May 12, 2014
3:32 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu during a memorial ceremony marking Memorial Day on May 5, 2014 at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem. To his right are Shimon Peres and Yuli Edelstein. (photo credit: AFP/POOL/JIM HOLLANDER)

Netanyahu’s presidency gambit: A sign of fear?

The PM’s push to weaken the presidency could have been a savvy political move — if it didn’t look so desperate and disheveled

By Haviv Rettig Gur

October 24, 2013
10:05 pm

Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman (left) and Shas political leader Aryeh Deri at a celebration in honor of Deri's birthday, in the Knesset, February 18, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)

The calm before the political storm

Why the political fallout of Jerusalem’s mayoral elections may signal tumultuous times ahead for Netanyahu’s government

By Haviv Rettig Gur

August 1, 2013
5:30 pm

Balad Member of Knesset Jamal Zahalke gesticulates while addressing the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, July 31, 2013. (Credit: Flash90)

For Arab voters, a boon in disguise

Why a government plan to increase the electoral threshold, blasted as ‘racist’ by Arab parties, might be the best news Israel’s Arab citizens have heard in a long time

By Haviv Rettig Gur

March 18, 2013
6:39 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)

Benjamin Netanyahu, large and in charge

Pundits suggest PM is weaker and more hawkish than in the past, but a closer look shows an unassailable leader who preserved some space for political maneuvering

By Haviv Rettig Gur

January 29, 2013
6:52 pm

Naftali Bennett, leader of the Jewish Home party, seen doing pull-ups as he visits a religious seminary in Shapiro, as part of his election campaign tour prior to the elections. Or maybe he's preparing for the freshman MK civics boot camp, set to take place Sunday? (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Freshman MKs to take Knesset 101

Parliament’s new faces to sit in on lawmakwers’ crash course taught by veteran statesmen and others

By Michal Shmulovich

January 15, 2013
2:06 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

Barak reportedly under consideration for US envoy post

Netanyahu already making list of ministers for the next government, Maariv reports

By Times of Israel staff

January 11, 2013
11:07 am

Gearing up for the elections? Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a snowball fight with his family in Jerusalem on Thursday (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Snow news is good news

While Jerusalem reposes under a white blanket, another storm brews on the horizon — the elections

By Yossi Nachemi

January 9, 2013
12:47 pm

Kadima's Facebook game app (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Some parties take the low road in social media election campaign

Facebook pages, apps, Twitter and YouTube largely used for negative messages

By David Shamah

January 9, 2013
11:48 am

A worker on Tuesday prepares ballot boxes for the January 22 elections at a warehouse in Shoham, near Tel Aviv, before they are shipped to polling stations. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Israelis in New Zealand to kick off voting Wednesday night

4,000 citizens employed at 92 missions around the world to vote overseas

By Michal Shmulovich

January 2, 2013
11:13 pm

The national unity government scenario

The Jewish Home party’s dramatic ascent could prompt Netanyahu to link arms with the left

By Ed Rettig

December 27, 2012
4:42 pm

Netanyahu’s self-inflicted multiple defeats

The PM’s missteps in Washington, the UN and Gaza have severely impaired Israel’s global standing

By Alon Ben-Meir

December 27, 2012
9:17 am

The ‘Start Up’ candidate of Religious Zionism

Bennett’s broad appeal suggests that the age of ideological battles as the center of religious-Zionist consciousness may be over

By Adam S. Ferziger

December 26, 2012
3:36 pm

Gendering elections: women’s power at the ballot box

What do women want? Candidates would do well to try answering that question in the coming weeks

By Naomi Chazan

December 24, 2012
5:05 pm

An audience attends a recent event held by the Israel Pirate Party (IPP) (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Arrrh! Rival Israeli Pirates vie for electoral treasure

Israel has not one but two Pirate parties, both of which advocate greater openness in government and the use of tech to enhance democratic decision-making. But like pirates of old, the strife between them brooks no compromise

By David Shamah

December 12, 2012
3:47 pm

Pursuing justice from outside the political arena

For now, Meimad has shifted its theater of operations to civil society

By Michael Melchior

Topic: Knesset elections

Netanyahu’s presidency gambit: A sign of fear?

The PM’s push to weaken the presidency could have been a savvy political move — if it didn’t look so desperate and disheveled

The calm before the political storm

Why the political fallout of Jerusalem’s mayoral elections may signal tumultuous times ahead for Netanyahu’s government

For Arab voters, a boon in disguise

Why a government plan to increase the electoral threshold, blasted as ‘racist’ by Arab parties, might be the best news Israel’s Arab citizens have heard in a long time

Benjamin Netanyahu, large and in charge

Pundits suggest PM is weaker and more hawkish than in the past, but a closer look shows an unassailable leader who preserved some space for political maneuvering

Freshman MKs to take Knesset 101

Parliament’s new faces to sit in on lawmakwers’ crash course taught by veteran statesmen and others

Barak reportedly under consideration for US envoy post

Netanyahu already making list of ministers for the next government, Maariv reports

Snow news is good news

While Jerusalem reposes under a white blanket, another storm brews on the horizon — the elections

Some parties take the low road in social media election campaign

Facebook pages, apps, Twitter and YouTube largely used for negative messages

Israelis in New Zealand to kick off voting Wednesday night

4,000 citizens employed at 92 missions around the world to vote overseas

The national unity government scenario

The Jewish Home party’s dramatic ascent could prompt Netanyahu to link arms with the left

Netanyahu’s self-inflicted multiple defeats

The PM’s missteps in Washington, the UN and Gaza have severely impaired Israel’s global standing

The ‘Start Up’ candidate of Religious Zionism

Bennett’s broad appeal suggests that the age of ideological battles as the center of religious-Zionist consciousness may be over

Gendering elections: women’s power at the ballot box

What do women want? Candidates would do well to try answering that question in the coming weeks

Arrrh! Rival Israeli Pirates vie for electoral treasure

Israel has not one but two Pirate parties, both of which advocate greater openness in government and the use of tech to enhance democratic decision-making. But like pirates of old, the strife between them brooks no compromise

Pursuing justice from outside the political arena

For now, Meimad has shifted its theater of operations to civil society

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