Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Liberman announced Wednesday that his party would refuse to join a governing coalition led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or a minority government chaired opposition leader Benny Gantz, likely ensuring that a third round of elections will be held next March. “There is no chance. We will not join either…
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will probably not look back on his 70th birthday, which took place on Monday, with much fondness. True, he did get a congratulatory phone call from Russian president Vladimir Putin, and an official letter from President Trump that included the hand-written addition “You are great!” תודה לך ידידי הנשיא טראמפ…
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin announced Wednesday that he was assigning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the responsibility of going first in his attempt to form a governing coalition. Opposition leader Benny Gantz’s Blue and White alliance actually won one more seat in the Knesset than Netanyahu’s Likud party, but more elected Knesset members from all the…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Arab Joint List recommended to President Reuven Rivlin that Blue and White head Benny Gantz be tapped to form the next government in order to end the political career of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Joint List head Ayman Odeh explained his coalition’s decision in an op-ed published in the New York…
When the polls closed after Tuesday’s election in Israel, and the 24-hour long Israeli closure of the occupied Palestinian enclaves came to an end, it was unclear who had won and who had lost. But now, it’s clear that the longest-serving prime minister in the country’s history, Benjamin Netanyahu, failed to secure a right-wing majority…
With more than 90% of the votes counted in the Israeli election, the party with the most of them appears to be the Blue and White alliance, led by former Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz. Although the party leader with the most votes doesn’t always win, Gantz very well could become Israel’s…
Tuesday was election day in Israel. But no winner has yet been declared. As of this writing, it appears that the parties committed to supporting Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister will not win a majority in Knesset. At the same time, the opposition parties ostensibly committed to ousting him will also fall short of a…
There’s a story that helps me explain to people why Palestinian citizens of Israel like myself don’t vote in Israeli elections. Mahatma Gandhi was once asked, “What do you think of Western civilization?” “I think it would be a good idea,” Gandhi replied. That’s how we Palestinian citizens of Israel feel about Israeli democracy. And…
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