ISRAEL ELECTION voting underway
A combination picture shows Isaac Herzog, co-leader of the centre-left Zionist Union party, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the two apparent front-runners as voting gets underway in Israels parliamentary elections. (REUTERS) .
As Election Day Nears, Benjamin Netanyahu Talks of a ‘Worldwide’ Effort to Defeat Him
The Israeli prime minister spoke as polls showed his rightist Likud bloc tied with the center-left Zionist Union.. Israeli Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu, in rare, unpublicized campaign address to activists in his Likud Party, speaks of a global effort to defeat him in upcoming elections.
Who Won Israels Elections? Time Will Tell ��� Tablet Magazine
The first exit polls for Israels elections are in, and they contain some surprises, but few conclusions. An average of these polls, which were conducted by Israels TV stations, put Benjamin Netanyahus Likud and Isaac Herzogs��.
Israels Netanyahu, Herzog in tight race in parliamentary.
JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog is refusing to concede defeat in Israels closely fought Herzog parliamentary election. Herzog told supporters early Wednesday that he will make ���every effort��� to��.
Imaging the Israeli Settlements
. Jeremy Ashkenas describes what went into creating the graphics and visuals that accompanied an article about expanding Israeli settlements.
Israels election - LIVE REPORT - Business Insider
AFP Gil Cohen MagenA giant campaign billboard rotates showing Israeli PM and Likud partys candidate Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli MP Labour Party leader and co-leader of the Zionist Union party, Isaac Herzog.
Israel Needs a Grown-Up
Netanyahu promotes himself as a Bibi-sitter. But babysitters dont think about the future.
How to Talk to Israel’s Voters
The U.S. should make clear its preference for a new government committed to talks with the Palestinians.
Giuliani Comments Echo Old Republican Attacks on Obama
. Rudolph W. Giuliani has stirred a furor this week by claiming that President Obama does not love America, but the suggestion is not a new one.
Group Backing Netanyahu Will Air Ad Attacking Hillary Clinton
. The first television advertisement of the 2016 presidential campaign cycle to attack Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, will have its debut this weekend, paid for by a neoconservative group that strongly supports Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
ISRAEL ELECTION: Benjamin Netanyahu hails great victory but.
Israel election: Benjamin Netanyahu hails great victory but exit polls say race is close. BENJAMIN Netanyahu has hailed a great victory in the Israeli elections but exit polls released tonight suggests there is no clear winner.
Ayman Oudeh Has Already Won Israels Election ��� Forward.
Muslim Knesset hopeful Ayman Oudeh, whose family has captivated Jewish leftists and the Israeli media, is coming out the winner in this election, Lisa Goldman writes.
Israel Election Night Coverage - Victory Girls Blog
Israel Election Night Coverage. by Deanna Fisher on March 17, 2015. We here at Victory Girls are keeping a close eye on the exit polls in Israel this evening. Now that the polls have officially closed, the initial results look promising that Prime��.
ISRAEL ELECTION live blog / Senior Likud MK: Likud will win, even if Netanyahu.
Israel election live blog / Senior Likud MK: Likud will win, even if Netanyahu goes home. Livni gives up power-sharing deal with Herzog; Habayit Hayehudi fears it may be dipping into single digits; Meretz chief says Herzog wont be PM if her party.
Netanyahu Soundly Defeats Chief Rival in Israeli Elections
TEL AVIV ��� After a bruising campaign focused on his failings, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel won a clear victory in Tuesdays elections and seemed all but certain to form a new government and serve a fourth term, though he offended many .
Herzog Emerging as Credible Challenge to Netanyahu in Israeli Race
Long dismissed as not quite prime ministerial material, Isaac Herzog, the leader of the center-left opposition, is now a contender in an election many see as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu.. Isaac Herzog, leader of Israels Labor Party and co-founder of new center-left group Zionist Union, is presenting credible challenge to Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu in March elections; has been judged to be shrewd and capable politician, but not until recently has he ascended to prime ministerial material.
Senate targets Obama meddling in Israel election
Israeli election trends have long demonstrated that Arab citizens vote overwhelmingly for left-wing and Arab parties. Any increase in the Arab vote would clearly come at the expense of the Likud Party and other right-wing��.
Factbox: Main candidates in Israels election
Bennett, leader of the far-right Jewish Home party, emerged as a surprise success story in the 2013 election, advocating annexation of more than half of the occupied West Bank and calling a Palestinian state suicide for Israel. Bennett, a religious.
