Posts Tagged: Israel Elections
Israel’s National Unity Has Faded Since Oct. 7, and Its Survival Is at Risk
In 67 BCE, with the death of Queen Salome Alexandra, the golden age of the Hasmonean dynasty collapsed into a bloody civil war. The prolonged...
Israeli Election 2022: Exit Polls Show Netanyahu Poised to Return to Power With Right-Wing Bloc
Exit polls from Israel’s fifth election in less than four years released Tuesday night suggested former premier Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies secured a...
For Israel’s Political Players, Election Day Is Only the Halfway Point
As far as Israeli voters are concerned, national elections are what shape Israel’s political system -- but for Israel’s politicians, they only mark the halfway...
Israel Election Tightly Poised as Netanyahu Bids for Comeback
Israelis began voting for the fifth time in less than four years on Tuesday, with former premier Benjamin Netanyahu bidding for a comeback in a...
Israel to Deploy 18,000 Officers to Secure Election Day Amid Terrorism Threat
More than 18,000 police officers and border guards will be deployed to secure Israelis as they cast their ballots for a new government on Tuesday,...
Israel PM Lapid Meets Arab Community Leaders to Boost Voter Turnout in Upcoming Elections
Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday met with representatives of Arab communities in the city of Nazareth in Israel’s north to motivate Israeli Arabs to...
Israel’s Herzog to Promote Unity Government – Report
i24 News - Israel's President Isaac Herzog told lawmakers that he will work on establishing an "enlarged unity government" after the next elections in November,...
Survey: Record Low Arab Turnout Expected in Upcoming Israeli Elections, Some Arab Support for Likud
Turnout from Israel's Arab minority is expected to hit record lows in the country's upcoming general elections, according to a new survey released Sunday by...
Ahead of Next Israeli Elections, New Political Alliance Rises in Polls, Likud Still on Top
Rivals for Israel's highest office continued jockeying for position this week, with a new poll showing improved results for a fresh political alliance, along with...
‘We Have No Illusions’ About Lapid Premiership, Says PA Official
JNS.org - Palestinian officials were taken aback on Monday by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s decision to call early elections, but said they had “no illusions”...
Lapid and Bennett Officially on the Clock to End Netanyahu’s Tenure
JNS.org — For the second time in a little more than a year, incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s mandate to form a government has passed...
Israeli Politics Aren’t (Totally) Broken, But We Can Still Fix Them
Before last month’s national elections, I wrote about the nature of the race and how it had been stripped of all ideology and meaning. With all...
2021 Israeli Elections: Extremists Became Stronger — and There’s Still No Alternative to Netanyahu
The 2021 Israeli election ended -- once again -- without a clear outcome. Although the right-wing bloc won 59 seats (if you include Naftali Bennett), a...
Why Yesh Atid Is the Right Party to Lead Israel
As Israel heads into its fourth elections in just two years, it can be easy to be fed up with the non-stop horse-race political coverage....
