Israel’s election results are in and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party has not won the decisive victory the incumbent was hoping for. ... In a surprising move, Israel’s Arab Coalition called the Joint List has won more seats than expected, numbering at about 12. ..…
Adam Rasgon is Palestinian affairs reporter at The Times of Israel... 'Netanyahu's incitement boomeranged, Joint List manager exults. Aaed Kayal says alliance of Arab-majority factions used PM's anti-Arab statements against him, driving up turnout. ..…
In the closing days of his campaign, Netanyahu vowed to annex large parts of West Bank. ... Arab citizens make up around 20% of Israel's population identify with Palestinians... ..…
After the dust settles, the President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, will select the head of Likud (Netanyahu) or the head of Blue & White (Gantz) to try to form a coalition. ..…
Photo composition (L to R): Blue and White chief Benny Gantz, Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Yonatan Sindel, Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90) . . ... It could be its No. 2, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, Foreign Minister Israel Katz,..…
With almost all votes counted, Orthodox right-wing bloc has 55 seats, the centrist left Arab bloc has 56, and Yisrael Beytenu's Avigdor Liberman holds the balance of power with nine.. Netanyahu met at his office with United Torah Judaism party heads Yaakov Litzman and Moshe Gafni, and..…
Israel held elections for its parliament, the Knesset, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for snap elections after he failed to form a government following elections in April. . ..…
By the inability to put together administration after in, The outcome, dealt new blow to Israel's longest-serving leader. The campaigns run by Netanyahu and Gantz pointed to narrow differences on many important issues, and end to Netanyahu era would be to bring about significant changes..…
neither party controls in the parliament without the support of Avigdor Lieberman, who heads Yisrael Beitenu party.. ... Lieberman, minister and one-time protégé of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, forced Israel's unprecedented second election of the year when he refused to..…
Israel's attorney general has recommended charging Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three scandals, pending hearing scheduled next month. ..…
Exit polls from Israel's September 17 Knesset elections showed dead heat between Netanyahu's Likud party and Gantz Lapid's Blue and White party.. ... Barring absolutely catastrophic polling mistake from all three of Israel's television channels, Benjamin Netanyahu will..…
The persistent spying, no matter what Netanyahu claims, is a very good reason why Israel should not receive billions of dollars in military assistance annually. ... So, did Israel really spy on Donald Trump? Sure it did. And Netanyahu is, metaphorically speaking, thumbing..…
Israel’s Arab parties have traditionally not endorsed anyone for prime minister. . ... The stakes could not be much higher for the 69-year-old Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister but who is facing possible corruption charges in the weeks ahead. . ..…
While Netanyahu has proven to be pretty cautious in his deployment of Israel's vast military forces, we have good reason to believe that coalition led by Blue and White and its IDF generals, Lieberman and Netanyahu, may be adept at such maneuvers. Israel, that was..…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country needs government, government, Zionist, government committed to Israel as the nation-state of Jewish people... ... Addressing Likud suppporters Tel Aviv early on Werdnesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the..…
The secularist has long campaigned against what he sees which he accuses of seeking to impose Jewish on Israel´s secular population.. Lieberman has demanded legislation to make military service mandatory for ultra-Orthodox blocking Netanyahu´s efforts to form coalition. ..…
Israel Hayom, Netanyahu’s personal propaganda newspaper, is the easiest example to point to. ... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presenting his plan for Israel to annex the Jordan Valley if he is reelected, September 10, 2019. ..…
With Labor Party becoming almost entirely irrelevant, Center's ideology moved further to the right, simply because supporting Palestinian state Israel has become form of political suicide.. Therefore, Netanyahu's call for the annexation of Palestinian land east of Jordan River must not..…
The chairman of Fatah's Central Committee, Hussein Al-Sheikh, denied Netanyahu's claims that Palestinian Authority is interfering in Israeli election. In past elections, including April, Palestinian Authority tried to encourage Israel's Arabs to vote higher numbers and even supported the..…
Neither had enough support, at first glance, for coalition of 61 legislators, and Netanyahu's ally-turned-rival, former Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman, emerged as kingmaker as head of Yisrael Beitenu party... ... Netanyahu's open Washington and other world capitals, at time..…
Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party react to exit polls Israel's at the party headquarters Tel Aviv, Israel, September 17, 2019. ... supporter of Israeli Likud party holds poster depicting Benjamin Netanyahu at Jerusalem September 13, 2019. ..…