Exit polls: Election to determine Israels next prime minister.
(CNN) ��� Preliminary exit poll estimates released by Israels three major broadcasters late Tuesday show an election too close to call. Millions of Israelis cast their votes to determine their countrys next Prime Minister and the��.
Breakaway Party Leader Stays Mum on Where He’ll Throw Support After Israeli Elections
Moshe Kahlon, leader of the center-right Kulanu party, is a former Likud minister who broke away from the party in part out of frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu Shifts Tactics as His Likud Party Appears to Slip in Final Surveys
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is running for his third consecutive term, is confronting the very real possibility of a political about-face in Israel.
In Israeli Race, Winning First Place Is No Guarantee of Becoming Premier
Getting the most votes is no guarantee that an Israel party leader will be able to form a government and become prime minister.
Netanyahu, Herzog fight Election Day battle of the gap
Eight hours after polls opened in Israel at 7 A.M., Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met voters for the first time on Election Day Tuesday. The location his campaign and security had agreed upon was a tiny alleyway at the edge of a rundown, .
LIVE BLOG: 13.7% of eligible Israelis cast their ballots by 10 AM
Israelis are voting on Tuesday in an election called last December by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The election culminates a strident, personal campaign that, to the surprise of many, finds the incumbent fighting for his political life against.
Israels Arab Party Is Handing Bibi the Election ��� Forward.
Is the Joint Arab List handing Netanyahu this election on a silver platter? Aaron Magid explains how one partys rejection of the Israeli left works in the prime ministers favor.
Agony and ecstasy at Likud headquarters
Ironically, the Likudniks were excited to have tied for first place, whereas in the last election, when the combined Likud-Yisrael Beytenu list led by a significant margin, they were miserable. Likud supporters celebrate at party headquarters on.
Sarah Silverman Weighs in on Israeli Election ��� Tablet.
Sarah Silverman is known for lending her comedic voice to political causes. Back in 2008, she urged young Jews to go down to Florida and convince their grandparents to vote for Obama, a trek she called ���The Great Schlep.
Binyamin Netanyahu fights for political survival at Israeli.
Binyamin Netanyahu fights for political survival at Israeli general election. Netanyahu faces determined opposition and an electorate who seem ready to force a change. A supporter takes a selfie with Israeli Labour Party��.
Netanyahu claims victory in Israel election after hard right shift
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israels election after exit polls showed he had erased his center-left rivals lead with a hard rightward shift in which he abandoned a commitment to negotiate a��.
Netanyahu Speech Has Eager Audience in Iran
Many in Iran hope that a blunt speech to Congress by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel would turn American public opinion against him.. Iranian news media is spotlighting division between Israeli Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu and Pres Obama over how to deal with countrys nuclear program as proof that Israel is being isolated by its ally United States; analysts are pondering how split might affect results of nuclear negotiations; many Iranians hope American public opinion will turn against Netanyahu as result of speech to Congress.
What if the US adopted Israels election system?
Then a state could choose to have voters elect the states House delegation at large or in multi-member districts. But, barring a constitutional amendment, you still couldnt have a national, Israel-style ballot. Before you object that thats good.
Analysis: The ISRAEL ELECTION decided by one vote
With all due respect to the millions of people who gave up time on their vacation day to cast ballots, it was clear from the start that the election would be decided by one man: President Reuven Rivlin. When the polling stations closed at 10 p.m.
Netanyahu is the clear winner in Israels election
The votes have been counted in Israels national elections, and its Benjamin Netanyahus Likud party by a far wider margin than anyone expected. With 90% of votes counted, Likud has over 23% of the vote and 30 seats in the next Knesset compared to 24 .
Israels Election: Netanyahu Seeks 4th Term | WNIJ and WNIU
An Israeli woman votes with her daughter at a polling station in the coastal city of Haifa on Tuesday. Israel faces an unpredictable election to determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will remain in power.
Israel Election: Netanyahu Declares Victory Against All Odds
JERUSALEM ��� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to fend off a strong challenge from the countrys opposition leader in parliamentary elections Tuesday, emerging from an acrimonious campaign in a slightly better position to form Israels .
A Bad Mistake
What’s behind the coming address to Congress by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel?. Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column warns that Israeli Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahus planned address to Congress about Iran at invitation of Speaker John Boehner could have disastrous consequences for Israeli-American relations; underscores how it is not in Israels interest to be seen as influencing directly Americas decisions about what to do with Iran, particularly if negotiations over its nuclear program fail.
