Several polls published in the last 24 hours project that Likud is in the lead with 35 seats, and Blue and White is right behind with 34 seats.
Latest polls show that in a right vs. left constellation, Liberman is needed to form any coalition.
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A new, spacious highway connecting Jerusalem and the Israeli city smack at the center of the "west bank" will spell the end of the PA's hopes for a contiguous Palestinian State.
Hamas claims the hit man killed a senior Hamas commander under Israeli orders.
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Liberman said that 'any peace agreement should be based on populated-area exchange, which should also include Israeli Arabs who consider themselves to be Palestinian.'
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The defense minister said Israel will invest close to $1 billion over the next few years on defending the Gaza-vicinity communities.
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Liberman said PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was not seeking peace, and said he incited violence rather than work against it.
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The president of J Street shared how enraged he is by the fact that groups that work in direct defiance of US foreign policy enjoy a tax-exempt status in the US.
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The same official also told Israel Radio that the PA does not demand that Israel freeze settlement construction as a prerequisite to the Paris conference, but rather the freeze should coincide with the start of negotiations.
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According to Liberman, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has been an obstacle to a working solution for the area.
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On Sunday, the White House staff let the Israelis know they were fuming, and unable to understand how Israel chooses to attack the president in the midst of negotiating the biggest military aid package.
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The boorish voice in this incident belonged to Obama. As a NY Post editorial put it, "What could President Obama have been thinking?"
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"Part of the tradition in the Palestinian Authority is that the same people who at nighttime deal with harming Israel and worked hard to annihilate the State of Israel, during the daytime speak a lot about brotherhood among the nations, peace, and so forth."
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Bennett was behind the popular notion that the Netanyahu security cabinet was unaware of the tunnel threat.
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One report that had been produced by a Knesset committee was shelved because of the 2015 elections.
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The last straw in Galatz's elitist load was the station's movie critic Gidi Orsher who posted a particularly offensive Facebook status in which he described Jews from Muslim countries as superstitious savages.
Minister of Defense Avigdor Liberman: “Jewish philanthropists around the world should not donate to anti-Zionist causes”
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In January 2015 Shamir announced he was leaving the party and would not run in the 2015 elections because of to disagreements with Liberman over foreign policy.
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There is a dispute between the professional echelon in the defense ministry and Prime Minister Netanyahu over the American proposal.
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has named Sharon Shalom has his new chief of staff for the Defense Ministry
Liberman explained why Haniyeh isn't dead yet, as Liberman boasted he would be
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Ahead of coalition reshuffle, Bennett revving up attacks on Netanyahu, Liberman urging calm.
By JoeSettler
Liberman didn't zig-zag. He didn't even say anything new. He probably just left out the details of what he actually meant...
By Shalom Bear
Both sides will be setting up negotiation teams to determine the terms of Liberman joining the coalition.
Liberman said, "You can't be a wimp in the Middle East."
MK David Rotem (Yisrael Beitienu) announced today that he is retiring from politics.
By JoeSettler
Withholding tax money is a temporary measure -- getting replaced with Dahlan -- that's forever.
By JoeSettler
The party chiefs are acting drunk and childish - making stupid mistakes and inadvertently showing their true selves - just like on Purim.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Liberman (L) speaks with Israel's Minister of Housing and Construction Uri Ariel during a cornerstone laying ceremony for a new Synagogue in the community of Nokdim in Eastern Gush Etzion, on October 23, 2014. Nokdim is Liberman's home town. This is what we think they spoke about.
By Shalom Bear
Resistance to integrating Haredim into the coalition came from an unexpected source.
The Attorney General, Yehuda Weinstein, has decided not to appeal Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman's acquittal. Liberman was unanimously acquitted on November 6, after being hounded for 17 years on various charges. Unexpectedly, Weinstein had decided to go after Liberman on a weaker charge of breach of public trust, rather than what seemed to be the […]
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 […]
Ayalon's new position on the Palestinian statehood doesn't quite match his prior criticism of the Palestinian's bid for statehood at the UN.
While Netanyahu reportedly has his hands full with Yair Lapid's coalition demands, Avigdor Liberman met with Naftali Bennett today to discuss Bennett's joining the coalition, according to Avigdor Liberman's Facebook page. Liberman said they discussed the political options currently on the table as well as the Chareidi draft issue. They agreed to continue talking. Bennett […]
By Barry Rubin
Netanyahu’s impending victory is due to the fact that the prime minister has done a reasonably good job, the economy is okay, terrorism is low, he’s kept out of trouble.
Yisrael Beytenu leader – and just-stepped-down Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman – is in legal limbo, with his anticipated indictment delayed at the last minute.
Netanyahu said that the decision to run together won't change the Likud, but it would allow the Likud to change the State of Israel. But the new joint list will receive only 42 seats in the next Knesset elections next January, a Channel 2 News poll found on Sunday. It means that the parties will retain their current power.
The merger of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and the Yisrael Beiteinu party of Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman on Thursday has left-wing parties scrambling for a solution to the sudden show of solidarity on the part of the pro-nationalist camp.
Yair Shamir, son of former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir, will be entering the political arena under the banner of the Yisrael Beytenu party.
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The government on Sunday voted to put a ministerial committee headed by the Prime Minister in charge of Jewish development in Judea and Samaria , the first time in 16 years that the establishment and expansion of Jewish communities in the biblical heartland will not come under the purview of the full government.
Israel Beytenu Chairman: "The residents who have lived in Givat Ulpana for years are law-abiding citizens. This is not an illegal outpost. It is the state's mistake, and it must take responsibility. There are ways to regulate the matter with legislation."
By Barry Rubin
Israel is apparently going to have elections this autumn and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will almost certainly win by a big margin. Understanding why explains a lot about the country that people think they know the most about but in fact comprehend the least.