The primary road block is the position that Bayit Yehudi party head Naftali Bennett will receive.
Marzel not sorry Yachad party's loss cost Bayit Yehudi seats in Knesset. Bennett accuses Netanyahu of thinking he is a sucker.
Who is Horowitz? He’s Netanyahu’s eyes and ears. He’s very close to him, literally his personal representative everywhere...
By Shalom Bear
If there are no surprises, Netanyahu is expected to form a coalition, after some tough negotiations, with the Likud, Bayit Yehudi, Kulanu, Yisrael Beytenu, UTJ and Shas.
By Shalom Bear
One wonders how many Prime Ministers Herzog envisions sitting in that one chair at the same time.
Netanyahu is expected to have 61 recommendations in his favor.
There's much disappointment within Yesh Atid as they head into the oppositions.
Final voter counts are in, if Yachad doesn't petition the courts over voter fraud...
"The truth is it's surprising to us as well, but it turns out each one of us voted their hearts."
The anti-Bibi campaign's quiet change in tax status both came too late and constitutes an admission of wrongdoing.
If the media hadn't been so eager to oust Netanyahu, voter apathy could have made that happen.
Netanyahu said he wants to have a government formed within the next 2 to 3 weeks.
The overwhelming electoral victory by the Likud was nothing less than a revolution, and an absolutely clear mandate from the people.
At 50% of the votes counted, the Likud pulls way ahead... but what will the remaining 50% do?
A very happy PM Netanyahu declared victory at the Likud victory party.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
The employees of Israel’s Knesset are also completing preparations as they bid farewell to those Knesset Members leaving and welcome new members to Israel’s parliament building.
The final numbers aren't in, and Yachad is sitting right on the wire.
PM Netanyahu made his call to Minister Naftali Bennett and said he is working to form a nationalist (rightwing) government. Bennett said this is a victory for the right, even though Bayit Yehudi took a big hit for the Likud. Netanyahu also called Aryeh Deri. Avigdor Liberman is refusing to take calls from Netanyahu and […]
Initial Exit Poll Results
7:00 PM Election turnout was 54.6% at 6 PM, and lower than the turnout was that same time in 2013. The polls close tonight at 10 PM. PM Netanyahu said that foreign-funded organizations have been busing Arabs to the booths, to make sure they vote against the right. Police checked out 235 cases of voting […]
There have been a few cases of voter fraud reported around the country.
The Yachad party reports that their voting slips have been removed from dozens of voting stations.
The Elections Committee has corrected a previous report and now says 13.7%, and not the previously stated 7.4% of Israel's eligible voters have cast ballots as of 10 a.m. The turnout at the same hour in the least election was 11.4%. Polls have been open only two hours. Analysts have expected an unusually high voter turnout, […]
Blessed are You, Lord our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has not made me a politician.
Netanyahu has an important call to make before beginning to build a coalition...
V15 is barred from attempting to achieve its stated goals: defeat Bibi and create a Palestinian State.
This chart will help you pick the party to vote for...
Some polls indicated that if the rotation deal were canceled the Zionist Union could get 2 more seats.
The Consumer Price Index sank last month, but the anti-Bibi media buried the news so it won't help Netanyahu.
Baruch Marzel, candidate for the Knesset on the Yachad list, and activist Itamar Ben-Gvir have warned that they will ask that the Elections Committee to void the votes at Arab polling stations if Jewish observers are not allowed. Marzel and Ben Gvir told Independent Media Review and Analysis (IMRA) during the right-wing rally in Tel […]
There was another large political rally held on Sunday, and not just the massive rally of the political right in Tel Aviv's Kikar Rabin.
10:15 PM The massive pro-right rally is now over. 9:30 PM 9:26 PM Looking at the rally from Ibn G'virol Street : 9:14 PM Rabbi Druckman speaking. 9:07 PM Leftwing newspapers claim only a few thousands to 15,000 people at rally - outright lies.Streets are filled - up to 4 blocks away. More pictures on […]
The Prime Minister's appearance underscores the gap between the right and left-wing parties.
Lapid's boasts do not reflect reality.
While the voting booths won't open until Tuesday morning for the general population, voting has begun early for IDF soldiers.
Litzman doesn't disqualify anyone, well, except Lapid, and that may only be before the elections.
By Shalom Bear
An Excited Herzog - "I Will Protect a United Netanyahu"
Naftali Bennett also offered to create a technical merger with the Likud for after the elections.
A lot more people are expected to be at tomorrow's rightwing rally, compared to last week's leftwing rally.
A rejects B, B rejects C, and in the end no one can form a coalition.
Chabad will be running a special election day campaign.
The paper presents the day after elections, as they wish to see it.
Because of its tax-exempt status, OneVoice is legally prohibited to campaign against Netanyahu directly.
With nearly a dozen viable parties, the president choosing the one who pulls together the pieces, Israeli elections are complicated.
The election polls reflect the demographics of Israel, united by faith and divided by ideology and tradition.
