August 11, 2016
9:09 pm

Likud MK Sharren Haskel at a faction meeting in the Knesset, May 30, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

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

May 14, 2016
8:21 pm

Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog with his predecessor Shelly Yachimovich, in the Knesset on November 25, 2013. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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 Times of Israel staff

May 14, 2016
7:24 pm

Zionist Union MK Eitan Cabel. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

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 Times of Israel staff

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 Times of Israel staff

April 2, 2016
11:11 pm

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog seen on March 31, 2016. (Flash90)

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

April 2, 2016
5:52 pm

Labor MK Shelly Yachimovich. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

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 Times of Israel staff

March 31, 2016
8:53 pm

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog leads a Zionist Union list meeting at the Knesset on March 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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

February 11, 2016
11:54 pm

Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid in Jerusalem on January 25, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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 Times of Israel staff

April 6, 2015
6:26 am

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)

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

January 27, 2015
8:21 am

Knesset election ballots at a polling station in Jerusalem, January 22, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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

December 30, 2014
1:14 pm

Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog (left), with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in November 2013 (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

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

December 18, 2014
5:19 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at a press conference for foreign media in Jerusalem, on December 17, 2014. (Emil Salman/POOL/FLASH90)

Half of Israelis want Netanyahu out, poll says

While 53% want a new prime minister, voters are divided on who might be a worthy successor

By AFP

December 16, 2014
2:46 pm

The Central Election Committee's control room in the Knesset during the last election, January 22, 2013 (photo credit: Isaac Harari/Flash90)

Hurly-burly of early polling rarely holds water at ballot box

Surveys not only tell us nothing about the post-election political landscape, they also contain a ‘strongly manipulative element’

By Raphael Ahren

December 3, 2014
1:33 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces he's fired Ministers Lapid and Livni and is calling new elections, in a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on December 2, 2014. (Photo credit: Emil Salman/POOL)

In call for elections, Netanyahu gets personal

The prime minister understands better than most that Israelis no longer vote for ideology, but for the candidate

By Haviv Rettig Gur

December 2, 2014
2:16 pm

Then-minister of education Gideon Sa'ar (left) and then-minister of environment Gilad Erdan (right) flank Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they make calls to potential voters ahead of national elections, in Tel Aviv, January 17, 2013. (Gideon Markowicz/ Flash90)

Israel’s unstable, fractious politics: It’s the voters’ fault

The coalition wasn’t felled by ego or inexperience alone, and the political volatility that characterized the past 18 months isn’t going away

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Topic: Knesset elections

Likud MK seeks to raise Knesset threshold to 7%

Sharren Haskel says the move would stabilize parliament by removing excess of smaller parties

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

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’

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

Herzog claims ‘ghost’ forces behind graft probe

Opposition leader reiterates willingness to cooperate with investigation into ‘libelous, malicious’ allegations of campaign misconduct

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

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

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

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

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

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

Half of Israelis want Netanyahu out, poll says

While 53% want a new prime minister, voters are divided on who might be a worthy successor

Hurly-burly of early polling rarely holds water at ballot box

Surveys not only tell us nothing about the post-election political landscape, they also contain a ‘strongly manipulative element’

In call for elections, Netanyahu gets personal

The prime minister understands better than most that Israelis no longer vote for ideology, but for the candidate

Israel’s unstable, fractious politics: It’s the voters’ fault

The coalition wasn’t felled by ego or inexperience alone, and the political volatility that characterized the past 18 months isn’t going away

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