Posts Tagged: Knesset elections
Why I’m Voting Likud
In three weeks, on March 17, Israelis will go to the polls to elect the next Knesset. As has been the case since the 1980s,...
Israeli Opposition Leader Isaac Herzog Cancels AIPAC Conference Appearance
JNS.org - Zionist Union alliance head Isaac Herzog, the opposition leader in the Israeli Knesset and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stiffest competition in the...
Facebook to Offer Israelis ‘I Voted’ Button
JNS.org - On Wednesday, Facebook announced plans to offer Israeli users the option to share that they have voted in the upcoming Knesset elections on...
IDF Tells Israeli Government PA Could Collapse at Any Moment
Jerusalem Post - This coming Monday IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz will end his four year term and will be replaced by Maj.-Gen. Gadi...
Former Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz Retires From Politics
JNS.org - Kadima party leader and former Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz announced on Tuesday that he is retiring from politics and will not run in March's...
Labor-Hatnuah Union Nixes Word ‘Zionist’ From Ads to Appeal to Arab Voters
JNS.org - In a bid to appeal to Israeli Arab voters, the joint Labor-Hatnuah campaign that is challenging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in...
Study: IDF is Israeli Public’s Most Trusted Institution
JNS.org - The 2014 Israeli Democracy Index study, which was published Sunday and submitted to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, showed that the Israel Defense Forces...
Is Cuba Rapprochement a Bellwether for Obama’s Forthcoming Mideast Policy?
JNS.org - Jewish-American aid worker Alan Gross arrived home to celebrate Hanukkah after five years in a Cuban prison, prompting the Jewish world to...
Poll: Netanyahu Gaining Momentum, Kahlon Loses Support as Israeli Elections Approach
Times of Israel - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is enjoying positive momentum less than three months before elections, according to a Maariv poll, while upstart...
Michael Oren, Israel’s Former Envoy to US, Joins New Israeli Political Party
JNS.org - Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the United States from 2009-13 as well as a noted historian and author, has joined the new...
Poll Dancing and Wishful Thinking
A Haaretz poll, conducted on Tuesday by the Dialog Institute and supervised by "ŽProfessor Camil Fuchs of Tel Aviv University, revealed seemingly paradoxical results. According to...
Israeli Government Dissolved, General Elections Set for March 17, 2015
Israel is heading for early elections after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ruling Likud party dissolved the current government. Elections for the 20th Knesset...
Date Set for Likud Party Leadership Elections
Arutz Sheva - Likud party Central Committee head MK Danny Danon has ended weeks of speculations and announced that elections for the party leadership of Likud will take place...
Knesset Committee Approves Raising Electoral Threshold, Limiting Government Ministers
Ynet - The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved on Monday the Governance Bill, seeking to raise the electoral threshold and limit the number...
