Will Israeli Jews vote for Joint List?
In the past, those voters were perhaps hesitant to publicly state that they would support or vote for a slate defining itself as Arab-Jewish but whose underlying base comprises all Arab streams and factions in Israel. ���We identify a teeny-weeny trend.
Why Israeli Left Should Cheer Reuven Rivlin - Blogs - Forward
Liberal Zionists and progressive commentators were quick to describe his election as bad news, a threat to the peace process and to Israeli-Palestinian relations. But if we take a closer look at Israeli politics and Rivlins personal. But, on the other hand, he also proposed giving Palestinians Israeli citizenship, full civil rights and the right to vote in a much-discussed Haaretz interview back in 2010. Just like Netanyahu, Rivlin would like Israel to keep the West Bank.
Four myths about the Israeli elections
Dont believe the polls or what reporters say - in Israel, elections dont work like in other countries. By Gershom.. Pollsters cant be sure how many people will vote for unsuccessful parties, and how many will switch to a larger one at the last.
The morning after: The death of Israels true left
A worker at a printing factory in an Arab Israeli villages cuts freshly printed election banners of Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog, left, and Meretz leader Zehava Galon. Photo by Reuters. Who can they manage to scare, without an actual scapegoat.
Stop Israels political pyromaniac
Next Marchs election will give Israelis the chance to deliver a vital message to Benjamin Netanyahu: Go home, youve done enough damage already. By Yoel Marcus | Dec. 5, 2014 | 6:00 AM | 3 .
The dirty battle over agenda in Israels elections
Its hard to understand how Likud MKs can call a press conference and with a straight face accuse ���foreign elements��� of funding groups to bring down their party. After all, outside the hall, pensioners in Israel Hayoms red overalls were handing out.
Israeli Elections 2015: Likud Losing, Labor Rallying Tikun.
Haaretz election poll. A curious thing happened in the past few days in the Israeli election race. Something I didnt expect at all. Bibi Netanyahus Likud has lost momentum and fallen in a number of polls to 21 seats from a previous high of. If you do the math, and if Zionist Camp maintains 24 seats, and the other results remain close to the current projections, there is one kosher way the center-left can form a governing coalition (and one treif way, more on that later).
Sexist Chocolate Bar Rocks Ultra-Orthodox Party
Now I can vote Yahad happily. After all, who needs female representation in the Knesset or a party that really grapples with issues that affect religious women? Who needs any of that, when finally, someone has shown us support by offering us chocolate!���.
Netanyahu Slips Behind in Polls Ahead of Election : Political.
���Less than a week before Israels general elections, the party of incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu has begun to fall behind an opponent who promises to restart talks with Palestinians and smooth the prime ministers. It makes the math of coalition building more challenging ��� although it also means that getting to 61 may be close to impossible for either ZU or Likud, and perhaps a government could be formed with only 55 votes (and the Arab parties abstaining).
The lessons Israel can learn from the Greek economy
Syriza, which won just 5% of the vote in 2009, got 36% last month, giving it 149 out of 300 seats in the Greek parliament. And Alexis Tsipras, who named his second son Ernesto after Che Guevara, is the sitting prime minister in Athens. You might think.
Dialog/Haaretz Poll: Zionist Union 24, Likud 21, The Joint.
The math doesnt work. AI. March 12, 2015 at 5:46 pm. 3.25%. IOW in a very rare constellation, a party can get in the Knesset with 3 seats. Miguel. March 12, 2015 at 5:53 pm. And it the last elections Hadash gained 4 seats with 2.99% of. Im thinking of a situation where the Arab List, while not ���joining��� the Herzog government, provides him with a vote of confidence in the Knesset, giving him a ���Knesset majority��� albeit not a governmental one reflected in his cabinet.
Experimenting with our lives: The perils of electoral engineering
What if pressure from Arab voters, denied a choice on Election Day, eventually forces the joint list to hold primaries in which all Arab citizens can vote? In that case, the right will have turned its fears into reality: It will have created a formally.
Blogging the Israeli Elections - Daily Kos
So today is the day for the Israelis. The elections are up and running and many wait to see the results. The Polls are due to close at 10 PM Israel time (12 noon PST, 3 PM EST) and then results can start being reported.
Israel elections 101: On eve of vote, momentum on Arab street (+video)
Umm el-Fahm, Israel ��� The Joint List, an unprecedented alliance of communist, nationalist, and Islamist parties representing Israels Arab minority, is poised to make history in next weeks election.. While that increase may seem modest, it is.
Chabad.org, OU.org , Machon Meir , and more��� WEEKLY.
Israeli election math: Who can vote, when [���] Opinion: Israels occupation is the elephant in the room - CNN March 16, 2015. CNNOpinion: Israels occupation is the elephant in the roomCNNGideon Levy is a columnist for the Israeli daily Haaretz, which appears both in Hebrew and in English. He has... But Terumah and Tetzaveh, though they share a subject-matter, tell us different things about it, as we can see by the fact that they are never read together. Likewise��.
Moshe Kahlon: Israels new messiah
The ones that couldnt, cant. Israels upcoming election, currently set for March 17, is arguably the most redundant, gratuitous election Israel has ever had. In this election, everything seems predetermined: The right wing is expected to strengthen.
Israeli election math: Who can vote, when and where?
On March 17, aside from finding the nearest Irish pub to mark St. Patricks Day, citizens who are 18 years old and over across Israel will be casting their vote in the election for the 20th Knesset. The big decision Israelis have to make is whether to.
