March 3, 2015
8:51 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can be viewed on a television monitor as he delivers a speech to Congress on March 3, 2015 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

Israeli center, left slam Netanyahu’s Congress speech

Even as they praise PM’s rhetoric, leaders of Zionist Union and Meretz lament ‘rupture’ in US-Israel relations

By Jonathan Beck

February 28, 2015
5:00 am

Zionist Union head Isaac Herzog speaking on February 8, 2015. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Herzog: I’ll debate Netanyahu anytime, any place

Zionist Union leader says he skipped Thursday’s TV discussion with 8 other party leaders because ‘elections are about unseating PM’

By Times of Israel staff

February 27, 2015
8:36 am

Foreign Minister and Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman (bottom L), Yair Lapid, leader of 'Yesh Atid' Party( bottom 2L), Leader of the Yachad party, Eli Yishai (bottom 2R), Leader of the combined Arab list, Ayman Odeh (bottom R), Meretz party leader Zahava Gal On (upper R), Leader of the ultra orthodox Shas party, Aryeh Deri (upper 2L), Leader of Habayit Hayehudi (Jewish Home) party, Naftali Bennett (upper 2R) and Leader of the Kulanu party Moshe Kahlon (upper C) and Channel 2 TV news anchorman, Yonit Levi (upper L) seen before a Channel 2 news political debate ahead of the 2015 Israeli election. in the Neve Ilan studios near Jerusalem on February 26, 2015. (Photo cedit: Channel 2 News)

TV debate exposes Israel’s good, bad and ugly

How the leaders of eight political parties finally cut through their empty campaigns and laid bare Israel’s anguished politics

By Haviv Rettig Gur

February 22, 2015
5:24 am

Shabus organizers stand outside Jerusalem's Lev Smadar Theater, a secular Jerusalemite hangout on Saturdays, holding signs that read, 'There is a solution, Shabus' (photo credit: Courtesy Shabus)

A bus cooperative for Sabbath riders

A group of Jerusalemites are putting the final touches on Shabus, an alternative for secular residents

By Jessica Steinberg

February 11, 2015
10:52 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on January 14, 2015. (Photo credit: GPO/Amos Ben-Gershom)

Netanyahu agrees to debate, on his terms

PM indicates he’ll only hold TV discussion with either Livni or Herzog, who lead Zionist Union — not heads of other parties

By Times of Israel staff

February 6, 2015
1:58 am

Arab MK Hanin Zoabi at a hearing on her case at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, December 9, 2014 (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Zionist Camp joins bid to ban Hanin Zoabi from running

Meretz defends controversial MK’s right to ‘push boundaries of free speech'; Herzog and Livni’s list also moves to disqualify far-rightist Baruch Marzel

By Times of Israel staff

February 5, 2015
10:24 pm

Yisrael Beytenu party chief Avigdor Liberman at his campaign launch press conference in Tel Aviv, January 15, 2014. (photo credit: Ben Kelmer/Flash90)

Liberman given 5 days to respond to racism claims

Meretz MK appeals for ban on Yisrael Beytenu’s election campaign, claiming it contradicts Declaration of Independence

By Times of Israel staff

February 2, 2015
10:22 pm

Illustrative photo of a voting station in Israel (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud again ahead of Zionist Camp in new poll

Ruling party receives 25 seats, while Labor-Hatnua union gets 23; Jewish Home drops to 14, Yesh Atid falls to 9

By Times of Israel staff

February 2, 2015
9:23 pm

President Reuven Rivlin attends the inauguration of a museum dedicated to the Jewish victims of a 1929 massacre in Hebron, February 2, 2015. (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO)

Settlers, protesters scuffle as president makes rare Hebron visit

Rivlin calls for national unity while inaugurating new museum in memory of 1929 massacre victims in flashpoint West Bank city

By Stuart Winer

February 2, 2015
2:07 pm

From left, Yaakov Peri, Haviv Rettig-Gur and Michael Oren at a political debate on February 2, 2015. (screen capture: Times of Israel)

Kulanu’s Oren announces support for same-sex marriage

Candidates go toe to toe on peace, foreign policy and Israel’s standing at TOI debate; state watchdog to publish report on PM’s spending; new poll gives Likud lead

