Posts Tagged: Yesh Atid
Netanyahu Vows to Establish Coalition With Charedim, Cancel Criminal Sanctions for Draft Dodgers
Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu told Charedi journalists on Tuesday that after the upcoming elections he plans to set up a coalition with Charedi parties and...
Analysis: Israel’s New Electoral Threshold Changes Political Alliances for the 2015 Elections
Since the passing of the Governance bill legislation in the Israeli Knesset on March 11, 2014, new alignments have been appearing in Israeli politics. The legislation...
Third Yesh Atid MK Retires From Israeli Politics
Arutz Sheva - MK Rina Frenkel (Yesh Atid) is retiring from politics, she announced in a mass email to party members Saturday night. "After two years of...
Yair Lapid: Menachem Begin Wouldn’t Make it Through Likud Primary
Arutz Sheva - Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid slammed the Likud Thursday morning over its primary process. Speaking to Army Radio, Lapid said that primaries in...
Israeli Elections Already Causing Turmoil, Uncertainty
It is still several months until the elections and the current opinion polls, in all probability, will be far from an accurate reflection of how...
Israeli MK Danny Danon Says Israel Paying Price for Yair Lapid
Arutz Sheva - Likud chairman candidate, MK Danny Danon lit Hanukkah candles Monday night at the tomb of Shimon the Righteous in Jerusalem. At the ceremony,...
Report: Lapid, Lieberman May Work Together in New Government
Arutz Sheva - Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid, Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Lieberman and former Minister Moshe Kahlon are considering cooperating with one another in...
Report: Israel’s Yair Lapid Considering Leaving Coalition Government
Arutz Sheva - One of Finance Minister Yair Lapid's close associates has in recent days hinted to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's associates that Lapid is considering quitting the coalition and...
Knesset Committee Approves Bill to Slash VAT for Home Buyers
Arutz Sheva - The Ministerial Law Committee on Monday approved for legislation a law that, if passed, would exempt first-time home buyers who match criteria...
Israel’s Bennett Pledges Aggressive Approach to Secure Bill to Block Release of Murderers
Naftali Bennett, Israel's Economy Minister and head of the Bayit Yehudi - Jewish Home - Party, on Tuesday pledged to secure a bill that...
Israeli Finance Minister Lapid: Failure of Peace Talks Would Bring Economic Crisis
Times of Israel - A boycott of Israeli products by European countries, in the event that peace talks fail, would constitute a dramatic blow to...
Yair Lapid Ranks 31 on Foreign Policy’s ‘Leading Global Thinkers’ List
Israeli political star, Yair Lapid, was ranked #31 on Foreign Policy's annual list of global thinkers to keep an eye on, released Friday. Lapid has staked out a space on...
Poll: Israeli PM Netanyahu Boosted by Firm Position on Iran Nuclear Deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's firm stance on the recent Iranian nuclear deal has boosted his governing Likud-Beitenu coalition in a new poll, Israel's Globes...
Israel’s Chaotic Government Undermines Global Standing
The return of Avigdor Lieberman to head the Foreign Ministry will undoubtedly exacerbate the disastrous absence of cabinet responsibility and failure of the government to...
