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Jewish Press Movie Review: Danon’s clip of Zoabi a winner but Jewish Home’s parody of Livni stinks.
Channel 2 has released their latest election poll...
Bayit Yehudi, or its predecessor, the Mafdal party, hasn't held the Education Minister's portfolio since 1999.
By Shalom Bear
After narrowing missing in the last elections, Michael Ben-Ari is trying to make a comeback and represent the "real right-wing" in Israel.
By Shalom Bear
Livni's party is now down to 2 MKs (from 6). What did Herzog buy that was so expensive?
The Prime Minister will appeal the decision by the party’s comptroller.
Lieberman calls the police investigation a “witch-hunt” aimed at hurting the party’s chances at the polls.
The results of the poll may cause people to start changing their minds.
Rabbi Yehuda Glick, who was critically wounded in an assassination attempt several weeks ago, announced he is running “symbolically” on the Likud list for the elections to the Knesset. He is in 33rd place, and he will not be elected unless the party performs a miracle no less than his recovery and wins 33 seats. […]
Elections, and not Netanyahu, raised the minimum wage.
Dr. Ben Carson is waiting for God to tell him if he should run for president.
The decision of Uri Aril’s Tekuma faction to remain in the party and re-start a “Yesha faction” is a blessing.
Stern expressed dismay at Tzipi Livni's merger with the Labor party.
The small Arab parties are talking about merging, and this could result in 14 seats for the Arab sector.
Reshet Bet has released their latest election poll...
By Shalom Bear
Liberman and Kachlon may merge right after elections - and the larger party will recommend Liberman for Prime Minister to the President.
25-year-old man threatened former Shas party head with violence.
By JTA
Jeb Bush announced his intention to “actively” explore the presidency in a Christmas and Hanukkah greeting message. “Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!” the former Florida governor Bush said in a Facebook message posted Tuesday. He described conversations he had with his family over Thanksgiving. “As a result of these conversations and thoughtful consideration of the […]
And that puts pressure on Aryeh Deri...
“Leftists don’t care about Arabs, settlers are the true Jews. Leftists warned me I will be the first in the gas chambers."
Moshe Kahlon courts Michael Oren but rejects Rami Levi. Shas and Jewish Home divorces not yet final.
The addition of the secular Dayan is another sign pointing to national religious Uri Ariel's joining Haredi Eli Yishai.
Netanyahu is not likeable, but leading the country is not a popularity contest.
By JoeSettler
The party chiefs are acting drunk and childish - making stupid mistakes and inadvertently showing their true selves - just like on Purim.
Lieberman is destroying himself politically before the voters do it for him.
A poll of Israeli-Arabs showed that 47.1% want MK Ahmed Tibi as head of a united Arab list running for Knesset.
Election campaigns bring out the worst in all of the politicians, and Shas is a shining example.
By JoeSettler
JoeSettler explains the electoral mess we're in, and a possible solution for fixing it.
Kerry wants to hear Netanyahu has to say about borders for the PA as defined by France and the United Nations.
Katz is the master wheeler-dealer in the Likud and hopefully won’t destroy the economy before the elections.
After 22 years in politics, Likud Minister Limor Livnat announced her retirement.
Who should know better than Kariv, whose expertise is as a social worker?
Knesset Members are scheduled to sign the death notice for the current government and hold second and third readings on the bill for political euthanasia and give Israelis another chance to vote for another fractious government in March. Rumors, mainly from the center-left media and their favorite parties, are that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will […]
The meeting will help Herzog put Livni, another suitor, in her place, but also could preclude a three-way merger to tackle Netanyahu.
Rabbi Rontzki began his IDF career as a special forces commando and 41 years later ended it as Chief Rabbi and Brigadier General.
By Shalom Bear
The Likud checked to see if anyone other than Bibi could bring them to victory.
Abbas and most of Israel know the idea is dead and buried, but too many US Jews still believe it.
The surprising results are a strong warning to Bennett and Netanyahu that the right wing is not in their pockets.
The number one election issue is security – the selfish security of a seat of power.
If Hamas is against Netanyahu, everyone should think twice before voting against him.
Lapid already is stuck on word – mi-nu-tak [disconnected] but is he talking about Netanyahu or himself?
Lapid tries to ignore the economy, security and the middle class by making Netanyahu the only election issue.
As Obama would say, they act like they are married.
