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Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Three Arrested for Stealing Yachad Voting Slips

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Yachad party reports that their voting slips have been removed from dozens of voting stations.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Media / Israel Elections 5775

Election Victory for Israelis: A Well-Deserved Vacation

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Blessed are You, Lord our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has not made me a politician.

Israel / Jewish / Politics / The Courts / Elections / News Briefs

Supreme Court: Hareidi Papers Can't Be Forced to Advertise Hareidi Women’s Party

By Maayana Miskin

The all-women Hareidi political party wanted to advertise to their constituency.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Israel Elections 5775

Bolshevik-Like Israel Media Hide Good Economic News

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Consumer Price Index sank last month, but the anti-Bibi media buried the news so it won't help Netanyahu.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Marzel Warns Elections Committee to Allow Jew to Observe Arab Polls

By Jewish Press News Desk

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 […]

The Muqata

Tonight's Rally Was Electric - and Now I Know We Will Win

By JoeSettler

I haven't seen a right-wing rally like this in years. Finally, there is hope.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Left-Wing Tries to Scuttle Right-Rally Featuring Speech by Netanyahu

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Prime Minister's appearance underscores the gap between the right and left-wing parties.

Government / Elections / News Briefs

Bibi: Kachlon to be Finance Minister, No Matter What

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu promises Kachlon top ministry regardless of party size.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

UTJ Not in the Bag for Bibi (Sort Of)

By Jewish Press News Desk

Litzman doesn't disqualify anyone, well, except Lapid, and that may only be before the elections.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Meretz Trying to Cancel Rightwing Rally

By Jewish Press News Desk

A lot more people are expected to be at tomorrow's rightwing rally, compared to last week's leftwing rally.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Chabad / Israel Elections 5775

The Tefillin Day Campaign

By Jewish Press News Desk

Chabad will be running a special election day campaign.

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Israel Elections 5775

Israeli Jews Split Down the Middle between Left and Right

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The election polls reflect the demographics of Israel, united by faith and divided by ideology and tradition.

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

If Aryeh Deri Keeps His Word, Herzog Cannot Be Prime Minister

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Shas chairman, the smartest politician in town, knows a coalition in the hand is better than one in the bush.

Op-Eds

Shmuel Sackett's Election Predictions

By Shmuel Sackett

Even if his predictions are completely wrong he can still be called an expert!

Analysis / Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

A Coalition of Brothers

By Shalom Bear

We could see the Likud or the Zionist Union ending up as junior partners in a future coalition.

The Muqata

It Might Be Better to Vote Yachad

By JoeSettler

The polls currently don't look good for the Right, we may need Yachad to create a loud opposition.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

GLZ Poll Puts Labor On Top - With a Coalition

By Jewish Press News Desk

The difference is significant enough in this poll, that the Left can finally form a coalition.

Israel / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Hanin Zoabi May Back Bujie and Her Cousin Mohammed Backs Bibi

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Anti-Zionist Haneen Zoabi may support the "Zionist Union" to lead the government while her cousin Mohammed backs Netanyahu.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

i24 Poll Gives Likud 5 Seat Lead

By Jewish Press News Desk

Unless Bayit Yehudi builds up seats, a National Unity government is looking like a strong possibility.

The Muqata

Why I am Voting for Bayit Yehudi

By JoeSettler

The definition of elections is voting for the candidate you least dislike.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Media

'Zionist Camp' Invited High Schoolers to Pub

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The party headed by Herzog and Livni blamed the violation of the law on a "local" initiative.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Joint Arab Party Rejects "Zionist" Meretz Party as a Partner

By Shalom Bear

Meretz doesn't seem to understand the Arab sector whom they imagine to be their natural partners and allies.

Video of the Day

Bibi Plays Monopoly

By Video of the Day

In this latest election commercial, Netanyahu plays Monopoly with friends, as they ask and beg him to give up Jerusalem.

Elections / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs / Israel Elections 5775

Bedouin City Backs United Arab List

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A large turnout of Bedouin and Arab voters may make the United Arab List the third largest Knesset party.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

New Poll Gives Herzog-Livni 3-Seat Lead but no Coalition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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.

Photo of the Day

Rav Ovadia Makes an Appearance

By Photo of the Day

Rav Ovadia Yosef's hat and robes made an appearance at a Shas political rally on Tuesday.

Politics / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Israel Elections 5775

Bayit Yehudi Wants Edmond Levy Report Adopted by Govt

By Jewish Press News Desk

The report, ordered but never implemented by PM Netanyahu, determined that Israeli settlements are legal according to international law.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Herzog-Livni Desperate in Face of Negative Polls

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Herzog, Livni and their media backers have thrown everything at Netanyahu. Voters are not impressed.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Latest Election Poll

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Left-Right division remains almost the same, but a National Unity government is also feasible.

