January 26, 2013
3:19 am

Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid poses with female members of his new political movement in November. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Next Knesset to receive boost in female power

Record 27 women win seats in elections, nearly a quarter of new legislature

By Yifa Yaakov and Ron Friedman

January 24, 2013
9:43 pm

Kadima head Shaul Mofaz presents the party's election campaign slogan, 'Bibi will get us in trouble,' in November (photo credit: Flash90)

Mofaz urges Netanyahu to form a centrist coalition

Kadima chair celebrates a narrow, last-minute entry into the Knesset

By Philip Podolsky

January 24, 2013
4:26 pm

Judge Elyakim Rubinstein, head of the Central Election Committee, tallying votes in Jerusalem on Tuesday. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Final vote tally gives Kadima reprieve, Jewish Home a 12th seat

Arab party Ra’am-Ta’al drops to four seats as last ballots counted, shifting balance of blocs 61-59 in favor of right wing

By Joshua Davidovich

January 24, 2013
1:41 pm

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid speaks to reporters after results revealed him to be the big winner of the elections on Tuesday, Jan. 22 (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)

The numbers game

The press puts Lapid in the driver’s seat even before final election results are out

By Ron Friedman

January 23, 2013
11:42 pm

Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz and his wife arrive at a polling station in Kohav Yair to cast their votes on Tuesday, January 22 (photo credit: Flash90)

Kadima wins reprieve, Jewish Home takes 12th spot as vote count ends

United Arab List expected to drop to four seats as last election slips from soldiers, prisoners, hospital patients and diplomats tallied

By Joshua Davidovich

January 23, 2013
5:16 pm

Knesset members stand during a ceremony marking 17 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, on October 28, 2012. (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)

In the next Knesset, a radical case of musical chairs

It’s out with the old — more than 50 of them — and in with the new

By Gabe Fisher

January 23, 2013
9:51 am

The Knesset plenum (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Who made the cut?

A complete list of all the presumptive Knesset-bound candidates

By Times of Israel staff

January 23, 2013
2:51 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset at the opening of its winter session in October 2012 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

PM’s faction slides, biggest party crashes, and yet Israel’s shift isn’t so vast

New priorities, new faces, new parties, but no radical switch across the right-left spectrum

By Uriel Heilman

January 18, 2013
11:33 pm

Workers put the finishing touches on election campaign billboard showing Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu in the central Israeli Town of Petah Tikva. Palestinian officials largely view Netanyahu's expected re-election with despair, fearing the Israeli hardliner's ambitious plans for settlement construction over the next four years could prove lethal to their dreams of a state. The Hebrew on billboards reads "I need you for strong Israel." (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Expected election results spread despair among Palestinians

Though Abbas has not publicly intervene ahead of Tuesday’s vote, he has told centrist Israeli MKs that time is running out on a two-state solution

By Mohammed Daraghmeh

January 18, 2013
7:39 am

A man hangs a huge poster with an image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overlooking the Ayalon freeway in Tel Aviv on Thursday (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

Final newspaper polls give right wing narrowest lead of race

Four days before elections, support for Likud-Beytenu is lower than ever; 15% of voters remain undecided

By Ron Friedman and Yoel Goldman

January 16, 2013
10:31 pm

A worker prepares ballot boxes for the previous elections, at a warehouse in Shoham, near Tel Aviv, January 8, 2013 (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

New poll shows Likud-Beytenu continuing to slide

Channel 10 survey has ruling party slipping to 32 seats, Labor receiving 16, Jewish Home 14, and 11 seats each for Shas and Yesh Atid

By Adiv Sterman

January 16, 2013
2:09 pm

Former finance minister Abraham Hirschson leaves Hermon Prison on Wednesday morning, January 16, 2012 (photo credit: Flash90)

Former finance minister released early from prison

Avraham Hirchson was convicted of stealing millions from the National Labor Federation

By Stuart Winer

January 15, 2013
2:59 am

Illustrative photo of IDF soldiers training (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Election committee bans parties’ ads with soldiers

Segments of Likud-Beytenu, Kadima and Hatnua promos featuring IDF personnel deemed illegal, censored

By Ilan Ben Zion

January 14, 2013
11:21 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Prime minister eyeing deal with center-left, insiders say

Likud sources predict that post-election, Netanyahu will reject natural political partners in favor of parties that will approve unpopular budget cuts

By Stuart Winer

January 13, 2013
11:12 pm

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90/File)

Stepping up attack, Olmert knocks Netanyahu for sub purchase

Former prime minister says acquisition of sixth Dolphin-class submarine was unnecessary and ‘megalomaniacal’

By Joshua Davidovich

Topic: Kadima party

Next Knesset to receive boost in female power

Record 27 women win seats in elections, nearly a quarter of new legislature

Mofaz urges Netanyahu to form a centrist coalition

Kadima chair celebrates a narrow, last-minute entry into the Knesset

Final vote tally gives Kadima reprieve, Jewish Home a 12th seat

Arab party Ra’am-Ta’al drops to four seats as last ballots counted, shifting balance of blocs 61-59 in favor of right wing

The numbers game

The press puts Lapid in the driver’s seat even before final election results are out

Kadima wins reprieve, Jewish Home takes 12th spot as vote count ends

United Arab List expected to drop to four seats as last election slips from soldiers, prisoners, hospital patients and diplomats tallied

In the next Knesset, a radical case of musical chairs

It’s out with the old — more than 50 of them — and in with the new

Who made the cut?

A complete list of all the presumptive Knesset-bound candidates

PM’s faction slides, biggest party crashes, and yet Israel’s shift isn’t so vast

New priorities, new faces, new parties, but no radical switch across the right-left spectrum

Expected election results spread despair among Palestinians

Though Abbas has not publicly intervene ahead of Tuesday’s vote, he has told centrist Israeli MKs that time is running out on a two-state solution

Final newspaper polls give right wing narrowest lead of race

Four days before elections, support for Likud-Beytenu is lower than ever; 15% of voters remain undecided

New poll shows Likud-Beytenu continuing to slide

Channel 10 survey has ruling party slipping to 32 seats, Labor receiving 16, Jewish Home 14, and 11 seats each for Shas and Yesh Atid

Former finance minister released early from prison

Avraham Hirchson was convicted of stealing millions from the National Labor Federation

Election committee bans parties’ ads with soldiers

Segments of Likud-Beytenu, Kadima and Hatnua promos featuring IDF personnel deemed illegal, censored

Prime minister eyeing deal with center-left, insiders say

Likud sources predict that post-election, Netanyahu will reject natural political partners in favor of parties that will approve unpopular budget cuts

Stepping up attack, Olmert knocks Netanyahu for sub purchase

Former prime minister says acquisition of sixth Dolphin-class submarine was unnecessary and ‘megalomaniacal’

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