Posts Tagged: Israeli Elections
Bibi, King of Israel
Beginning in the early 1990’s, when I began hosting Israel’s then-Deputy Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Oxford, I was blown away by his passion for...
Report: Popular Ex-IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz to Form New Political Party
Benny Gantz, the former IDF chief of staff who led the army during the last war with Hamas, is set to form his own political...
Interest in Past Leaders Reflects the Crisis on the Israeli Left
The crisis of the Israeli left is reflected in the sharply declining interest in Yitzhak Rabin compared to Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir among Israelis....
Infighting Between Israel’s Netanyahu and Finance Minister Kahlon May Be Precursor to Early Knesset Elections
JNS.org - Infighting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's finance minister over tax reforms may be the precursor to early government elections. The prime...
Netanyahu Aims to Allow Absentee Ballots for Israelis Living Abroad
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he plans to spearhead several electoral reforms, including one that would allow Israelis living abroad to...
The Palestinian Statehood Idea Begins to Crumble
A sea change began within hours of the Israeli election returns. Thomas L. Friedman, who has devoted much of his life to promoting Palestinian statehood, declared...
Major Jewish Groups Condemn New York Magazine Comparison of Netanyahu to Arafat
Major Jewish groups expressed outrage on Thursday over a comparison between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Palestinian leader and arch-terrorist Yassar Arafat that...
Syrian Rebel Group Leaders Congratulate Netanyahu on Election Win
Jerusalem Post - Various Syrian rebel group leaders have sent congratulatory messages to newly re-elected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to an Israeli Druse who...
Boehner to Meet With Netanyahu in Israel, Official Says
JNS.org - Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner (R-Ohio) will travel to Israel later this month to meet with newly re-elected Israeli...
Abbas Says He Will Talk With Any Israeli Government That Recognizes Two-State Solution
JTA - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he will talk to any Israeli government that accepts a two-state solution as the basis for negotiations. "It...
After Netanyahu’s Electoral Victory, Haaretz Columnist Says the Israeli People Must be Replaced
Are the Israeli people sick? According to Haaretz Columnist Gideon Levy, who was unsurprisingly not pleased with the results of Tuesday's elections in Israel, the...
World Leaders Including Canada’s Harper and India’s Modi Congratulate Netanyahu
Leaders and officials from around the world have been extending their congratulations to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his re-election to office, after his...
Palestinians’ Erekat: PA to ‘Intensify’ International Criminal Court Effort After Likud Win
JNS.org - In the wake of the sweeping win by the Likud party, headed by current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Israeli elections...
Likud Officials Say ‘Kingmaker’ Kahlon Will Recommend Netanyahu to the President
After a strong victory for Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party in Israel's elections on Tuesday, negotiations are already underway to establish the next governing coalition. Netanyahu,...