Special Features / Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Report on Housing Crisis to be Released Wednesday Night

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The State Comptroller and Ombudsman will release his report on the housing crisis at 6 p.m. (11 a.m. EST) Wednesday night. The report will cover the Olmert and Netanyahu administrations, letting Tzipi Livni and Yitzchak Herzog off the hook. They were Ministers of Housing in the Sharon government. The Likud party is concerned that the […]

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israel Elections 5775

Likud and Bujie-Livni Use Stabbing Attack to Stab Each Other

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Everyone goes off the deep end and accuses the other of everything under the sun.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Israel Elections 5775

Will Leftists Boycott Elections because Ballots Printed in Samaria?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the "Boycott Yesha" movement is true to its ideology, its cheerleaders won’t vote March 17.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

'Dump Bibi' Panting for Comptroller's Report on Housing Crisis

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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 […]

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Latest Election Poll

By Jewish Press News Desk

The parties keep trading seats back and forth, but the right-left blocks remain the same.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Weather / Israel Elections 5775

Netanyahu Takes Credit for Heading 'War against Snow'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The other leaders are no better: Lapid takes credit for water rates going down and Livni says she is tough on Hamas.

Israel / Elections / Israel Elections 5775

B'nei Akiva Demands Its Emissaries in the Diaspora Be Allowed to Vote

By Jewish Press News Desk

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 […]

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

The Voters' Prayer: May the Almighty Save Us from our Politicians

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Please pray for a full and speedy recovery to the People of Israel ben Sarah.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Supreme Court to Decide Next Week on Zoabi and Marzel's Eligibility

By Jewish Press News Desk

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 […]

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

New Poll Keeps Rightwing Block in Lead

By Jewish Press News Desk

The parties keep trading seats back and forth, but the right-left blocks remain the same.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Elections Committee Narrowly Votes to Ban Marzel's Candidacy

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Elections Committee tossed out Marzel hours after eliminating Arab MK Zoabi.

Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5775

Election Committee Bars Arab MK Zoabi from Running for Knesset

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Supreme Court may reverse the decision. The committee has not decided on Baruch Marzel's candidacy.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Gafni Says UTJ Will Only Go with Right

By Jewish Press News Desk

Gafni's position: The Left would give the Chareidim more money, but the Right allows more Judaism in the public schools.

Video of the Day

Netanyahu Takes on the Media

By Jewish Press News Desk

Unlike the previous election, this time around Prime Minister Netanyahu is clearly investing his time and efforts to make sure the Likud does well. Repeatedly, his commercials are well thought out and amusing. In this latest commercial Netanyahu is making fun of the Israeli media for coming up with one nonsense scandal or another, while […]

US / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Germany / European Union

No White House Worries Over 'Election Proximity' with Herzog

By Rachel Levy

Top US leaders huddle with Israeli opposition candidate Isaac Herzog on sidelines of Munich security talks. Why no 'election proximity' worries?

Photo of the Day

No Charlie Hebdo for You

By Photo of the Day

Israeli Foreign Minister and Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman holds the latest edition of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo during a protest in support of Charlie Hebdo in Tel Aviv on February 5, 2015. The Israeli election committee forbidden Yisrael Beytenu political party to distribute any gifts or free merchandise to the public […]

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

New Poll Bad News for the Left and Bayit Yehudi

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The trend in the polls is clear - the next government will not be muscled by the left.

Israel / US / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

V-15 Activists in Israel Copy Obama's 2008 'Hope' Campaign

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When you try to find out what exactly the leftists want, there is not much of an answer.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Haaretz Poll Puts Bibi On Top, Yishai Finally In Too

By Jewish Press News Desk

Haaretz may not be too pleased with the results of the latest election poll they ran...

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Lieberman Crushes Labor Coalition Illusion

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The barbed-wire political fence was more than Lieberman could stand.

Israel / US / Elections / News Briefs

State Dept. Says Taxpayers' Money not Used in V-15 Campaign

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US in November stopped funding a left-wing group that is helping to campaign against Netanyahu

Israel / US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Sen. Cruz Asks if Obama Behind V-15 'Political Campaign against Netanyahu'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Cruz and New York Rep. Zeldin complained to Kerry of Obama's "relentless harassment."

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

New Poll Shows All Parties Going Full Blast in Neutral

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

National religious voters favoring the new Yachad party headed by Eli Yishai may be wasting their votes.

Israel / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Lieberman so Frantic for Votes He Calls for 'Disproportionate Response'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Lieberman's issues a disproportionate response to polls that show his party will barely squeeze into the Knesset.

Analysis / Israel Elections 5775

Analysis: Israel's New Electoral Threshold Changes Political Alliances for the 2015 Elections

By Yotam Rozenwald / Tazpit News Agency

Since the passing of the Governance bill legislation on March 11, 2014, new alignments have become to appear in Israeli politics.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Yesh Atid Announces Knesset List

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yair Lapid has announced his Yesh Atid list for the upcoming elections....

