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By JNi.Media
A Friday Channel 1 News poll gives Bennett's party 14 seats in a new election, with Likud shrinking from 30 to 27 seats, Labor chopped down from 24 to 11, and Lieberman gaining 2, from 6 to 8 seats.
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Herzog did not explain how a 55% majority of the house can be considered "extremist" while the remaining 45% are the proverbial moderates.
The problems in the security cabinet were revealed as part of the lessons learned from Operation Protective Edge in Gaza in the summer of 2014 and from the Second Lebanon War in 2006.
Netanyahu expressed his continued openness towards including the opposition Zionist Union faction led by Labor party Chairman Isaac Herzog in the coalition.
MK Avigdor Liberman rocked the political establishment by agreeing to become the defense minister.
By Shalom Bear
Both sides will be setting up negotiation teams to determine the terms of Liberman joining the coalition.
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.
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The open rebuke was a deadly jibe at Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, who defended and supported Golan's speech and the sentiments he noted.
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The dynamo working tirelessly to promote a Likud-Labor coalition has been Finance Minister Kahlon, who is facing a serious challenge from his permanent foe Yair Lapid.
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Barghouti is not "Palestinian", having been born in Qatar and grown up in Egypt.
By JNi.Media
“I am here with all of who and what I am, what I’ve chosen and what I haven’t, and am proud of being Jewish, Israeli, Mizrahi (origins in an Arab country), gay, Likudnik, hawk, liberal and free-market man.”
The Prime Minister's dog, a former stray, also bit the husband of Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely.
Israel's Science Minister said the scheduled meeting "will take place in eastern Jerusalem or nowhere. The Austrian chose "nowhere."
Aryeh Deri, chairman of the Shas Sephardi Hareidi party, will leave the Ministry of Economy and be given another Cabinet post following the failure of the Netanyahu government to convince him to relinquish authority over the roadmap for governing Israel's off-shore natural gas fields. Deri will continue to serve as Minister of the Development of […]
By JNi.Media
“At the moment I’ve decided not to build,” Netanyahu is heard in the recording, “That does not mean that tomorrow it won’t change, on the contrary, the way it changed before, it will change [again].”
Gilad says the State Dept. believes lies to draw false conclusions, but he does not expect an apology because the Obama administration is "hostile" to Israel. The off-and-on irritable relationship between the United States and Israel is back into the "testy" category with frowns from Washington that Israel uses excessive violence to quell rioters and […]
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Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud), told the Knesset on Tuesday there was an urgent need to form a unity government.
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The Prime Minister did not like the behavior of some of the Likud ministers and MKs who criticized his government’s policy on confronting terrorism.
By Rachel Levy
Members of the Likud Youth Organization ignored a directive from PM Netanyahu, ascending the Temple Mount anyway.
MK Jamal Zahalka said everything that a right-winger thinks but would not dare say about leftists - "racist", "spoiled" and "engineers of expulsion."
By JNi.Media
Labor circles were quick to explain that "Herzog only meant taking in several hundred refugees, mostly Druze whose lives are in immediate danger."
Hirsch nominated as police chief is a bold attempt to redeem a police force rotten in public's eyes
The President said, "Settling in the land of Israel is the right of the Jewish people."
By JoeSettler
The very challenges that most irk Netanyahu about Danon, are the skills that will make him successful in the UN.
On what note will President Obama end his presidency?
Homosexual leaders who organized last night's rally in Tel Aviv demanded that speakers sign a pledge supporting their cause.
By Moshe Herman
Likud party member Ze'ev Jabotinsky, namesake and grandson of the famous Zionist leader, discusses his grandfather's legacy with Yishai. On the 75th anniversary of the original Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s death, his descendent — the CEO of Tagar Computer Systems and an advocate for Israel’s rights under international law — talks with Yishai about the man and the legend.
Former Likud Knesset Member Moshe Feiglin announced Friday he is launching a new party called "Identity." Feiglin lost his bid for re-elected earlier this year after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu out-maneuvered him and left him in a low rank on the list of candidates. He served one term in the Knesset after succeeding in the […]
By Moshe Herman
Yishai is joined in-studio by Knesset insider Jeremy Saltan, who heard Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon claim that while terrorism was yesterday's war, BDS and Deligitimization are today's strategic threat to Israel. Then, Yishai is joined in-studio by Erez Tadmor, associate editor at Mida magazine and co-founder of "Im Tirtzu," an organization that fights anti-Zionism on Israeli campuses. As the head of the "message" team for the Netanyahu campaign, which yielded a whopping 30 seats for the Likud, he explains what Israelis want to hear, and how Netanyahu beat an international consortium against him.
Leftists, whose free speech may have cost Labor the election, once again shoot themselves in the mouth.