By Jonathan Beck

February 1, 2015
2:30 pm

In this Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014 file photo, Israeli politicians Isaac Herzog, right, and Tzipi Livni listen during a tour along the Israel and Gaza Strip border. (photo credit: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File )

Labor dismisses Likud’s claim of collusion with grassroots group

Netanyahu’s party battles V15; Meretz declares that only a vote for the left-wing party will prevent a unity government

By Ilan Ben Zion

January 30, 2015
3:40 am

The Knesset voting to dissolve itself on December 8, 2014. (photo credit: Courtesy Knesset spokesperson)

After last-minute lineup tinkering, elections begin in earnest

Thursday’s deadline for submitting Knesset slates sparked fierce battle for the center, and shed light on the campaigns and their strategies

By Haviv Rettig Gur

January 23, 2015
12:26 am

Meretz party's 2015 campaign video. (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)

Meretz MKs bust a move in new clip

The left-wing party’s lively new wedding-crashing campaign video goes viral, draws countless parodies

By Times of Israel staff

January 20, 2015
10:49 am

Meretz MK Zahava Gal-on at the Knesset on December 3, 2014. (photo credit: Courtesy)

Meretz poll puts veteran MKs at top of list

Gilon, Freij, Rozin and Zandberg take lead spots behind party leader Zahava Gal-on in primaries

By Times of Israel staff

January 18, 2015
3:45 pm

Belgian para-commandos patrol near a synagogue in the center of Antwerp, Belgium, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Virginia Mayo)

A Hague on both your houses

Israel’s rage over the ICC decision to probe Israel is coupled with European terror fears to create a less than flattering picture of the ‘terrible’ continent on front pages

By Joshua Davidovich

Topic: Meretz party

Israeli center, left slam Netanyahu’s Congress speech

Even as they praise PM’s rhetoric, leaders of Zionist Union and Meretz lament ‘rupture’ in US-Israel relations

Herzog: I’ll debate Netanyahu anytime, any place

Zionist Union leader says he skipped Thursday’s TV discussion with 8 other party leaders because ‘elections are about unseating PM’

TV debate exposes Israel’s good, bad and ugly

How the leaders of eight political parties finally cut through their empty campaigns and laid bare Israel’s anguished politics

A bus cooperative for Sabbath riders

A group of Jerusalemites are putting the final touches on Shabus, an alternative for secular residents

Netanyahu agrees to debate, on his terms

PM indicates he’ll only hold TV discussion with either Livni or Herzog, who lead Zionist Union — not heads of other parties

Zionist Camp joins bid to ban Hanin Zoabi from running

Meretz defends controversial MK’s right to ‘push boundaries of free speech'; Herzog and Livni’s list also moves to disqualify far-rightist Baruch Marzel

Liberman given 5 days to respond to racism claims

Meretz MK appeals for ban on Yisrael Beytenu’s election campaign, claiming it contradicts Declaration of Independence

Likud again ahead of Zionist Camp in new poll

Ruling party receives 25 seats, while Labor-Hatnua union gets 23; Jewish Home drops to 14, Yesh Atid falls to 9

Settlers, protesters scuffle as president makes rare Hebron visit

Rivlin calls for national unity while inaugurating new museum in memory of 1929 massacre victims in flashpoint West Bank city

Kulanu’s Oren announces support for same-sex marriage

Candidates go toe to toe on peace, foreign policy and Israel’s standing at TOI debate; state watchdog to publish report on PM’s spending; new poll gives Likud lead

Labor dismisses Likud’s claim of collusion with grassroots group

Netanyahu’s party battles V15; Meretz declares that only a vote for the left-wing party will prevent a unity government

After last-minute lineup tinkering, elections begin in earnest

Thursday’s deadline for submitting Knesset slates sparked fierce battle for the center, and shed light on the campaigns and their strategies

Meretz MKs bust a move in new clip

The left-wing party’s lively new wedding-crashing campaign video goes viral, draws countless parodies

Meretz poll puts veteran MKs at top of list

Gilon, Freij, Rozin and Zandberg take lead spots behind party leader Zahava Gal-on in primaries

A Hague on both your houses

Israel’s rage over the ICC decision to probe Israel is coupled with European terror fears to create a less than flattering picture of the ‘terrible’ continent on front pages

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