Posts Tagged: Israel election 2019
Israeli President Tasks Netanyahu With Forming New Government
Israel's president on Wednesday nominated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to head the next government, after he won the backing of a majority of members of...
Netanyahu Passes Threshold for Nomination as Israel’s Premier
Israel's president said on Tuesday a majority of parliament members had advised him to have Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu form a government after the April...
Israel’s President Starts Consultations on Prime Minister Nomination
Israel's president began post-election consultations on Monday with political parties that will lead to his appointment of a candidate to form a government. Prime Minister Benjamin...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Says He Will Sue Political Rivals for Libel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday he would sue two of his main political rivals for libel, claiming that they labeled him a...
Netanyahu Says Iran Has ‘Sensitive Information’ on Rival, Tehran Denies Hack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alleged on Wednesday that Iran could blackmail his main election rival, Benny Gantz, after hacking the former armed forces chief's...
Right-Wing Israeli Campaign Ad Seeks to Make Political Point With ‘Fascism’ Perfume
An election campaign video starring Israel's right-wing justice minister spoofs perfume ads to sell her political priorities, but has a strong whiff of muddled message given...
Israel’s Top Court Disqualifies Far-Rightist, Approves Arab Party for Ballot
Israel's top court disqualified on Sunday a far-right Jewish politician from next month's national election and approved the candidacy of a disputed Arab party, overturning...
Israel Election Frontrunner Gantz Dismisses Report That Iran Hacked His Phone
Benny Gantz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's toughest rival in Israel's upcoming parliamentary election, dismissed as "political gossip" on Friday media reports of allegations that his mobile...
Cannabis Constituency? Israeli Election Rivals Warm to Pot
Marijuana is becoming an election issue in Israel now that an upstart far-right party that favors legalizing the drug seems to be drawing voters away from conservative...
Peace Can Only Be Achieved ‘Through Strength,’ Israel’s PM Netanyahu Says
Peace can only be achieved “through strength,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted on Tuesday. Speaking at a state memorial ceremony in Jerusalem for the late...
Equal Rights Row Flares Over Arab-Jewish Divide in Israel Election
A remark by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel is a state for Jews alone has heated up an election row over equal rights that has drawn...
Far-Rightists Cleared for Israel Election, Arab Party Blocked
Israel's election board has approved far-right Jewish candidates accused by rivals of racism for next month's election while disqualifying an Arab party that Prime Minister...
Graft Accusation Piles Pressure on Israel’s Netanyahu as Election Looms
Opposition protesters waved black flags outside Benjamin Netanyahu's residence on Friday, sensing vulnerability in the Israeli prime minister weeks before an election where he will face...
Former PM Ehud Barak on Gantz-Lapid Merger: ‘This Is a Very Happy and Important Day’
Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak praised on Thursday Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid for their decision to merge their Israel Resilience and Yesh Atid parties...
