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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Jewish state risks becoming "the punching bag of all its enemies in the Middle East," warned Israel's Settlements and National Missions minister.
Sukkot is automatically pushed out due to Otzma Yehudit quitting the coalition and the Norwegian Law.
I thank the Chairman of Otzma Yehudit, Itamar Ben Gvir, who taught me over the years to stand by principles, fight for our truth, and pay personal prices when necessary.
By Joshua Marks
The Religious Zionism Party convened on Thursday morning to discuss its role in the government.
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
Don't let the Haredi draft or the hostage issue divide our camp and topple the government.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
After breaking up his political alliance with Benny Gantz on March 12, New Hope Party leader Gideon Sa'ar had demanded a spot on the War Cabinet.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The national security minister was excluded from a recent security assessment, and is reportedly frustrated by the coalition's unwillingness to harshen conditions for security prisoners.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Former Gantz adviser Ronen Tzur calls for opposition parties to join the government.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If the conscription law is not passed before the budget, we will withdraw from the government," Yitzhak Goldknopf said.
Netanyahu is debating whether or not to cancel the judicial reform bills.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The daughter of Holocaust survivors is cheapening and ripping up the [memory] of the holy six million [Jews who were killed by the Nazis],” responded the Israeli National Security Minister.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"The world actually believes in our policy, in our overall policy, the general policy and the economic policy in particular,” Netanyahu said.
Prime Minister-Designate Benjamin Netanyahu called President Isaac Herzog to inform him that he [Netanyahu] is able to form the next coalition government.
Netanyahu now has preliminary agreements with all of the parties in his right-wing coalition.
Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has until Sunday to finalize coalition agreements, or ask for an extension from President Herzog.
By David Isaac
Israel's outgoing PM urged municipalities not to cooperate with an educational department to be headed by lawmaker Avi Maoz.
Gafni has little patience for those who are implying that the religious parties planning on usurping Israeli democracy.
The Religious Zionists party will be responsible for civilian life in Judea and Samaria.
It has been my prediction all along that Netanyahu will turn the Knesset upside down just to leave Ben-Gvir out of the coalition.
By Ariel Kahana
Disagreements over the post of defense minister has lead to an impasse in coalition negotiations, with Netanyahu attempting to assuage concerns over the matter, asking his supporters for “a little patience.”
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
Both you and Benjamin Netanyahu are under enormous pressure from the American administration and from the Left at the same time and the media who all are having difficulty internalizing the verdict of Israeli democracy...
Bibi Netanyahu may be planning to push Bezalel Smotrich to the background, if he plans on including them at all.
Ayala Ben-Gvir made a wave with her unique fashion statement, wearing her pistol on her hip, instead of in her bag.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Israeli president will meet with party delegations to receive their recommendations for candidates to form a government
The leaders cited their achievements.
Yair Lapid also spoke and thanked Bennett, saying Bennett “put the country before the personal interest.”
One wonders if everyone is considering the potential consequences of their actions.
Rinawie Zoabi refuses to quit the Knesset which is endangering the coalition, and might bring back Bibi Netanyahu.
“There is nothing easier than to destroy,” Lapid added.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Bennett's increasingly unstable coalition has repeatedly failed to pass its own legislation in recent weeks.
By David Isaac
“Substantively, it’s not that big an issue. We’re not talking about a big defensive settlement, but in politics, symbols often are more important than substance,” said Yechiel Leiter, senior fellow at the Kohelet Policy Forum.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
A 61-MK majority is required for motions of no-confidence to pass.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The coalition abandoned the Knesset when they saw they had no majority.
With the budget passed, the coalition is no longer showing as unified a front in the Knesset as it did before.
Ra'am doesn't think their leaving the coalition would affect a change in Israeli policy towards Gaza.
Rumor has it that Netanyahu is planning to offer Gantz a very sweet deal.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The coalition agreements place both the Bedouin Settlement Authority and the Knesset’s Interior Committee, the key actors on the Negev issue, under the complete control of the left-wing bloc and the Islamic party Ra'am.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The initiative lacked the necessary support within the coalition-in-formation, and comes on the heels of Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid's announcement of his ability to form the next government.
By JoeSettler
Like Ariel Sharon, Naftali Bennett lied and cheated his voters, but technically, what he did didn't break the rules of Israeli democracy.
By JoeSettler
Perhaps the race isn't really between the current party leaders at all...
By JoeSettler
The good news is there won’t be a fifth election. The bad news is there won’t be a solid rightwing coalition either.
By JoeSettler
Netanyahu is right where he wants to be, with a choice of coalition partners to pick from.
Both sides may be able to form a coalition, but only Netanyahu's coalition would be a stable one with natural partners.
Meanwhile Rafi Peretz reportedly received an offer to jump ship and join the coalition by himself without Yamina.
By Israel Hayom
Reactions pour in from across political spectrum after landmark High Court ruling in favor of coalition deal • Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked: “Even the obvious must be stated: This isn’t law, it’s politics
By Israel Hayom
“Either Yamina comes on board with what's been offered or it won't be in the government,” says Likud official • Yamina head Naftali Bennett: ‘If we can make a difference we will join, and if we can’t, we won't.’
Netanyahu needs to only pull over two MKs and he has a coalition.
President Rivlin's options are to decide how much time pressure he should put on the coalition negotiations.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Blue&White Party leader Benny Gantz must abandon plans to apply sovereignty in Judea and Samaria and reject the idea of a “Jewish majority” government, says Joint List's Ayman Odeh.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Religious parties in the coalition refused to back the legislation called the Hareidi Draft Law.
All pending legislation have been pushed off for a week after the coalition partners couldn't agree on MK Dudi Amsalem’s initiative.
