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Fast Forward For Republican Presidential Hopefuls, 2016 Campaign Efforts Have Begun
Seeking to raise money for the New Hampshire Republican Party, state chairwoman Jennifer Horn recently called the party’s national boss, Reince Priebus, with a question: Could he get Rand Paul to visit? The request, and Paul’s appearance here last Monday in a room packed with 500 Republicans, spoke volumes about the party as its followers…
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Fast Forward Israeli Ex-Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Agrees To Join Netanyahyu Coalition
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a first step in forming a new government on Tuesday, announcing a coalition deal with former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and naming her to handle efforts to renew stalled diplomacy with the Palestinians. Netanyahu’s choice of Livni, a moderate voice for a government led by his right-wing Likud party,…
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Opinion Third Time Lucky for Bibi?
Any hopes that Avigdor Liberman had for a quick trial in time to become part of Israel’s new government were dashed today, when his trial opened in Jerusalem and looked set to become a slow affair. Yisrael Beytenu party head Liberman, who was Foreign Minister until he resigned to face his charges shortly before the…
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Opinion Shaul Mofaz, Israel’s Unlikely Kingmaker
Could a politician who almost disappeared in to obscurity be poised to take up one of the most powerful positions in Israel? It is safe to say that as chairman of the Kadima party Shaul Mofaz hasn’t been the greatest of successes. It’s hard to believe but Kadima was actually the biggest party in Knesset…
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Israel News Advocates for Religious Pluralism in Israel Buoyed by Election Results
Proponents of religious pluralism in Israel are in a jubilant mood these days, saying that the surprise results of the January 22 elections may lead to some of the momentous changes they have been seeking. When the Yesh Atid (“There Is a Future”) party emerged as the second-largest faction, many saw it as a long-overdue…
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Fast Forward Bibi Formally Asked To Form Israel Government
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Saturday formally asked incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new governing coalition following the Jan. 22 general election. Netanyahu will initially have 28 days to form a coalition. His rightist Likud-Beitenu party took a battering at the ballot box and won 31 seats, 11 fewer than it had…
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Israel News American Political Consultants Also Won and Lost in Israel’s Election
On the night of January 22, as polling stations closed in Israel’s national elections, Yair Lapid, the man about to emerge as the night’s greatest winner, was sitting with his inner circle. And as with many other Israeli politicians, that circle included a key American. Mark Mellman, a veteran Washington-based political consultant for many American…
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Opinion How We Got It Wrong
David Remnick wasn’t the only journalist to inaccurately forecast the outcome of the January 22 Israeli election, but because he is arguably one of the best practitioners of his craft, his mistaken prediction really stung. In a 9,000-word piece on the ascendant religious right, published in The New Yorker just before the election, Remnick confidently…
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