Posts Tagged: Joint List
Head of Joint List Party Calls on Jews to Stop Serving in Israeli Security Forces
Israeli Member of Knesset Ayman Odeh, head of the predominantly Arab Joint List party, called on Monday for Israeli Jews to stop serving in security...
Israeli Arab Activists, Officials Pushing for Joint List to Save Government: Report
As Israel lurches into another political crisis with the defection of MK Idit Silman on Wednesday, robbing the ruling coalition of its Knesset majority, observers...
Lapid’s Move to Replace Knesset Speaker Tests Fragile New Coalition
i24 News - Hours after Yesh Atid chief Yair Lapid announced that he had managed to secure a coalition deal, members of his "Change Bloc"...
Shock Israeli Poll Shows Support for Netanyahu Cratering Amid Coronavirus Protests
A new poll rocked the Israeli political establishment on Tuesday, showing that support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party appeared to be cratering, while...
Israeli Arab Party Backs Netanyahu’s Rival Gantz
The main rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won support from Israel's Arab party on Sunday to form a government, potentially undermining Netanyahu's plan to...
‘Look Beyond the Veil,’ Says Israel’s First Hijab-Wearing Lawmaker
A female Muslim lawmaker from Israel's Arab minority is set to become the first in parliament to wear a hijab, or head scarf, after Arab parties...
Three Israeli Elections Reconfirm Two Basic Facts
JNS.org - It took Israeli politics nearly a year to get back to square one. That’s the basic fact to understand about the third round of...
Netanyahu Claims Gantz Connected to ‘Terror Supporters,’ as Blue and White Pushes Law to Prevent PM From Forming Government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted his chief rival on Wednesday as Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party began to push an initiative to prevent...
Is Netanyahu’s Significant Victory Sufficient?
JNS.org - Keeping in mind that the results of Israel’s Knesset elections are not final, the tally indicates that the attempt to oust Prime Minister...
With Most Votes Counted, Official Israeli Elections Results Show Win for Netanyahu, but No Governing Majority
With 90% of the vote counted on Tuesday morning, official results in Israel’s 2020 elections showed a victory for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his...
Netanyahu Claims ‘Enormous Victory,’ Pledges to Form ‘Nationalist Government’
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed an "enormous victory" in the country's 2020 elections on Monday night, saying he planned to form a “nationalist government...
Israeli Political Parties Take Unexpected Positions in First Day of Post-Election Consultations With President Rivlin
A number of dramatic developments emerged on Sunday as Israeli political parties met with President Reuven Rivlin to make their recommendations as to who should...
In Israel, Arab Voters Vote Less, Data Shows
CTech - The electoral power and voting trends of the Arab minority in Israel have changed dramatically in the past three decades. Representing 20 percent...
Israeli Arabs Gather in Tel Aviv to Protest ‘Nation-State’ Law, Some Fly Palestinian Flag
Thousands of demonstrators led by Israel's Arab community gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to protest the new "nation-state" law, marching from Rabin Square...
