Posts Tagged: Israeli Elections
With Potential of New Elections Looming Amid Coalition Talks Crisis, Netanyahu Urges Lieberman to ‘Wake Up and Do the Right Thing’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a major crisis in ongoing coalition negotiations on Monday evening, calling on all parties, and especially Yisrael Beiteinu leader...
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...
Next Israeli Government Could Soon Face New Iranian Terrorist Challenges
In Saturday's early hours, when the attention of most Israelis was focused on politics and election-related matters, enormous blasts rocked a suspected Iranian surface-to-surface missile...
Why Bibi Endures: Netanyahu’s Legacy of Success
Seeking his fifth national election victory amidst continuing legal investigations, Benjamin Netanyahu -- now almost 70 and in his 13th year in office -- may...
Pompeo on Israeli Elections: US Not Getting ‘Involved’
JNS.org - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to comment on last week’s controversial merger between the Jewish Home and the far-right Otzma Yehudit...
Abbas’ Popularity Alters Israel’s Political Landscape
JNS.org - It was a rough week for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He saw his main opponents join forces, and the Blue and White...
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...
Pompeo: Peace Plan to Be Released After Israeli Elections
JNS.org - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Tuesday that the highly anticipated Trump administration’s peace plan for the Israelis and Palestinians—commonly referred to...
What Do Benny Gantz, and Israel’s Other Political Leaders, Truly Believe?
After a long rainy February day spent traversing across the country, we found refuge in the warm confines of a Tel Aviv hotel. As the...
In Israeli Elections, the Mudslinging Is Only Beginning
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Likud officials’ sharp criticism of former Habayit Hayehudi leader Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked...
The ‘BBB Elections’: Act One
JNS.org - Israelis and all those physically present in Israel (except for a very small group of privileged citizens) will be going to the polls on...
Lost Votes Could Sink the Israeli Right
JNS.org - The departure of Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked from Habayit Hayehudi has left the religious Zionist party confused and reeling, but it’s not the only...
With Early Elections, Netanyahu Seeks Public Acquittal
JNS.org - On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the heads of the coalition parties decided to call an early election, citing the divisive...
Netanyahu Called Elections That Will Favor Him
JNS.org - “We’ve had four good years, but all good things must come to an end.” This statement from Habayit Hayehudi party chief and Israeli...