Israelex Morning Read ��� Netanyahu Recruits Professor and
OBAMA ALUMNI HIRED TO OUST NETANYAHU ��� ���The Obama campaign strategist who could break the Israeli elections wide open,��� writes Haaretzs Roy Arad: ���The group V15, which denies that its motto is anyone but Bibi, is working ��� to replace the government in March. ��� Their secret campaign. The math can be complicated (Hebrew link), but the principle is simple enough.. [INN]. POLL: Ohana could cost Bayit Yehudi 20% of the Dati-Leumi vote [Kipa].
Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: Genocidal math and Mahmoud.
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas told a crisis meeting in Ramallah on Wednesday that Israel is committing ���genocide��� in Gaza during its military offensive which has so far killed at least 50 Palestinians. ���Its genocide -- the killing of entire families is.. Extremely soft-sp. 1 day ago. the Dry Bones Blog �� Israeli Elections - [image: Kirschen, Dry Bones cartoon,Israel, elections, democracy, media,bibi,Shuldig,] *Meanwhile, you can vote right now for Dry Bones!
#JeSuisBibi as Benjamin Netanyahu Jostles for Cameras.
(Haaretz) ��� Just as you can sometimes identify Israeli tourists abroad by their loud voices, poor manners and gauche behavior, none of the hundreds of millions of people around the world who watched Sundays Paris rally on television. images from France, the head of the Kulanu party, Moshe Kahlon, decided it was the right time to call a press conference and present the candidate for the third position on his slate for Knesset in the coming elections, Tsaga Malko.
A Labor win will only entrench the occupation
Only one scenario is worse than the reelection on March 17 of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, and thats the election of Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog (and his political partner Tzipi Livni). Another term for Netanyahu would be a disaster, but.
Palestinians Vote To Suspend Security Cooperation With Israel
Haaretz reported that Abbas, as head of the PLOs Executive Committee, is not expected to implement this decision anytime soon. An Israeli security. An end to agreement on security coordination, which dates from the Oslo peace accords of the mid.
Bibis Speech To Congress Backfires As Netanyahus.
Polls in the U.S. and Israel show Netanyahus popularity has declined after his speech addressing the U.S. Congress.. Because the Knesset contains 120 total seats, Netanyahus Party could still cobble together a ruling coalition even if they garner fewer votes than the Zionist Union. However... http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.645912. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/03/09-israeli-elections-coalition-math-take-3.
Israeli demolitions in villages from the Jordan to Bethlehem
. the 1948 borders). This is why Bennett can allow himself to be munificent. http://www.haaretz.com/news/israeli-elections-2013/israeli-elections-opinion-analysis/palestinian-ghettos-were-always-the-plan.premium-1.495144.
Israelis want a different political agenda
The math is still in Netanyahus favor: Those who enjoy calculating the various possible coalitions swear that even if Likuds Knesset representation drops significantly, the overall electoral picture will allow him to remain in power. But its.
Israeli election math: Who can vote, when and where.
Haaretz Over 5.8 million citizens are eligible to cast a ballot in over 10,300 polling stations in the country and the West Bank, at a cost 241.7 million shekels. The numbers tell all. By Alona Ferber | Mar. 16, 2015 | 11:59 AM ���
Neither Livni Nor Likud Vote Will Stop Bibi - Commentary.
The headlines in the left-wing Israeli daily Haaretz summed up the reaction of opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the latest twist in the lead-up to the countrys January Knesset elections.. Combined with the other major story in Israeli politics today ��� the return to electoral politics of former foreign minister Tzipi Livni, who is leading a new party called ���The Movement��� ��� you might think that Netanyahus critics are right to assert that he is in big trouble.
After split with Shas, Yishai releases doomsday weapon tape on Deri
He can form a new movement. In one section, Yosef relates to his dismissal of Deri after the 1999 election. ���What can be done, to leave 17 MKs without a shepherd? We must make someone the chairman. I decided that. If there is no one then someone.
Netanyahu deliberately torpedoed meeting with Lapid - Care2
Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that the bill to dissolve the Knesset passed the first reading, Wednesday, in a 22 to 0 vote, preparing to head for new elections on March 17 2015... Coalition Math Still Favors the Right. The issue for the next. One reason is that most of Netanyahus rivals -- Lapid comes to mind -- just cant work with and wont sit down in the same government with the religious parties that are going to be critical to the next coalition. This fact also��.
To Israels next prime minister, dont cave to ultra-Orthodox parties
Similarly, Israels government decided in 2013 to compel ultra-Orthodox schools to teach core curricula ��� Hebrew, English and math ��� with the goal of giving Haredi children the skills necessary for providing for themselves and their families in a.
Israels Arab Party Is Handing Bibi the Election ��� Forward.
Why I, an Israeli Jew, Will Vote for the Arab Party. ���Bibi, Buji, Zehava and. Yet, a February Haaretz poll notes that a large majority of Israeli Arabs, more than 60%, prefer that the Joint Arab List join the governing coalition. And 70% of.. how to vote. It would be funny if the hated racist anti arab Bibi (at least in your slanted opinion) holds on to his job because even Arabs form a government with him because they cant stand the ridiculous positions of the left in Israel.
Haaretz cant believe some West Bank Arabs prefer Israeli rule
Haaretz cant believe some West Bank Arabs prefer Israeli rule.. its nice when rational Palestinians can be honest that Israel is the only place in the middle east with good human rights and technological advancement. But it is. Keep in mind...ALexi Lu-Zor is someone who cant read graphs.. All this math matics.... Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: 03/10 Links Pt1: UN Gaza Commissioners defer report to June; NIF given $1 Mil from US State Dept �� 36 minutes ago.