Posts Tagged: Israeli Elections
Israeli Parliament Gives Initial Approval for 2026 Budget, Averting Snap Election for Now
Israel's parliament gave initial approval to the 2026 state budget draft on Thursday, handing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a temporary political reprieve by averting the immediate prospect of an early election. Lawmakers voted 62-55 in favor of the...
Israel Postpones Local Elections as Hundreds of Soldiers Serving in Gaza War Unable to Run
The Israeli government has approved a plan to postpone local elections until Feb. 27, following uncertainty over some 4,000 reservists in the military seeking office...
‘The New York Times’ Demonstrates Why Israelis Have Turned Right
JNS.org - There has been a great deal of surprise and confusion in the American press over the results of the recent Israeli elections. Pundits...
A Guide to the Top 13 Israeli Political Parties Running in the 2022 Knesset Elections
In June 2022, following a number of legislative defeats for the “change government” headed by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, Israel’s parliament was dissolved, with...
For Israel’s Political Players, Election Day Is Only the Halfway Point
As far as Israeli voters are concerned, national elections are what shape Israel’s political system -- but for Israel’s politicians, they only mark the halfway...
‘To Vote for Ben Gvir is to Vote Against IDF Soldiers,’ PM Lapid Warns Ahead of Upcoming Israeli Elections
Less than 48 hours before Israelis will go to the polls for the fifth time in less than four years, Prime Minister Yair Lapid warned...
Israelis Express More Confidence in Future of Democracy; Parties Submit Final Candidate Lists
In the lead up to their fifth round of elections in recent years, Israelis are — surprisingly — expressing increased optimism about the future of...
The Naftali Bennett Riddle
One week before the deadline expires for Benjamin Netanyahu to either form a new government or return the mandate to President Rivlin, the prime minister...
Netanyahu’s Allies Said Aiming to Push for Direct PM Elections
i24 News - The allies of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to roll out a bill that would pave the way to direct elections of...
Are Mizrahi Voters the Real Kingmakers in Israel?
As the daughter of an Ashkenazi mother and Mizrahi father, I discovered that a Mizrahi-Ashkenazi rift existed when my mother informed me that a portion...
Israeli Politics Aren’t (Totally) Broken, But We Can Still Fix Them
Before last month’s national elections, I wrote about the nature of the race and how it had been stripped of all ideology and meaning. With all...
2021 Israeli Elections: Extremists Became Stronger — and There’s Still No Alternative to Netanyahu
The 2021 Israeli election ended -- once again -- without a clear outcome. Although the right-wing bloc won 59 seats (if you include Naftali Bennett), a...
Why Yesh Atid Is the Right Party to Lead Israel
As Israel heads into its fourth elections in just two years, it can be easy to be fed up with the non-stop horse-race political coverage....
I’m a Proud ‘Mapainik’ — But This Time I’m Voting for Netanyahu
To be honest, I have never voted for Netanyahu and the Likud. I would prefer to vote for a center-wing party, headed by an experienced...