The Shas chairman, the smartest politician in town, knows a coalition in the hand is better than one in the bush.
Other recent statements by Aryeh Deri may have left voters confused about Deri's intentions.
The "ultra right wing" Yachad party has women working on policy issues of economic importance to women.
Apparently Peres, like some in the Labor party don't see Livni as an asset.
By Shalom Bear
We could see the Likud or the Zionist Union ending up as junior partners in a future coalition.
Yesh Atid along with Kulanu are key to forming the next coalition.
Another candidate and party that wants to give away Eretz Yisrael...
He opposes socialism and capitalism, believes Judaism should guide those decisions, but welcomes anyone who does not want to kill Jews.
The Labor Court will decide today whether to allow the strike.
As the infamous quote says, "We established what you are, now we're just haggling over the price."
The difference is significant enough in this poll, that the Left can finally form a coalition.
Herzog says he and only he can unite the world to stand by Israel against Palestinian Authority terror.
Anti-Zionist Haneen Zoabi may support the "Zionist Union" to lead the government while her cousin Mohammed backs Netanyahu.
Unless Bayit Yehudi builds up seats, a National Unity government is looking like a strong possibility.
By Shalom Bear
Another ex-military chief openly joins the ranks of the left - another tired cliché.
A large turnout of Bedouin and Arab voters may make the United Arab List the third largest Knesset party.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel’s Channel 2 television network thought Herzog’s remarks constituted elections propaganda.
Eli Yishai is starting to surge upward.
The anti-Bibi barrage last week cost him a grand total of two seats, which went to other parties but not to Bujie and Tzipi.
The report, ordered but never implemented by PM Netanyahu, determined that Israeli settlements are legal according to international law.
Herzog, Livni and their media backers have thrown everything at Netanyahu. Voters are not impressed.
The Left-Right division remains almost the same, but a National Unity government is also feasible.
"I Respect the President Barak Obama." That's what he said. We don’t know what meant.
The so-called "Zionist Camp" was accused of having "blood on its hands."
Photos from The Anglo Vote
LIVE - Wednesday, Feb 25, 2015 - Political candidates from the parties battle it out - in English - for your vote.
The evening begins with a dairy reception at 6:30 PM, and the conversations and debate begin at 7:30 PM.
Everyone goes off the deep end and accuses the other of everything under the sun.
If the "Boycott Yesha" movement is true to its ideology, its cheerleaders won’t vote March 17.
The office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman stated Sunday that it will release the report on the housing crisis before the elections and possibly by the end of the week. A decision on the exact date of relapse will be made in the next couple of days. Israel's anti-Netanyahu establishment media and the Herzog-Livni […]
The parties keep trading seats back and forth, but the right-left blocks remain the same.
The other leaders are no better: Lapid takes credit for water rates going down and Livni says she is tough on Hamas.
Israelis working as emissaries for B'nei Akiva outside the country should be allowed to vote in next month's elections, World B'nei Akiva director Rabbi Noam Perl wrote Elections Committee chairman Judge Salim Jubran Wednesday. "The fact that the emissaries overseas work for Zionism and for the State of Israel cannot participate in the elections is […]
They distribute ballots to elect the 'Savior."
Please pray for a full and speedy recovery to the People of Israel ben Sarah.
The Supreme Court will rule next week on appeals by Knesset Member Hanin Zoabi and Baruch Marzel to overturn the Elections Committee decision to bar them from running in the elections. One of the justices at the hearing Tuesday morning stated that the court generally does not get involved in politics, but there is a […]
The "Yesha" crowd once again embarrasses settlers in an attempt to help them.
But does one of the disguised "terrorists" look like Bennett?
The parties keep trading seats back and forth, but the right-left blocks remain the same.
The Elections Committee tossed out Marzel hours after eliminating Arab MK Zoabi.
The Supreme Court may reverse the decision. The committee has not decided on Baruch Marzel's candidacy.
Yesh Atid has finally clarified they are going Left...
Gafni's position: The Left would give the Chareidim more money, but the Right allows more Judaism in the public schools.
Liberman said, "You can't be a wimp in the Middle East."
Likud is siphoning off seats from Bayit Yehudi.
The trend in the polls is clear - the next government will not be muscled by the left.
When you try to find out what exactly the leftists want, there is not much of an answer.
Haaretz may not be too pleased with the results of the latest election poll they ran...
The barbed-wire political fence was more than Lieberman could stand.
Likud party members charge opponents with receiving illicit funds and violating Israeli election laws.
By Shalom Bear
Avigdor Liberman finally declared his political allegiances without the semantic games and ambiguity.
V15's Bird was marinated in his former boss's hatred of and blame-only Israel mindset.
Cruz and New York Rep. Zeldin complained to Kerry of Obama's "relentless harassment."
That's it. If you didn't register your party by now, you're not running for the upcoming Knesset elections.
National religious voters favoring the new Yachad party headed by Eli Yishai may be wasting their votes.