Posts Tagged: Israel Elections
Is This the Start of the Post-Netanyahu Era?
JNS.org - In an unprecedented move, the Knesset that was elected in April voted to dissolve itself this week. That means Israelis will have yet...
It’s Time for Netanyahu’s Coalition Partners to Start Governing
JNS.org - On April 9, the Israeli electorate made a clear choice: to empower Benjamin Netanyahu to remain Israeli prime minister. Netanyahu received more Knesset...
American Jews Should Stay Out of Israeli Elections
American Jews have long touted Israel as the lone democracy in the Middle East, and noted that it shares the same values and interests as...
Turkey, Ukraine, and Israel: An Electoral Comparison Not to Take for Granted
JNS.org - Ahead of next week’s Knesset elections, Israelis disgusted with the ugliness of the current campaign would do well to consider the results of...
Israel’s Blessings and Curses
JNS.org - When Israelis awoke on Monday morning to the news that a house in Moshav Mishmeret, in the centrally located Sharon region, had been...
Poll Reports That 57 Percent of Israelis Say They Will Definitely Vote in April 9 Elections
JNS.org - There is an inherent gap between the results of Israeli political polls and the upcoming elections. While polls use phone calls or the Internet...
Don’t Forget Iran, Netanyahu Hasn’t
JNS.org - Israel’s Channel 12 led its prime-time news broadcast on Thursday night with a leaked report that Iran had hacked the cellphone of Blue...
Pompeo to Visit Israel Ahead of April 9 Elections
JNS.org - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel ahead of the country’s election on April 9, announced the US State Department on Tuesday. Pompeo...
False Hopes, Unwarranted Hysteria
JNS.org - When Donald Trump’s senior adviser, Jared Kushner, told Sky News Arabia on Monday that Washington’s yet-to-be-revealed Israeli-Palestinian peace plan includes a “redrawing of...
Moshe Feiglin Says Zehut Will Be ‘Surprise’ Party in Israel’s Upcoming Elections
JNS.org - Zehut leader Moshe Feiglin believes that his party will be the dark horse, or the “surprise,” of the upcoming April 9 elections in Israel. In...
Poll: Gantz Drops, Labor Gains, Likud Still in the Lead
JNS.org - The Israel Resilience-Telem joint list is gradually losing ground and would win 18 seats if the Knesset election were held today, according to a...
Benny Gantz’s Dangerous Ambiguity on West Bank Disengagement
For all his efforts to keep his views on key national issues under wraps, so as to make his premiership bid appeal to the largest...
Who Should Israelis Vote For?
Most of Israel’s previous elections have presented voters with meaningful choices, many with long-term implications on the security of the nation. The most extreme example...
Primary Concerns and the Israeli Elections
JNS.org - It’s not a hot news flash that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the nemesis of the local left-wing media. Nor is it...
