Posts Tagged: knesset
Israeli Politics: On the Edge of the Precipice
There is madness in the air. Israel faces extraordinary challenges whilst virtually all our leaders uninhibitedly continue their intrigues and machinations in...
Likud Accuses Naftali Bennett of ‘Defrauding His Voters’ With Yesh Atid Alliance
Israel Hayom - As coalition talks entered a third week on Sunday, tensions between Likud-Beytenu and Habayit Hayehudi continued to escalate, with no...
Netanyahu Stands by Two State Solution
YNet - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday reaffirmed his commitment to the two-state solution ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit in Israel. Addressing the...
End the Shenanigans and Form a Government
The excessively slow pace of Israel's electoral and political systems impose dysfunction at a time when a strong, strategically directed government is...
Netanyahu Invites Naftali Bennett to Coalition Talks
Times of Israel - Five years after he quit as Benjamin Netanyahu's chief of staff, and well over two weeks since the elections, ...
80 Knesset Elects Endorse Netanyahu as Prime Minister
Jerusalem Post - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will receive an endorsement from 80 MK-elects over the next two days as the 12 factions in...
Kadima Expected to Meet Minimum Threshold
While Israel's election day Tuesday was stressful and nerve-wracking for most of its political candidates across the political spectrum, the pressure on the...
Israel Home Front Defense Minister: The Muslim Brotherhood Wants to Take Over Middle East
In a wide ranging interview with Israel Hayom Israel's Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter reinforced his position that Israel needs American assistance to confront...
Romney Campaign Adviser Mulls Knesset Run
Jonny Daniels, who is currently acting as an adviser to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on issues involving Israel, has been asked to run for a seat in...
Drama in the Jewish Home Party
In less than three months time the Jewish Home party, formerly known as the National Religious Party (NRP), will be holding its first ever internal...
An Interview with Ayelet Shaked – The Secular Candidate
With the run-up to the first-ever internal primaries for the Israeli Jewish Home Party (Ha-Bayit Ha-Yehudi) in full steam, one of the most hotly discussed...
Israel’s Bank Chief Fischer Warns of European Collapse and Lehman 2.0
In a bleak overview of the global economy, Stanley Fischer of the Bank of Israel, told his country's parliament on Wednesday that Europe's economy could...
Poll: Majority of Israeli Arabs Don’t Like Representation in Knesset
A new poll by Israeli professor Avi Degani revealed that about 61 percent of Israel's Arab population believes Arab Members of Knesset do...
Israeli Bill Seeks to Allow Outside Popcorn at Movie Theaters
Carmel Shama-Hacohen, a member of Israel's Knesset (parliament) is pushing a piece of legislation known as the "popcorn bill" that would allow people to bring...
