Posts Tagged: Israel Elections
Netanyahu: If Gaza Fire Continues, IDF Will Retaliate Before the March 2 Elections
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that if Palestinian terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip continue to launch rockets and airborne...
Israel’s ‘Year of Elections’ Has Changed Us — Not for the Better
JNS.org - Something bad is happening here in Israel in this year of campaigns and elections. Without anyone noticing, our language is changing. The Hebrew...
Jewish Home and Otzma Yehudit Parties Unite Ahead of March 2 Election
JNS.org - Israel’s Jewish Home and Otzma Yehudit parties announced on Friday that they would run together on a joint ticket in the March 2...
Israel Is Headed Back to Elections, Says Lieberman
JNS.org - Yisrael Beiteinu Party leader Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday that Israel is headed to its third round of elections this year. “Elections are coming,”...
Legalizing Politics and Politicizing the Law
JNS.org - One of the modern era’s most dangerous problems is the conflation of politics with law. Political questions are increasingly treated as legal ones,...
Israel’s Holiday Government
JNS.org - While the world oohed and aahed with the news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was returning his coalition-building mandate to President Reuven...
Unity and Compromise Are Needed in Israel — and Everywhere
There are those who see compromise as surrender, weakness, or defeat. But that could not be farther from the truth. Wednesday marked the 2,600th anniversary of...
Israel’s Do-Over Election Performed a Vital Service for Israeli Democracy
JNS.org - Like many Israelis, I was horrified when April’s election led to another in September; it seemed a colossal waste of time and money....
A Nation Divided About Netanyahu, Not the Peace Process
JNS.org - The answer to who will govern Israel now seems to rest in the hands of a few politicians playing a game of “chicken”...
Arab Voters Feel More Israeli Than Palestinian
JNS.org - Arab voters flocked to the polls during last week’s general election in Israel, defying expectations of a low turnout. Arab turnout skyrocketed compared to...
Israel’s Netanyahu Sharpens Focus on Settlements, Two Days Before Ballot
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up a bid for far-right votes two days before a closely-contested election, convening his cabinet in the West Bank...
Netanyahu: US Recognition of Strategic Areas is ‘Changing the Course of Jewish History’
JNS.org - If voters stay home on Tuesday, the Blue and White Party will be forming Israel’s next government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said...
Blue and White, Likud Turn Sights on Smaller Parties as Elections Near
JNS.org - As the election campaign heads into its final week, the two largest parties—Likud, and Blue and White—are appearing to focus on a familiar...
Ahead of Sept. 17 Elections, Ayelet Shaked Lays Out Right-Wing Vision for Israel
JNS.org - While many Israelis might already feel fatigued by the upcoming elections on Sept. 17, former justice minister Ayelet Shaked, who heads the newly...