Wednesday’s Knesset unanimous vote on the first reading of the bill to go to elections gives Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu a national unity government on at least one issue. He need not gloat because most of the country would prefer that the Knesset Members fight it out by themselves instead of wasting $500 million and […]
By Tzvi Zucker / Tazpit News Agency
One of the side effects of going to early elections is that all budgets are frozen at 2014 levels of spending.
As always, Hamas decides that freedom and democracy are for losers.
“Lapid and Livni worked as the Opposition within the government.”
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, who until an hour ago was Finance Minister before Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu fired him, called said the Prime Minister has failed as a leader. Shooting the opening gun and setting the tone in what is going to be a nasty, bitter and ugly election campaign, Lapid called Prime Minister […]
"I will not tolerate this opposition from within."
By JoeSettler
If Bennett and Ariel split the party, Bayit Yehudi votes will go to the only party fielding a strong, stable religious bloc... the Likud.
Lapid and Netanyahu have unwittingly helped exports by creating a government crisis.
All of the rats are leaving the sinking ship.
By Tibbi Singer
The average Israeli is remarkably stupid and thick-headed when it comes to the sanctity of freedom of speech.
Netanyahu, who once scored a stalemate with chess master Natan Sharansky, has everyone in check.
The rats run away from the ship so it won’t sink.
The coalition likes to survive by blood-letting.
Slowly but surely, the truth wins, which is why Obama is losing.
"Get out the Vote in NY: Vote YES for the Smart Schools Bonds Act on Nov. 4"
Israel’s anti-Netanyahu media might regret their wishes if early elections are held.
Former Presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney and former Vice Presidential candidate Sen. Joe Lieberman will address the inaugural Israeli American Council (IAC) National Conference in Washington next month. The IAC’s stated mission is “to build an active and giving Israeli-American community throughout the United States in order to strengthen the State of Israel.” The number […]
It's only taken 12 years, but Jerusalem may once again have a Chief Rabbi...
The only non-coalition partner that gained popularity in the latest Knesset Channel poll was Meretz.
By Shalom Bear
Some Likud party leaders claim have been given marching orders to begin preparing for general elections.
Despite the mud, dirt, scandals and allegations, the Knesset will hold elections for President on schedule.
11.3% of Population to be culled.
Current Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is expected to "win".
By Shalom Bear
Soros's organizations are quietly trying to influence politics. While Adelson does his influencing openly. Why is only Sheldon attacked?
One of the first signs of Hamas gains in Judea and Samaria, due to the reconciliation between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, are the amount of Hamas flags that are being waved in PA controlled areas (or areas the PA controls at the moment) in Ramallah protests. Hamas is planning to openly run in elections […]
Bye-bye to the right-wing extremists, left-wing extremists, weirdoes and maybe Tzipi Livni.
Two new polls show that Israel is marching rightward and that the nationalist and religious parties would even be stronger than in the current coalition if elections were held today, mostly at the expense of Yair Lapid The Likud Beitenu party, which reflects the merger of Likud and Yisrael Beitenu that still may be dissolved, […]
Haredi political leaders across the board called a court ruling for new elections in Beit Shemesh” corrupt,” “racist” and a sign of “dictatorship,” among other less than complimentary adjectives. The court accepted a petition by Attorney General Yehudah Weinstein that documented corruption in the voting October 22 as ground for voiding the election results, which […]
The Jewish Home party won its day in court on Thursday with an administration court ruling that the October 22 elections for the Beit Shemesh mayor and city council are invalid because of suspected fraud. The court ordered a new vote. Jewish Home mayoral candidate lost the election by 956 votes to Shas party incumbent […]
Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party would win 14 Knesset seats if elections were held today, compared with 11 in a poll in November, according to the Hebrew-language Walla! website. The increased strength is attributed to recent bills on more rights for homosexuals that Yesh Atid has sponsored, although they not yet been passed into law. The […]
Several Haredi residents in Beit Shemesh have confessed to police investigators that they gave the identification cards to others to vote in their place, Israel radio reported. On Election Day, police confiscated approximately 200 identification cards and disguises. Attorney General Yehudah Weinstein appealed to the courts to violate the recent elections in Beit Shemesh, and […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Now that the U.S. and other P5+1 powers made an interim nuclear deal with Iran without involving Israel, the Jewish state is free to act as it sees fit on the Iranian issue without consulting America, former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told JNS.org. “I think now [the Israelis] have really a […]
There is a glimmer of hope in fighting corrupt elections in Israel, which is no worse than anywhere else but simply more obvious.
