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...
Mud Flies As Israeli Election Nears
JERUSALEM – With one month to go before Israelis cast their ballots, religious and nationalist parties have engaged in highly negative campaigns against each other, claiming that only their party will be able to pressure the next prime minister into promoting their domestic, economic and religious agendas. According to all polls, those parties are likely to be the basis of the next governing coalition – expected to be led by incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
PM Netanyahu Congratulates US President-Elect Obama
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu congratulated re-elected President Barack Obama.
Likud Lawmaker Aims to Block Rumored Comeback by Olmert
Likud Party lawmaker Tzipi Hotovely reportedly petitioned Israel's Central Elections Committee to prevent former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from running for office.
No More Likud Primaries
Bibi want to block democracy within the Likud.
Likud Beitenu’s Political Juggernaut
TEL AVIV – Political pundits have long debated who is the real Benjamin Netanyahu. Is he a pragmatist handcuffed by his right-wing support base and fealty to his late father’s nationalist vision? Is he a true right-wing ideologue whose apparent concessions to Israeli-Palestinian peace are but feints?
Netanyahu Announces Early Elections In Israel
JERUSALEM – Now it’s official: Israel is going to the polls. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that the elections for the 19th Knesset will be held early next year.
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...
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...
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.
Jewish Press Interviews with Tomorrow’s Knesset Candidates!
Still deciding who will get your vote? The Jewish Press team has interviewed several of this election's most newsworthy candidates - hear what they have to say about the issues affecting you most, and cast your ballot on January 22.
Rivlin Offers to Trade Spots With a Female Candidate
Speaker of the Knesset Rueven Rivlin (Likud) said Wednesday that he would be willing to be moved lower on the joint Likud Yisrael Beitenu...
Likud-Beytenu To Pay Fine to HaBayit HaYehudi
Likud-Beytenu punished for bad behavior, while inadvertently helping HaBayit HaYehudi again.
The Livni Intifada
The Israeli Left is incentivizing the Palestinians to refuse negotiations and potentially use violence against Israel.
Naftali Bennett and the Mafdal’s Last Hurrah
Why it makes absolutely no difference how many seats the Jewish Home party gets.
Bennett Questions If Bibi is Planning Another Expulsion (+ Videos)
Naftali Bennett goes on the offensive, questioning whether Netanyahu is planing another Expulsion/Disengagement based on his statements.
Power for Israel’s Message of Responsibility in Arab Village
The Musmus village council announced that the police alone would bear responsibility for the consequences of the visit.
Poll: More Israelis Against the Two-State Solution than For it
The poll comes on the heels of another set of polls which claimed that Israelis supported the two-state solution by a two-thirds margin.
Peres Grants Netanyahu Two More Weeks
After failing to assemble a coalition within the legally allotted month, Prime Minister Netanyahu went back to President Shimon Peres on Saturday night to...
Bibi to Settlers: Vote Likud, or Else…
The country's front runner party apparatus is enraged with registered members who they claim are not voting Likud in the general elections. 2009 election results say otherwise.
Liberman Done In by Former Deputy
New information appears to be making things a lot worse for the former FM.
Latest Coalition Building Rumors and Threats from Israel
Nasty threats, mistreatment, rumors, and a general lack of trust define this government's coalition building attempts.
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...
Aryeh Deri to Head Shas
Reports are indicating that Aryeh Deri will return as the head of the Shas party, while Eli Yishai will receive the senior government position,...
There’s Nobody Here But Us Bennetts
Many forget that Netanyahu's score on his actions during the Disengagement was a floor hugging 14%.
Likud Primaries: How to Vote?
So far, the only candidates that I am 100% certain about are from the list from Mattot Arim.
Shaked: Jewish Home Supports Civil Marriages for ‘Unweddables’
Shaked noted that her party intends to promote, in addition, a significant reform of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
Secret Ballot Could Determine Likud-Beiteinu Future
In an unexpected move, 10% of the Likud Central Committee members gathered enough signatures to demand a secret ballot on whether or not to run on a joint list with Yisrael Beiteinu.
Why I am Voting Likud
The Likud has achieved much over the last four years for settlements and the nation, and aside from his silly insistence on the two-state solution, Netanyahu has been a pretty good Prime Minister.
Poll: Likud Shooting Back Up, Livni Sinking
Right wing and Haredi parties form a seemingly insurmountable, 71-seat block.