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Opinion 66 Years of Israeli Voting in 1 Cool Graphic
If you want to see in one shot why many Israel observers are tearing their hair out in response to the country’s electoral process, feast your eyes on this cool infographic from the Economist. The chart shows the breakdown of each election since 1949 until the projected results of tomorrow’s vote. At the top are…
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Opinion When the Talmud Tells You Who To Vote For
After voting many Israelis will have a picnic or go to the beach — no matter whom they vote for / Getty Images (JTA) — “Whom to vote for and whom not to vote for?” Thus begins page 17 of the Talmud’s Tractate Voters. It continues: “One should not vote for Likud or Zionist Union…
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Fast Forward Bibi Vows No Palestinian State If Reelected
(Reuters) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a final bid to shore up right-wing support ahead of a knife-edge vote on Tuesday, said he would not permit a Palestinian state to be created under his watch if he is re-elected. Trailing his center-left opponent Isaac Herzog in opinion polls, the three-term leader has sought…
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Life Sexist Chocolate Bar Rocks Ultra-Orthodox Party
Ultra-Orthodox women activists hoped that perhaps their time had finally come in 2015 – that they would finally be seen and heard by the parties that represent their community in the Knesset. But just days before Israelis go to the polls, the highest-profile outreach to women by an ultra-Orthodox politician to the women of his…
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Israel News From Pot to Pirates, Meet the Parties That Definitely Won’t Win Israel’s Election
This year, Israel’s pro-marijuana party, Green Leaf, struck a self-aware tone in its appeal to voters: “Of course it is not the most important thing,” the party’s campaign slogan calling for pot legalization read. “But it is very important.” In an election dominated by security and economic issues, that dictum might sum up the sales…
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News Israel Left-Center Opposition Surges to Lead as Election Nears
Israel’s center-left opposition is poised for an upset victory in national elections next week, with the last opinion polls before the March 17 vote giving it a solid lead over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party. Polls in two of Israel’s leading newspapers predicted the Zionist Union would secure 25 or 26 seats in the 120-seat…
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Opinion Israel’s Debates Creep (Back) Into Our Bloodstream
Regardless of how Israelis vote on March 17, it will take weeks of coalition negotiations before we learn what the next government in Jerusalem will look like. Still, it’s not too early to start surveying what we’ve already learned from Israel’s political drama — what it’s taught us about our lives here as American Jews,…
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Opinion Tzipi and Buji Go to the Market
With only a few days to go until the election, Israeli co-leaders of the Zionist Union — Tzipi Livni and Isaac Herzog (aka Buji) — wanted to do a little last-minute politicking. So they visited Tel Aviv’s outdoor Carmel Market. They were really excited about it. REALLY excited. See, we eat pears! We’re personable! Could this…
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