A police raid on two homes before the elections last month uncovered 250 false identification cards that people intended to use to cast extra ballots.
By David Morris
Enthusiastic fellow purple-people have established a Facebook Page called The Purple Zone, and punned in Hebrew "Am Segula."
“Non-Christians have a false religion" but the Jews are an exception, says a Virginia Tea Party preacher-candidate in a splendid show of how to put your foot in your mouth.
Local elections in Israel are rarely a pretty sight, but the one Beit Shemesh Tuesday night takes this year’s trophy. False IDs and trashing ballots were the tip of the iceberg. By the way, Shas won.
With generally low turnouts, many incumbents,and some surprise victories.
Moshe Lion's team has gone on the offensive, and claim mayoral incumbent Nir Barkat is making backroom deals.
The overwhelming majority of Jerusalem's Arabs are still afraid of the radicals.
Mayor Nir Barkat would win re-election for mayor with 47 percent of the vote, compared with 41 percent for challenger Moshe Leon, according to a new poll carried out by the Smith Institute and published Thursday. Although Barkat has a solid lead, it is far smaller than anyone imagined when Leon, a virtual unknown from […]
The Likud-Beiteinu party and the Jewish Home parties would collectively win six more seats in the Knesset if elections were held today, according to a new poll conducted by Smith Institute for Globes business newspaper. Labor, headed by Shelly, Yachimovich, would gain one more seat, while Yesh Atid, headed by Yair Lapid would sink form […]
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.
The Yesh Atid party, chaired by Yair Lapid, continues to lose popularity in the latest poll, with Meretz picking up the pieces and Likud, Jewish Home and Labor holding on to their strength. If elections were held today, Lapid’s party would win only 12 seats, compared with 19 Knesset Members that it won in the […]
By JTA
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel was behind last month’s military coup in Egypt. Erdogan told a meeting of the provincial chairs of his ruling Justice and Development, or AKP, party that he has evidence that Israel was involved in the July 3 overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the Turkish Hurriyet news […]
By Daniel Pipes
Ahmed Shafiq, the former air force commander and former president Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, actually won the presidential race by a narrow margin.
Anthony Weiner’s entry in the race for New York City’s next mayor hurt the chances of Bill de Blasio, but the rapid tumble in Weiner’s ratings have turned things around for the liberal de Blasio, the city’s public advocate. "When Weiner entered the race, de Blasio was the most hurt, since they were both outer […]
First, the US backed ousting Mubarak because of his violence. Then it urged elections, Morsi won, and the US backed his ouster. Then the army killed a few hundred, but Kerry has a solution: Elections.
By JTA
Argentina’s Rabbi Sergio Bergman won the midterm congressional primary elections, his first national test for a seat in the country’s Parliament. Bergman, who currently serves as a Buenos Aires city lawmaker for the center-right PRO Party, was the candidate who received the most votes for the lower house of the National Parliament in Sunday’s poll, […]
Police have arrested New York City Comptroller Kristin Davis, a former madam who supplied prostitutes through an escort service, on charges of selling prescription pills containing controlled substances. Davis, 38, is accused of selling hundreds of pills, as recently as this past April, with the intent to distribute a controlled substance. She was charged with […]
The latest sordid details of Anthony Weiner’s sexting, after he already had quite Congress over the first publication of the scandal, have dropped from from first place in the latest New York mayoral race polls published by Quinnipiac University. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has retaken her previous place at the top of the pack, […]
Cory Booker is not your average Torah student. First of all, he is Black. And Christian, And he on his way to replace the late Frank Lautenberg as NJ Senator.
Bennett lost the battle for Chief Rabbis but he may have won the war. A Knesset Channel poll shows Jewish Home party as the second largest, only three seats behind the Likud and three ahead of Lapid.
Rabbi Ratzon Arusi withdrew his candidacy for Chief Sephardi Rabbi, one hour before balloting began Wednesday afternoon. His withdrawal leaves three candidates in the race. On Tuesday, Be’er Sheva Chief Rabbi Yehuda Deri and Jerusalem Rabbinical Court head Rabbi Eliyahu Abergel quit the race. The remaining candidates are Hazon Ovadia yeshiva Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, son […]
Tonight we may no who the two chief rabbis are, and it might very well be the last time there are two instead of one.
Anthony Weiner has surprise everyone except himself by soaring to the lead in the Democratic primaries, but his use of the “Nazi card” to run down the “stop and frisk” policy may cost him points.
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