Posts Tagged: Israeli politics
Inside the 2013 Israeli Election: the System and the Players
"Bibi," "Bennett," "Tzipi," "Shelly." The way names of major candidates in the Israeli elections have been bandied about by international observers and media analysts, you...
Poll: Half of Israelis Say Ignore US Pressure, 67% Expect Peace Process Deadlock
Half of the Israeli Jewish public concurs that Israel should follow current government policy even at the price of a confrontation with the ...
Poll: Traditional Jews Choosing Likud-Beytenu, Orthodox Prefer Jewish Home
Times of Israel - There's no "Jewish vote" in the state of Israel. Or rather, as The Times of Israel pre-election poll shows, there're...
Israeli Elections: Likud Vs. Jewish Home
One of the hottest topics currently being discussed in the broadly defined national camp in Israel is whether to vote for a seemingly...
Israeli Election Season: An Unedifying Spectacle
Most of us would be relieved if the election season could be considerably shortened. The worst aspects of our dysfunctional politics have been highlighted in...
Opinion: American Presidents Have Played a Strong Role in Israeli Politics
Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu yesterday for choosing the "wrong candidate" in the US presidential election, by supposedly...
Israeli Politics Roundup: Likud Primaries and Livni’s New Party
After months of speculation, former Israeli Foreign Minister and Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni on Tuesday announced her candidacy in Israel's Jan. 22 general elections, unveiling...
Not the Typical IDF Soldier’s Mom: Muslim Arab Mother Whose Son Serves in the IDF Speaks Out
Anet Haskia is not the typical mom of a soldier serving in the Israel Defense Forces. A Muslim Arab, who grew up in a mixed...
The End of Israel Will Have to Wait: On the Patient Anti-Zionism of the Guardian Left
One of the more misunderstood dynamics of Israeli politics is the Jewish electorate's move to the right. The increasing popularity of center-right parties in recent...
Netanyahu-Lieberman Unity Ticket – A Massive Gamble
There may have been covert negotiations between Netanyahu and Lieberman for a long time. But as far as the Likud and Israel Beiteinu leadership and...
MK Danny Danon: We Have a Strong Majority Who do not Believe There Should be a Palestinian State (INTERVIEW Part 4)
One of Israel's rising political stars, MK Danny Danon is Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and a member of Prime Minister Netanyahu's governing Likud...
5772: A Jewish Year in Review
It's that time again: a new Hebrew year is upon us. It's time for the Jewish year in review based on a mandate from Deuteronomy...
Danny Danon: Israel the Will to Prevail
Ze'ev Jabotinsky, the ideological father of Israel's Likud Party imparted many great words of wisdom, but perhaps among his most important messages was his teaching...
Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu is Not a King
I would love to pretend that when I started my last column with "If there are to be no more surprises", I really had some...
