Israel is heading to elections again after Netanyahu and his Likud party have failed to put together a viable coalition. After receiving an extension from President Reuven Rivlin, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu failed to form a coalition of 61 Knesset members needed to establish a government. While 65 members of Knesset recommended that Netanyahu be entrusted [...]
The Blue and White party has rejected calls on Monday for it join a unity government with the Likud. A delegation of party officials met with President Reuven Rivlin, as part of the post-election consultations to determine which candidate is best able to form a governing coalition. “This was a stormy election cycle,” said Knesset Member-elect [...]
Not long after Trump tweeted congratulations to the prime minister, the Blue and White party head promised staunch opposition to the upcoming Netanyahu-led government. Israel’s Blue and White party leaders conceded defeat in Israel’s election on Wednesday evening, saying they will work against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the opposition. Yair Lapid, the party’s No. [...]
“The right-wing bloc led by Likud clearly won. I thank Israeli citizens for their trust,” Netanyahu stated at Likud headquarters Tuesday night. It was a tense national election day on Tuesday, with the 10 p.m. exit polls showing the new Blue and White party in the lead or standing neck and neck with Likud. Just after 3 a.m. [...]
Israeli Democracy is not endangered by another Netanyahu win, columnist Jonathan Tobin says. When Israelis vote on April 9, a lot will be riding on the outcome. But there is one thing that will not be decided in this election: whether or not Israel will remain a democratic state. Whether or not the incumbent Prime Minister [...]
A recent poll shows the Likud party led by Netanyahu beating its main rival, the Blue and White party. The Likud pulled ahead of the Blue and White party (31-30) in a poll published yesterday by Israel’s Channel 12 and conducted by Panels Politics. The survey firm Panels Politics came up with the same results in a poll [...]
