Posts Tagged: Israel coalition government
Coalition Deal With Anti-Zionist Ra’am Islamist Party Is Extremely Dangerous
JNS.org - The formation of an Israeli governing coalition with the anti-Zionist Islamist movement (Ra’am), and the reported concessions granted to Ra’am in the coalition...
Politicians: Get Your Act Together
Every time we feel that our dysfunctional political system and its political leaders have descended to an all-time low, we wake up the next morning...
Rivlin on Netanyahu Coalition: ‘Even a One-Vote Majority is a Majority’
JNS.org - Asked if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's narrowly established 61-seat coalition government represented "what voters wanted" or "a missed opportunity," Israeli President...
Netanyahu Coalition Passes First Test as Knesset Votes to Expand Israeli Cabinet
JNS.org - In a third and final reading, the Israeli Knesset narrowly passed, 61-59, a bill that amends Israeli law to enable Prime Minister...
Herzog Says He Won’t Join Netanyahu Coalition, PM Should Return Mandate
Arutz Sheva - Zionist Union chairman MK Yitzhak Herzog continued to insist on Thursday evening that he will not be joining Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's coalition. His comments came amid...
Netanyahu Calls Iran Nuclear Threat ‘Biggest Challenge’ Facing New Government
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called the Iranian nuclear threat the "biggest challenge" facing his newly formed government. "The biggest challenge...
To Survive, Netanyahu Must Broaden His New Government
Following weeks of unedifying horse trading, threats and extortions, compounded by personal malice, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally cobbled together an untenable coalition with...
In Israel’s ‘Game of Thrones,’ Netanyahu Coalition Continues to Twist and Turn
JNS.org - Weeks after the March 17 Israeli election and just hours before the midnight deadline on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party...
Israel’s Lieberman Resigns as Foreign Minister, Won’t Join Netanyahu Coalition
JNS.org - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced that his Yisrael Beiteinu party will not be joining Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition, and...
Kulanu and United Torah Judaism Join Netanyahu’s Governing Coalition
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Likud party, signed the Kulanu and United Torah Judaism parties into his governing...
US Official Warns of Change in Support for Israel at UN if New Government Steps Back From Two-State Solution
JNS.org- U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman warned Monday that the Obama administration may not be able to sustain its current level of...
Netanyahu Granted Extension to Build Coalition Government
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a two-week extension from President Reuven Rivlin to finalize negotiations over forming Israel's next governing coalition. "We have made...
Number of Israeli Ministers Expected to Rise in Next Government
JNS.org - Despite the decisive victory by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party in the March 17 Israeli election, the negotiations to build the...
Netanyahu-Lapid Meeting to Salvage Disintegrating Israeli Coalition Fails
JNS.org - A meeting on Monday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yair Lapid (leader of the Yesh Atid party), intended...
