Posts Tagged: likud
Israel’s Lapid Congratulates Netanyahu on Election Victory as Final Votes Counted
Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his election win as final voting results of Israel’s fifth round in less than four...
Israeli Election 2022: With Most Votes Counted, Netanyahu on Path of Comeback Helped by Right-Wing Allies
With almost 90 percent of the vote counted in Israel’s 2022 elections, the comeback of opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu leading one of the most right-wing...
Israeli Election 2022: Exit Polls Show Netanyahu Poised to Return to Power With Right-Wing Bloc
Exit polls from Israel’s fifth election in less than four years released Tuesday night suggested former premier Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies secured a...
Israeli Election 2022: More Than 60% of Israelis Go to the Polls, Set for Highest Turnout Since 1999
More than 60 percent of eligible voters on Tuesday cast their ballots in Israel's election three hours before polling stations close, set for the highest...
Ahead of Next Israeli Elections, New Political Alliance Rises in Polls, Likud Still on Top
Rivals for Israel's highest office continued jockeying for position this week, with a new poll showing improved results for a fresh political alliance, along with...
Bennett Will Not Openly Oppose US Attempts to Rejoin Iran Deal: Report
i24 News - Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, during his Friday meeting with US President Joe Biden, stated he would not campaign against US attempts...
Israeli Political Parties Begin Meeting With Rivlin to Recommend Choices to Form Government
Representatives of the parties that will sit in the next Knesset began meeting with Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin on Monday to announce their recommendations for...
Israel’s President to Pick Candidate Next Week to Try to Form a Government
Israel's president will begin consultations with political parties next Monday on their preferred candidate to try to form a government, a spokesman said, after a...
As Elections Approach, We Must Recognize the Strength and Robustness of the Likud Movement
“They would accept Zionism only when they found themselves up against an 'iron wall.’" -- Ze’ev Jabotinsky An early founder of the revisionist movement, and famously...
Senior Member of Netanyahu’s Likud Party Breaks Away as Israeli Election Beckons
A prominent rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the right-wing Likud party announced on Tuesday a breakaway bid aimed at defeating the Israeli leader...
Shock Israeli Poll Shows Support for Netanyahu Cratering Amid Coronavirus Protests
A new poll rocked the Israeli political establishment on Tuesday, showing that support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party appeared to be cratering, while...
Israeli Cabinet Meeting Cancelled Amid Ongoing State Budget Dispute
JNS.org - In the most blatant sign so far of confrontation within the current Israeli government, differences between the two major coalition partners have caused...
Likud Minister Threatens to Block All Non-Coronavirus-Related Legislation
JNS.org - Israeli Cyber and National Digital Matters Minister David Amsalem (Likud) said on Friday that no laws would be passed in the Knesset this...
Israel’s Top Parties Agree on Goal of Cannabis Legalization
The Likud and Blue and White parties -- the two senior partners in Israel's current governing coalition -- issued a joint statement on Tuesday declaring...
