The final voter turnout was 71% – up from 69.8% in the previous election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters following the announcement of exit polls in Israel’s election at his Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv on March … Read More
Palestinian President Abbas responded that annexation of West Bank territory would ‘eradicate the foundations’ of the political process and throw region into instability. Gantz and Kahol Lavan member Moshe Ya’alon during a tour of the West BankElad Malka Benny Gantz, … Read More
Trump Administration prepares to release its ‘deal of the century.’ Netanyahu and Gantz – Reuters Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Blue and White (Israel Resilience Party) leader MK Benny Gantz have both been invited to the White House to learn … Read More
Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz has failed to form a new government by the deadline, dashing his hopes of toppling longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pushing Israel closer to an unprecedented third election in less than a … Read More
The results of Israel’s election and Netanyahu’s legal fate are intertwined. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks at his watch before delivering a statement at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem December 19, 2018. \ AMIR COHEN/ REUTERS Once again facing deadlocked … Read More
Rather than go to 3rd election in a year, 63% want the deadlocked Likud and Blue and White parties to compromise on their positions President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz shake hands … Read More
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his centrist rival Benny Gantz are in negotiations on forming a unity government together after poll results gave neither man a path to govern on their own (AFP Photo/Oded Balilty, JACK GUEZ) Israeli President … Read More
Israel’s weakened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw his offer on Thursday of a coalition with his strongest political rival swiftly rebuffed after failing to secure a governing majority in a tight election, Reuters reports. Netanyahu’s surprise move was an abrupt change … Read More
Neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party nor former IDF chief Benny Gantz’s Kachol v’Lavan party appears able to form a majority coalition without the support of Avigdor Liberman, leader of the midsize Yisrael Beitenu party. Photo Credit: Flash 90 As the … Read More
KEY POINTS Polls show Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud holds a narrow lead over Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party. While security is the biggest issue, handling a host of economic challenges is a main campaign theme. Growth, housing and tech are … Read More