Posts Tagged: Shelly Yachimovich
Israel’s Labor Party Elects Herzog to Replace Yachimovich as New Leader
Times of Israel - "We will challenge the [Netanyahu] government until we reclaim the leadership [of the country]," said Isaac Herzog, the Labor Party's new...
‘Mass Terror Attack’ Averted: Labor Union Will Decide Future Layoffs at Teva
Following a wave of public criticism over Teva Pharmaceutical's decision to lay off 700-800 Israeli employees as part of a companywide restructuring program, Teva announced an agreement with...
Chairwoman of Israel’s Labor Party Faces Leadership Challenge
Ynet - Labor Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich faces fierce opposition in the race for the party's leadership. Knesset Member Issac Herzog announced his candidacy for Labor chairman on...
Israeli Cabinet Approves 40% Gas Exports by Large Margin
Israel's cabinet Sunday approved Prime Minister Netanyahu's plan to export 40% of Israel's natural gas reserves, and increase the amount of gas to be...
Israeli Opposition Leader Meets With Abbas in Ramallah
Israel's Opposition leader Shelly Yachimovich (Labor), met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah Sunday, Israeli media has reported. The two discussed the situation...
Netanyahu Presents New Government: We Have “An Amazing Opportunity,” But Face Many External Challenges
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented Israel's 33rd government on Monday, after six weeks of negotiations came to a conclusion late last week. In a speech to...
Pollard’s Wife Says Her Husband’s Health is Unstable, Plans for Obama’s Visit
Esther Pollard, the wife of imprisoned Jewish spy Jonathan Pollard, said after visiting her husband that his medical condition was not stable. On Wednesday, Esther returned...
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...
Israel’s Yachimovich: Labor Will Stay in Oppositon
YNet - Following a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday evening, Labor Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich announced that her party was determined to sit in...
Coalition Talks Continue as Israel Looks to Form New Government
Speculation as to what the next Israeli government will look like continues to be bandied about in Israeli media as there seems to be no...
Yair Lapid and The Elections in Israel
I am pleasantly surprised by the results of the latest elections in Israel. Not because anything has significantly changed, but precisely because, other than superficially,...
Opinion: Inside the Israeli Elections
Leave it to the Israeli electorate to produce such a complicated election result that confounded most analysts' projections. In general, the election was...
The Changing of the Israeli Guard
Israel had a party on Election Day. The weather was beautiful and people went to the beach and the parks by the tens of...
Report: Labor Party Leader Yachimovich Will Attempt to Thwart Netanyahu From Forming Government
Israel's Channel 2 is reporting that Israel's Labor party leader Shelly Yachimovich has said she will do everything in her power to stop Prime Minister...
