Posts Tagged: Israeli election
Israel’s Knesset Rejects Vote on Dissolving Itself
Israel's parliament rejected early on Thursday a preliminary vote to dissolve itself, the Knesset said in a statement, after an agreement was reached regarding a dispute over conscription. The vote, which could...
Israel’s Political System Is Broken
Moments after the polls closed on November 1, Israelis learned that the outcome of the fifth election in three years was decisive. Very. Even with...
Diaspora Jews Closely Watching Security Issues as Israeli Elections Near, Says Algemeiner Editor-in-Chief
With Israel looking ahead to elections on Tuesday, many Jewish voters in the diaspora are focused on security issues, with relatively more support for Prime...
Why a Center-Left Coalition Would Help Netanyahu
The new Knesset elections will take place in about two months. Likud, which receives about 30 seats in the polls, continues to lead safely and...
We Should Not Make Any Deals With Enemies of Israel
Over the past few days, my telephone has been ringing off the hook. My father was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist and many of my...
Ben & Jerry’s Contemplates New Flavor Inspired by Third Israeli Election
JNS.org - The Israeli manufacturers of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream announced on Sunday that they are considering releasing a new flavor inspired by the news...
Security Tasks Awaiting the Next Israeli Prime Minister
Whichever Israeli government ends up coming to power will be faced with a set of urgent security challenges that are coming from a range of...
A Society Is Measured By Its Capacity for Forgiveness
JNS.org - As president of Israel, many requests for clemency are placed before me. Every request is a world unto itself, but some are unusual....
The Repercussions of Israel’s Fractured Democracy
Israel is a democracy, and, like most parliamentary democracies, the party that wins a plurality of the vote typically ends up forming the government --...
Will the Anti-Netanyahu Crowd Like Gantz?
JNS.org - The results of Israel’s second attempt at electing a government in 2019 are like a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces don’t fit. There’s no...
I Did the Math, and Don’t See a Coalition
JNS.org - In the midst of all the promises of “coalitions” after the razor-close Israeli elections, who’s doing the actual math? On one side, you...
Final Israeli Election Polls Slow Likud With Slight Edge Over Blue and White
JNS.org - The final poll in the second round of Israeli elections indicates that the trends of the past two weeks are growing stronger, with the...
The Curious Case of Israel’s Invisible Election
With the great election redo of 2019 less than two weeks away, Israelis across the political spectrum are meeting up in living rooms, pubs, and...
The Message of the Israeli Election
Two days before Israelis went to the polls last Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke cast his ballot in the Israeli election. He declared Prime...