Erdan is set to be sworn in as the new Minister of Internal Security, Strategic Affairs and Advocacy.
Israel finally has a Foreign Minister who is not ashamed to say the word "God."
By Shalom Bear
The Bayit Yehudi party may be wondering if the coalition agreements it signed are worth the paper they're written on.
Like a squabbling couple Netanyahu and Liberman, are both probably realizing life apart is much worse than life together.
The following is the list of Likud ministerial positions...
Two Likud MKs are sick, and might miss tonight's swearing in ceremony.
Several holes remain on the road to a new government, which is supposed to take office at 7 p.m. Thursday.
By Shalom Bear
During a Knesset voice vote, an MK yelled out "in favor" in place of the missing MK Xenia Svetlova. Is this 2003 all over again?
Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) has a goal.
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
A Likud source said the new proposal made to Bennett was "rich and fair." It's about time.
By Shalom Bear
With just a day to go, Bennett finally gives serious push-back to Netanyahu's threats and inadequate proposals.
By Shalom Bear
Shas got a good deal. What Bayit Yehudi does with their offer remains to be seen.
By Shalom Bear
Avigdor Liberman, unhappy with the coalition talks dropped a political bombshell today.
By Shalom Bear
Ministerial distributions are starting to firm up, but Bennett reportedly has a new demand.
By Shalom Bear
The Likud could reach agreements with most of its potential coalition partners by next week.
The primary road block is the position that Bayit Yehudi party head Naftali Bennett will receive.
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.
Why is the black kettle that whistles to Arabs to vote called "democratic" and the one that urges Jews to vote called "racist?"
Netanyahu is expected to have 61 recommendations in his favor.
By Rachel Levy
Aides to President Barack Obama told media Friday the U.S. will “reassess” its relationship with Israel after Netanyahu's re-election.
By Rachel Levy
Punishment of Israelis for re-electing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was not long in coming from US President Barack Obama.
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."
Netanyahu said he wants to have a government formed within the next 2 to 3 weeks.
By JoeSettler
Netanyahu's decisive victory has important ramifications beyond who gets to sit int he coalition.
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.
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
We're not endorsing Netanyahu. A vote for Bennett is definitely just as good. But when we saw this Chuck Norris video, we knew had to put it up (or else).
Feiglin wants to accompany his son up, for his wedding day, but needs special permission from the Prime Minister.
With nearly a dozen viable parties, the president choosing the one who pulls together the pieces, Israeli elections are complicated.
The Shas chairman, the smartest politician in town, knows a coalition in the hand is better than one in the bush.
Even if his predictions are completely wrong he can still be called an expert!
By Shalom Bear
We could see the Likud or the Zionist Union ending up as junior partners in a future coalition.
By JoeSettler
The polls currently don't look good for the Right, we may need Yachad to create a loud opposition.
The Labor Court will decide today whether to allow the strike.
The difference is significant enough in this poll, that the Left can finally form a coalition.
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 JoeSettler
The definition of elections is voting for the candidate you least dislike.
The party headed by Herzog and Livni blamed the violation of the law on a "local" initiative.
Eli Yishai is starting to surge upward.
The Left-Right division remains almost the same, but a National Unity government is also feasible.
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 […]
The parties keep trading seats back and forth, but the right-left blocks remain the same.
They distribute ballots to elect the 'Savior."
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 Supreme Court may reverse the decision. The committee has not decided on Baruch Marzel's candidacy.
V15's stated goals for the Middle East would result in the end of the Jewish State.
Gafni's position: The Left would give the Chareidim more money, but the Right allows more Judaism in the public schools.
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 […]
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.
Haaretz may not be too pleased with the results of the latest election poll they ran...
By Shalom Bear
Avigdor Liberman finally declared his political allegiances without the semantic games and ambiguity.
National religious voters favoring the new Yachad party headed by Eli Yishai may be wasting their votes.
It isn't over until it's over.
Netanyahu will reportedly be offering a spot on the Likud list to Caroline Glick.
The popular right-wing Knesset Member now is in the 20th place on the list of candidates.
The younger generation is decidedly left-wing and right-wing.
Israel TV and radio turned a one-seat improvement for Herzog-Livni into a major victory.
Results of the recount are good news for the Likud and bad news for the Jewish Home party.
The latest polls put Likud back on top, but its being able to form a coalition is less clear cut.
Two major supporters of Feiglin are sticking with the Likud.
Netanyahu can insert any 2 candidates he wants into the Knesset, he's asked you to choose for him...
The Likud is recounting some problematic ballot boxes. Hotovely reportedly helped dump Feiglin; Bibi wants her in the Knesset.
July 3, 2026 