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

A Yishai--Ben-Ari Mashup Would Hurt Bayit Yehudi, but No Mashup Will be Even Worse

By Jewish Press News Desk

The small right-wing parties will hurt their ideological allies and voters, unless they get past their egos and ideological perfectionism and help their side for a change.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Caroline Glick to be Offered Likud Spot

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu will reportedly be offering a spot on the Likud list to Caroline Glick.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs / Israel Elections 5775

Arabs Hate the Zionist Camp

By Shalom Bear

Apparently the Arabs believe that all these years they voted for Labor, they were not voting for a Zionist party.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Latest Election Polls

By Jewish Press News Desk

Likud pulls ahead, and quite incredibly Shas is making a comeback, but forming a coalition still depends on the small parties.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs / Israel Elections 5775

Arab Parties to Run Together as "The Joint List"

By Jewish Press News Desk

They were afraid they would not pass the electoral threshold running separately.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Herzog-Livni Drafts Potential Defense Minister

By Jewish Press News Desk

The merged Labor party, AKA the "Zionist Camp" headed by Yitzchak Herzog and Tzipi Livni, has drafted former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin to fill its vacuum for a future Defense Minister if it forms the next government. Israel Radio (Voice of Israel) was quick to promote Yadlin Tuesday morning with soft-glove questions that allowed […]

Israel / News Briefs

Bayit Yehudi MK Uri Orbach in Serious Condition

By Jewish Press Staff

He is suffering from a blood disease, His condition has improved slightly.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Hotovely Wins 'Realistic Likud' Spot but Dichter not Giving Up

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The popular right-wing Knesset Member now is in the 20th place on the list of candidates.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Eli Yishai Wants Moshe Hager to Run in 'Yachad' Party

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The inclusion of Hager may help Yishai's party get enough voters to be elected to the Knesset.

Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Herzog-Livni 'Zionist Camp' Talked with Arab MK Tibi about Coalition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Herzog-Livni gimmick of calling itself the "Zionist Camp" looks more absurd every day.

Video of the Day / Israel Elections 5775

The Best Election Commercial So Far

By Video of the Day

This is hands down the best election commercial I've seen so far. Netanyahu is a kindergarten school teacher with an unruly class made up of his former coalition partners. Of course, you can always look at it as saying that Netanyahu is unable to control the class, and it's his fault. Either way, its definitely […]

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Weekend's Election Poll Results

By Jewish Press News Desk

Labor's up, Bayit Yehudi is up, but the Left-Right division remains about the same.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Israeli Anti-Bibi Media turn Four Election Polls into one Lie

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel TV and radio turned a one-seat improvement for Herzog-Livni into a major victory.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Recount Lifts Likud's Tzipi Hotovely into Almost Certain Re-Election

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Results of the recount are good news for the Likud and bad news for the Jewish Home party.

Israel / The Courts / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Israeli Officials Out of the Country to Cast Election Ballots on Purim [election]

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

An Israeli Supreme Court judge rejected on Tuesday an appeal by women to allow Israeli officials outside of the country to cast their votes in the Knesset elections in March on a day other than Purim. Justice Salim Jourban ruled that the Knesset knew the law, or should have known the law, that sets the […]

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Kirschenbaum Quits After Hurting Yisrael Beiteinu [election]

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

She finally figured out that her lawyer, not Lieberman, will be defending her if she is indicted for bribery.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Deri Returns to the Sound of One Hand Clapping [election]

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Deri ends his slaps-shtick and accepts a rabbi's command to humbly return to lead the baa-baa sheep.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5775

Latest Poll: Likud Back on Top, Arabs Take 4th Place

By Jewish Press News Desk

The latest polls put Likud back on top, but its being able to form a coalition is less clear cut.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Netanyahu Asks Citizens to Select Candidates for Reserved Likud Slots

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu can insert any 2 candidates he wants into the Knesset, he's asked you to choose for him...

The Muqata / Israel Elections 5775

Netanyahu Adopts JewishPress Blogger's Electoral Reform Proposal

By JoeSettler

JoeSettler was surprised this morning when he saw that PM Netanyahu is adopting the electoral reform idea JoeSettler introduced on these pages.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5775

New Update: Hotovely Behind by 55 Votes but Likud May Order Total Recount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Likud is recounting some problematic ballot boxes. Hotovely reportedly helped dump Feiglin; Bibi wants her in the Knesset.

Special Features / Israel / Elections / News Briefs

Feiglin May Form New Party

By Jewish Press News Desk

Aides to Knesset Member Moshe Feiglin report that he is considering a new party after his being dumped off a realistic position on the Likud candidate list in the party’s primaries last Wednesday night, Walla! News reported. Feiglin announced last week that he will announce his plans for his political future on Monday night at […]

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Likud Beats Labor-Livni as Lieberman Sinks in New Polls

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Voters apparently like the Likud’s more centrist list of candidates. Lieberman hurt by bribe scandal. Shas survives.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset

Feiglin to Announce His Political Future Next Week

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

With Feiglin and Hotovely out of the Knesset, Netanyahu feels safer, but his price might be a bigger Jewish Home party in the next Knesset.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5775

‘Deals’ with Likud Bigwigs Backfire and Put Feiglin at Exit Door of Knesset

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Feiglin’s loss is the Jewish Home party’s gain.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5775

Bombshell Video of Rav Ovadia Trashing Deri Spells Doom for Shas

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

No one knows who leaked the video of Rav Ovadia, but it's a bombshell, and there might be more on the way.

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