
Likud-Beytenu to Split?
An Israel Channel 10 report speculated on Sunday that Likud and Yisrael Beytenu are headed their separate ways.
Avigdor Liberman will be holding a press...
The Almost Final Results: Even Steven
These are the final results for the elections to the 19th Knesset.
Right/Religious Growing Stronger as Counting Continues
Update: There was a slight surge for the religious/right during the middle of the counting, but in the end it didn't pan out.
As the...
The Almost Final 19th Knesset List (Updated)
Who's in, who's not in the 19th Knesset.
Panic or Spin
Is the Likud in danger?
PM Netanyahu Congratulates US President-Elect Obama
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu congratulated re-elected President Barack Obama.
Updated: Record High Voter Turnout So Far (8 PM)
For an Israeli election race where no one can actually say what the important issues of the race are, voter turnout has been at...
20% of Voters Remain Undecided Until the Last Minute
A Channel 1 survey reported that 20% of voters remain undecided until the last minute. Many will only be deciding on the party to...
Rabbi Lior ‘Saddened’ by Rav Ovadia’s Attack on Jewish Home
On Saturday night, Rav Ovadia attacked the Jewish Home party saying it was not the home of Jews but of goyim.
Bad Boy
"My engagement in medicine has taught me that in order to heal one must come in contact with the most repulsive things you can imagine."
Arthur Finkelstein: Channel 10 Report on His Quitting Likud is a Lie
Israel Channel 10 reported that the Likud's strategic campaign advisor, Arthur Finkelstein, quit the campaign. Finkelstein's office said the trip overseas today was planned well in advance.
The Right Brought Oslo: What Does Dayan Mean?
In 1992, the Tehiya Party brought down Shamir's government over the Madrid Conference, leading to Labor's victory and the signing of the Oslo Accords.
The Livni Intifada
The Israeli Left is incentivizing the Palestinians to refuse negotiations and potentially use violence against Israel.
Weekly Poll Average: Right Leading with 67.5 Seats
The right of center parties continue to maintain their lead, albeit by a slightly smaller margin in eight polls released December 9-15.
Can the Likud Survive without the ‘Feinschmeckers’?
In depth analysis of the Likud's final list for the Knesset (part II in a series).
The Likud’s Alleged Rightward Shift
In depth analysis of the Likud's final list for the Knesset (part I in a series).
Latest Israel Election Polls
The following poll result were reported on the Knesset TV Channel, after the Cease Fire announcement.
Some Likud MKs Explain Their Positions to Voters – in English
On Tuesday night, around 100 English speaking Likud members and supporters got to hear MK Tzipi Hotoveli, MK Gila Gamliel and Jerusalem City Council...