By Batya Medad
As we watch Netanyahu buckle under the power of the Israeli Left which controls the media and the Supreme Court, it seems obvious that those who predicted Leftist policies from the Likud were correct.
By JNi.Media
The order for the technical teams to abandon the work sites was given after they had taken apart some of the rails, so that there was no way to resume service Saturday night.
By JNi.Media
There was absolutely no new policy idea in the Trump speech Monday night, but there was an implied promise to encourage all levels of law enforcement to be less restrained in pursuing their targets.
By JNi.Media
It isn't clear who is panicking more at the moment—Jerusalem or Washington—over the possibility that Turkey, a NATO member, would switch sides and coalesce with Russia and Iran.
By JNi.Media
The rightwing parties could possibly combine their numbers to boycott either Kahlon or Lapid, or both, from the future coalition government.
By JNi.Media
Last week, a Knesset committee debated a bill proposed by two ultra-Orthodox coalition partners determining that use of public mikvahs will be conducted strictly according to halakha.
By JNi.Media
Ahead of coalition reshuffle, Bennett revving up attacks on Netanyahu, Liberman urging calm.
MK Avigdor Liberman rocked the political establishment by agreeing to become the defense minister.
By JoeSettler
LIberman's entry into the coalition may bring about even more changes than expected...
By Shalom Bear
Both sides will be setting up negotiation teams to determine the terms of Liberman joining the coalition.
“If we can speak with Mahmoud Abbas, we can speak with Netanyahu,” Herzog said.
By JNi.Media
Israel has seen its share of wall-to-wall coalition governments, especially in the 1980s, and in each instance it has been Labor which acquiesced to join with Likud.
The Yashar Coalition is actively working on the draft of a prenuptial agreement with the goal of obtaining wider acceptance of prenuptials from community rabbis and rosh yeshivas throughout the world
High Court ordered the "illegal" building to be torn down. Bayit Yehudi MK threatens to tear down coalition government.
Netanyahu falsely accused Bennett of signing a coalition agreement that returns more power to Hareidim.
Netanyahu had promised that he would head the ministry and work with the mayor.
120 Knesset voted today on whether or not to allow the coalition to expand beyond its 18 minister limit.
The new coalition, like most of the 33 previous governments, was formed with an auction.
Kara said that this coalition must include a Druze minister to let everyone know the Druze are an integral part of the country.
By Shalom Bear
Shas got a good deal. What Bayit Yehudi does with their offer remains to be seen.
The left-wing party's problem is that the ministry spent more money to promote Judaism than democracy.
President Reuven Rivlin granted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu two more weeks Monday morning to form a new government coalition after negotiations with different t parties have not produced a positive result. Rivlin really had no other choice. He would like to see a national unity government with the Likud and the Zionist Union, the euphemism […]
By Shalom Bear
Liberman is adamantly insisting on receiving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but Netanyahu wants Liberman to step back and take something else.
US President Obama will invite PM Netanyahu to the White House once Netanyahu's coalition is set up.
Netanyahu said he wants to have a government formed within the next 2 to 3 weeks.
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.
By Shalom Bear
Avigdor Liberman finally declared his political allegiances without the semantic games and ambiguity.
Likud pulls ahead, and quite incredibly Shas is making a comeback, but forming a coalition still depends on the small parties.
By JoeSettler
JoeSettler explains the electoral mess we're in, and a possible solution for fixing it.
Shas head Aryeh Deri said this evening on Radio Kol Chai that if Netanyahu met his two non-negotiable conditions, Shas could join the coalition.
The coalition likes to survive by blood-letting.
By Tibbi Singer
Israel would love to be in the coalition,but it’s never going to happen, because, in the end, most of America’s allies would walk away if Israel were on board officially.
While Netanyahu weighs Israel's options, Yesh Atid ministers are threatening to quit the coalition.
Deri is actively trying to rehabilitate his image among the Settlers and National-Religious crowd.
Because of the "5% hurdle," Germany's new coalition will tilt be to the left, while voters clearly wanted Germany to turn to the right.
My problem is with the part of the law that requires 61 signatures in order to submit a no-confidence measure in the Knesset, which effectively neutralizes the no-confidence option.
By Yair Lapid
Last week, a few minutes after my stormy exchange with haredi members of Knesset, I went to what we in the Knesset call the "back cafeteria." It is not exactly a cafeteria but rather a lounge area behind the plenum where members of Knesset alone can enter.
Claiming the 2-year budget concept a failure, the country will revert to the 1 year budget system.
By Rafi Farber
The finance minister will be me and only me, and I will cut everyone’s budget by 100% and return all the money to the taxpayers who it was stolen from.
By Batya Medad
Benjamin Netanyahu made his bed when he put pragmatic secular politics over Jewish values.
An Israel Channel 10 report speculated on Sunday that Likud and Yisrael Beytenu are headed their separate ways. Avigdor Liberman will be holding a press conference at 11:00 AM on Monday, where it is believed he may announce the split between the two parties. If the parties do split, then the Likud will remain the […]
With just days left until the coalition deadline, any of these rumors and leaks could be true.
By Batya Medad
It's not that the various coalition partners don't trust Bibi, but that he doesn't really trust them.
Haredi leaders could not care less if Israel retains Judea and Samaria - as long as their Mosdos (religious institutions) get funded.
By Batya Medad
I must admit that I really don't care which parties are in Bibi's government coalition anymore.
The attorney general returns to Netanyahu a piece of the coalition puzzle and approves a deal reserving the Foreign Ministry post for Lieberman. Lapid will have to settle for something else, at least for now.
July 10, 2026 
