First poll since Netanyahu’s speech still shows Zionist Union leading
Herzog’s party on 24 seats, Likud on 23, but 47% want PM to continue for another term
View ArticleHaredi group decries far-rightist joining with Yishai
Ultra-Orthodox activists circulate flyers critical of Baruch Marzel, say late Shas leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef would not approve of merger
View ArticleFriday surveys show Likud and Zionist Union neck and neck
Ahead of March 17 elections, new polls still indicate Netanyahu better placed than Herzog to form coalition
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Yair Lapid and Ayelet Shaked crowned best-looking lawmakers, Netanyahu doesn’t make it past the electoral threshold
View ArticleZionist Union grabs 3-seat edge over Likud in new poll
Separate survey shows Israelis don’t think Herzog government would change peace prospects, but half say it would improve ties with US
View ArticleFar-right candidate indicted for altercation with Palestinian
Baruch Marzel of Yachad Knesset list accused of brawling with Hebron resident in 2013
View ArticleFrom annexation to right of return: What the parties say about the Palestinians
Bennett wants Greater Israel, Liberman wants to redraw the borders, Lapid wants a divorce, Kahlon wants a two-state reality. And what does Netanyahu want?
View ArticleIs Netanyahu about to lose the election?
Its campaign has grown frantic, its activists are moribund. And though it would be wrong to bury the ruling Likud party, its supporters are right to be worried
View ArticleStump and grind
Likud throws a Hail Mary asking voters who decamped to smaller factions to come home, as parties and the newspaper writers who love them make their final pitches
View ArticleHamas and Fatah have clear, opposite interests in Israel’s election outcome
Ordinary Palestinians couldn’t care less about the March 17 vote. Not so the rival West Bank and Gaza leaderships
View ArticleNetanyahu: Herzog would give Palestinians capital in east Jerusalem
At right-wing rally in Tel Aviv, prime minister again calls on Kulanu leader Kahlon to accept finance minister post
View ArticleProminent rabbi skips vote, boding ill for ultra-Orthodox parties
Lithuanian community leader Shmuel Auerbach declares he will not be voting, a move that could be emulated by his 30,000 followers
View ArticleDespite poll battering, Jewish Home party defiantly upbeat
Amid 4 seat decline, party official says ‘supporters came to the rescue of others to ensure an overall right-wing win’
View ArticleOver 235,000 votes thrown in trash
Between disqualified ballots and votes for parties that did not make the threshhold, most notably Yachad, some 5.5 percent of voters won’t have their voices count
View ArticlePetition urges PM to nix Deri over criminal past
Over 11,000 signatories protest Shas leader returning to ministerial post due to his bribery conviction during previous stint
View ArticleAt Yitzhar, heartland of settler extremism, hostility to State of Israel is...
Spokesman condemns firebombing murder of Palestinian baby, won’t apologize for whichever ‘lunatic’ carried it out
View ArticleRabbi pins Henkin killings on divine retribution for gay parades
Spiritual leader of failed political party Yachad tells memorial event, attended by children of murdered couple, that ‘immoral acts’ caused wave of terror, Israeli deaths
View ArticleMost British Jews find Israel’s approach to peace harmful, new study shows
According to Yachad UK-funded survey, nearly a quarter would support sanctions on Israel if it would pressure government to make concessions to Palestinians
View ArticleEli Yishai said in talks to join Kulanu party
Former Shas leader denies negotiations are taking place, as does Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon
View ArticleTop rabbi blames garage collapse, rocket explosion on divine anger
Rabbi Meir Mazuz, head of Tunisian Jewry in Israel, says God’s unhappiness over desecration of Shabbat is cause of recent disasters
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