The top 10 is completed by Yesh Atid MKs Meir Cohen and Ofer Shelah; former news anchor and environmental activist Miki Haimovich; the IDF’s first and only female major general, Orna Barbivai; and Yoaz Hendel, newspaper columnist and head of the Institute for center-right Zionist Strategies think tank, who..…
If he holds those numbers — and if his voters are not too stoned to miss election day — he could end up with 4-6 seats, which could comprise the balance of power if the rest of the Likud’s religious-right coalition tallies in the range of 57-59 seats, alongside Benny Gantz’s center-left-Arab..…
Israel’s Arab Parties Aren’t All the Same . Benjamin Netanyahu wants to portray all Israeli Arab politicians as an existential threat. ..…
Thus, it is possible that Netanyahu would form the new cabinet once more, Ghattas noted. . “Recent polls also suggested that Arab parties, including the Arab-Israeli party Raam-Taal headed by Ahmad Tibi, will take 6 seats,” Ghatts said. ..…
“Netanyahu's argument is taken from Trump's deep-state argument,” according to Gayil Talshir, a political scientist professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. ... But Israel has fought a series of wars with its Arab neighbors since its founding in 1948, leaving it isolated, so..…