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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Argentinian President Mauricio Macri at the San Martin palace, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during his official state visit. September 12, 2017. (Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office)
September 12, 2017, 11:20 pm
Claiming ‘powerful’ public support, PM vows to lead Israel for years to come
Netanyahu says public backing of him on the rise, despite legal woes; denies reports he wants to quit or call new elections
By Raphael Ahren
Former defense minister Moshe "Boogie" Ya'alon visits the Mahane Yehuda Market, in Jerusalem, on Friday, April 25, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 26, 2017, 9:57 pm
Ya’alon: Culture of ‘generating hatred’ is a greater threat than terrorism
Former defense minister repeats his intention to challenge Netanyahu in next election, despite polling below electoral threshold
By AP and TOI staff
Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog leads a faction meeting in the Knesset on December 26, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 31, 2016, 5:55 pm
Herzog: Don’t believe the polls, I’ll defeat Netanyahu
Zionist Union leader undaunted by recent polls showing his party plummeting to single digits, says public is 'tired' of current PM
By TOI staff
Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party speaks at the opening of the Yedioth Aharonot conference at the Jerusalem Convention Center on March 28, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 30, 2016, 9:53 pm
Poll: Lapid could be PM if elections were held today
Centrist Yesh Atid hits 27 seats in TV survey, leaving Lapid well-placed to form a coalition, though Israelis still prefer Netanyahu as leader; Zionist Union nosedives from 24 to 8; Likud falls to 23
By TOI staff
Likud MK Sharren Haskel at a faction meeting in the Knesset, May 30, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 11, 2016, 9:09 pm
Likud MK seeks to raise Knesset threshold to 7%
Sharren Haskel says the move would stabilize parliament by removing excess of smaller parties
By Stuart Winer
Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog with his predecessor Shelly Yachimovich, in the Knesset on November 25, 2013. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 14, 2016, 8:21 pm
Labor’s ex-leader: It’s our job to tell Herzog he can’t join coalition
Shelly Yachimovich says her party can't just throw away its ideology; dozens of young Labor activists protest outside Herzog's home
By TOI staff
Zionist Union MK Eitan Cabel. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 14, 2016, 7:24 pm
Opposition MKs line up to slam idea of unity government
Yesh Atid, Zionist Union lawmakers call notion joining a Netanyahu coalition 'irrelevant,' 'unlikely' and 'a betrayal'
By TOI staff
MK Eitan Cabel (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 4, 2016, 9:22 pm
Opposition MK denies Netanyahu-Herzog coalition talks
Eitan Cabel rejects PM's earlier statement, says Likud-Zionist Union unity government is not in the works
By TOI staff
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog seen on March 31, 2016. (Flash90)
April 2, 2016, 11:11 pm
Herzog claims ‘ghost’ forces behind graft probe
Opposition leader reiterates willingness to cooperate with investigation into 'libelous, malicious' allegations of campaign misconduct
By Tamar Pileggi
Labor MK Shelly Yachimovich. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 2, 2016, 5:52 pm
Yachimovich hopes Herzog probe won’t take ‘heavy toll’ on party
Former Labor leader says her rival's misfortunes give her no pleasure, trusts police and investigators to find out the truth
By TOI staff
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog leads a Zionist Union list meeting at the Knesset on March 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 31, 2016, 8:53 pm
Herzog claims political muckraking behind graft probe
Those responsible 'will feel a political impact from it for many years,' opposition leader warns; state prosecutor recuses self over conflict of interest
By Tamar Pileggi
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid in Jerusalem on January 25, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 11, 2016, 11:54 pm
Lapid tightens grip on Yesh Atid, delays leadership race
Ex-finance minister said to have secretly changed party's regulations, deferring ballot until after next national elections
By TOI staff
Shas party leader Aryeh Deri shakes hands with Joint Arab list head Ayman Odeh during the swearing-in ceremony for the 20th Knesset, March 31, 2015. (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 6, 2015, 6:26 am
The 20th Knesset — parliament of a splintered, tribal Israel
Two weeks after the elections, a searing look at the cultural discord that continues to characterize the Jewish state, motivated and mobilized voters, and has produced a new legislature of alienated, antagonistic factions
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Knesset election ballots at a polling station in Jerusalem, January 22, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 27, 2015, 8:21 am
How a 28-year-old analyst is trying to fix Israel’s polls
With some Nate Silver math and a skill for turning numbers into pictures, Nehemia Gershuni-Aylho is changing how Israelis read pre-election surveys
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog (L), with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in November 2013. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
December 30, 2014, 1:14 pm
Likud is from Mars, Labor is from Venus
It's not yet clear which parties or alliances will be on the ballot, but the battle to define what the election is about is already underway
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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