The Likud party’s new election campaign involves giant posters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posing with President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, The Jerusalem Post reported. Three sides of Likud’s 15-story headquarters in Tel Aviv feature a photo of Netanyahu with each world leader. A Likud spokeswoman told the…
Election posters promoting Israel’s conservative Likud Party were spotted in Tel Aviv with an unusual English-language slogan: “Make Israel Great Again.” The posters echoed President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan. Likud party leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is one of Trump’s closest global allies. #MakeIsraelGreatAgain Likud election posters in Tel Aviv (photo courtesy of…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s election night party in Tel Aviv featured a jubilant crowd celebrating his likely reelection – including one person waving a “Make America Great Again” flag. Netanyahu frequently used his friendship with President Trump in his election ads. Shortly before Tuesday’s election, Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights, which…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Likud Party placed some 1,200 hidden cameras in polling stations in Arab communities, in order to catch fraudulent voting. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters Tuesday afternoon that cameras are necessary to “ensure a fair vote.” “There should be cameras everywhere, not hidden ones,” he said. Israelis went to the polls…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of social media accounts, many of them fake, are working together to help the reelection efforts of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party, an Israeli watchdog group has found. The watchdog group, called the Big Bots Project, found no links between the network of social media accounts and…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party condemned Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman on Saturday for refusing to accept the $2 million Genesis Prize because of her opposition to him and his government. “Such hypocrisy!” the party said in a statement on Saturday, according to the Times of Israel. “Natalie Portman speaks about democracy but she…
TEL AVIV (JTA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under investigation for corruption, has often claimed that his left-wing political enemies are out to get him. Now his supporters have alleged that leftists are even infiltrating his right-wing Likud party. Last week, David Bitan, the chairman of the governing coalition and an unswerving Netanyahu ally,…
Now that Donald Trump’s first presidential overseas trip is behind us, Jewish conservatives and Republican pro-Israel enthusiasts are going to have some explaining to do. Just weeks ago, the pro-Israel right was celebrating the Trump presidency in near-messianic terms. Under the new administration, the U.S.-Israel tensions of the Obama era were going to vanish. Washington…
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