White House Response to Israeli Election
The White House press secretary, Josh Earnest, said President Obama was confident “the strong ties between the United States and Israel will endure,” regardless of the victor in Israel’s election.
As Vote Nears, Watchdog Agency Criticizes Netanyahu on Housing Costs
Successive governments in Israel have failed to address the lack of reasonably priced housing, the state comptroller found.. Israeli State Comptroller Joseph Haim issues damaging report showing Benjamin Netanyahu administrations shortcomings in dealing with growing housing crisis as prices of homes rise and construction lags; report may negatively affect Netanyahus chances of winning third term in March election.
An Uneasy Coalition for Israel
A national unity government may be the least bad outcome.
Obamas Buji bet: Seeing magic in Israels election
More substantively, Israels policies arent likely to change fundamentally. The reason Bibi-fatigue and the economy dominated the election campaign is that most Israelis believe that on national security the top candidates differ little. Sure, Obama.
Arab Alliance Rises as Force in Israeli Elections
Israeli Arabs have experienced a political awakening as politicians have formed potent alliances that hold the potential of preventing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from cobbling together a ruling coalition.. New political alliance between Israels Arab political parties, which has energized many of nations 1.7 million Palestinian citizens, threatens to shift dynamics in upcoming election; polls show that alliance could become its third-largest Parliamentary faction, with 13 of 120 seats, giving leader Ayman Odeh potential to block Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu or his chief challenger Isaac Herzog in their pursuit of a ruling coalition.
Netanyahu’s ‘Bibi-Sitter’ Ad Draws Praise From U.S. Conservatives
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stars in an online comedy sketch as the nation’s babysitter in chief.
Netanyahu Throws a Punch in Israels Newspaper War
The prime minister accused one paper of a “campaign of slander” against him, his party and a rival paper backed by the American billionaire Sheldon Adelson.. Israeli Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu posts accusations against leading newspaper Yediot Aharonot on his Facebook account, inserting himself into escalating battle between Yediot and upstart competitor Israel Hayom; action comes days after lawyers filed petition to ban Hayom from publishing during the election campaign, calling it a propaganda platform for Netanyahu.
Reporters Notebook: Meet the woman who voted in all 20 Israeli elections
On election day, they take force. These are people who have lived Israels history, fought in its wars, grappled with its economic challenges, and seen its political tides turn. On election day, they greet each other with inquiries about who has.
Israels Inequality Election - NYTimes.com
Since the early 90s, however, the concentration of income and wealth has soared; at this point Israel may be the most unequal society in the advanced world, surpassing even the US. Goodbye kibbutz, hello Gilded Age.
Israeli elections: Decision time (or not) | Brookings Institution
Less than a day until the polls open in Israel, the race is too close to call. Using the final pre-election polling data, Natan Sachs analyzes the latest numbers and outlines what to expect Tuesday night.
ISRAEL ELECTION 2015: how the night unfolded
The Israeli elections appear to have left the two main parties, Benjamin Netanyahus Likud and Isaac Herzogs Zionist Union neck and neck so the make-up of the next government will be decided by coalition negotiations over the next days. The strength.
Israels Election: The Rare Actual Tossup
Pundits love to refer to elections as tossups, but most are not. By the time Election Day arrives, one candidate tends to be a strong favorite, even when the polls are fairly close. But todays election in Israel is the rare exception: Its close to a.
Israeli Utility to Stop Disrupting Electricity in West Bank
The state-owned electric company, which briefly reduced power on two days this week, has reached a deal with the Israeli government to help offset what it is owed.. Israel Electric Corporation will return electric power to Palestinian areas of West Bank after receiving $75 million payment from Israeli government; money will be deducted from Palestinian tax revenues that are currently being withheld.
The Juvenile Habits of Israel’s Voters
Most of us need to grow up and vote for one of two main camps - not just for whats fashionable.
ISRAEL ELECTIONs: rising panic in Likud ranks as opposition.
Israels opposition leader, Yitzhak Herzog, appears to be gaining momentum in the runup to next weeks general election, triggering a rising sense of panic in Likud, the party of the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu.
Obama-linked nonprofit filed for new IRS status after accusation of meddling.
Chill relations between Obama and Netanyahu are no secret, but allegations of U.S. administration meddling in Israels election could take the animosity to a new level. (AP). The American nonprofit OneVoice Movement ��� under scrutiny by a U.S. Senate .