January 13, 2015
8:17 am

Labor Party chairman Isaac Herzog visits the party's primary headquarters in Holon, January 11, 2015. (Flash90)

Labor holds primaries to elect its Knesset slate

Nine of the top 25 seats on list are already reserved, including for Livni’s Hatnua members; results due Wednesday

By Marissa Newman

December 26, 2014
5:07 am

Joni Ernst's 'Squeal' commercial (screen capture: YouTube)

From pork to ‘centrifying,’ how to woo the Israeli electorate

Lessons from an Iowa farm girl, Kahlon and Herzog’s missing pieces, and other tips

By David Horovitz

December 16, 2014
4:59 pm

Illustrative photo of a man shopping at a Rami Levy supermarket. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

1.6 million Israelis live under poverty line

Findings show improvement from 2012; Labor MKs call for PM’s ouster, while Lapid hails results

By Marissa Newman

December 14, 2014
7:46 pm

Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog speaks at the Labor Party conference in Tel Aviv, December 14, 2014. (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Labor Party unanimously okays merger, PM rotation with Livni

Hatnua will receive six slots in top 25 of joint slate; five high seats to be reserved for female candidates

By Marissa Newman

December 2, 2014
7:58 pm

View of the Knesset plenum hall, October 14, 2013 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Eight Knesset members forgo 2015 pay raise

Lawmakers call 2% salary increase ‘distasteful’ in light of wage stagnation in the Israeli job market

By Tamar Pileggi

November 19, 2014
4:04 pm

Palestinians protest in Issawiya, East Jerusalem, against the introduction of cement blockades at the entrance to the village following a terror attack in West Jerusalem, November 12, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)

The ‘Jerusalem Intifada’ is different, and harder to stop

Roadblocks and punitive measures can only go so far in halting the wave of Palestinian terror sweeping the capital

By Elhanan Miller

November 13, 2014
4:18 am

Finance Minister Yair Lapid at the Knesset, October 27, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

A budget paved with good intentions

Lapid has made the political mistake of presenting parliament with an unusually transparent and efficient 2015 budget. Puzzled? Read on…

By Haviv Rettig Gur

November 9, 2014
3:12 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flanked by Yesh Atid's Minister of Education Shay Piron (left) and Minister of Science Yaakov Peri, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on June 30, 2013. (Photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/FLASH90

Yesh Atid ‘may have to reconsider’ staying in coalition

More strains on government hours after Hatnua’s Environment Minister Peretz quits, as Science Minister Peri slams ‘right-leaning’ Netanyahu

By Times of Israel staff and Lazar Berman

September 14, 2014
2:44 pm

Members of Unit 8200 training in September 2012 (photo credit: Moshe shai/Flash90)

IDF condemns objectors, promises ‘sharp’ punishment

Knesset speaker says intelligence veterans refusing to work on Palestinian-related matters are aiding ‘Israel haters’; MK Yachimovich calls them ‘cowards’

By Spencer Ho

August 18, 2014
7:15 pm

Lapid would be ‘bothered’ if son married a non-Jew

After controversial Jewish-Muslim wedding, famously secular finance minister comes out strongly against assimilation

By Lazar Berman

July 2, 2014
2:14 pm

Israeli police at the scene where the body of an Arab youth was found in the Jerusalem Forest Wednesday morning, July 02, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan SIndel/FLASH90)

Palestinians blame Israel for killing of Arab teen

Netanyahu calls crime ‘abominable,’ urges restraint; uncle of slain Israeli teen Naftali Fraenkel issues sharp condemnation

By Spencer Ho

June 30, 2014
9:30 pm

President Shimon Peres at the President's residence in Jerusalem, April 28, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

Peres: Israel will punish terrorists ‘with a firm hand’

Netanyahu: They were murdered in cold blood by animals; ‘a heinous and unforgivable crime,’ says Labor’s Herzog; others call for retaliation as nation mourns teenagers

By Marissa Newman

May 13, 2014
1:39 pm

President Shimon Peres and former prime minister Ehud Olmert at a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20 2009 (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Leaders say Olmert sentence a ‘sad day’ for Israel

Finance minister says proceedings demonstrate nobody is above the law; former PM’s adviser calls 6-year prison term ‘unjust’

By Yifa Yaakov

March 31, 2014
2:27 pm

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert (C) waits in the Tel Aviv Destrict Court ahead of the reading of the verdict in the Holyland case, Monday, March 31, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/POOL/Dan Balilty)

Peres on Olmert conviction: It’s a ‘sad day’ for Israel

Despite predicted jail time for graft, former PM’s camp insists that the ‘last word’ has yet to be said in the case

By Spencer Ho

March 7, 2014
12:42 pm

The Knesset, Jerusalem (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90)

What the latest MKs’ expenses report tells us about our lawmakers

Why do Haredi MKs pay for a beeper service, and how do you spend nearly 12,000 shekels on newspaper subscriptions?

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Topic: Shelly Yachimovich

Labor holds primaries to elect its Knesset slate

Nine of the top 25 seats on list are already reserved, including for Livni’s Hatnua members; results due Wednesday

From pork to ‘centrifying,’ how to woo the Israeli electorate

Lessons from an Iowa farm girl, Kahlon and Herzog’s missing pieces, and other tips

1.6 million Israelis live under poverty line

Findings show improvement from 2012; Labor MKs call for PM’s ouster, while Lapid hails results

Labor Party unanimously okays merger, PM rotation with Livni

Hatnua will receive six slots in top 25 of joint slate; five high seats to be reserved for female candidates

Eight Knesset members forgo 2015 pay raise

Lawmakers call 2% salary increase ‘distasteful’ in light of wage stagnation in the Israeli job market

The ‘Jerusalem Intifada’ is different, and harder to stop

Roadblocks and punitive measures can only go so far in halting the wave of Palestinian terror sweeping the capital

A budget paved with good intentions

Lapid has made the political mistake of presenting parliament with an unusually transparent and efficient 2015 budget. Puzzled? Read on…

Yesh Atid ‘may have to reconsider’ staying in coalition

More strains on government hours after Hatnua’s Environment Minister Peretz quits, as Science Minister Peri slams ‘right-leaning’ Netanyahu

IDF condemns objectors, promises ‘sharp’ punishment

Knesset speaker says intelligence veterans refusing to work on Palestinian-related matters are aiding ‘Israel haters’; MK Yachimovich calls them ‘cowards’

Lapid would be ‘bothered’ if son married a non-Jew

After controversial Jewish-Muslim wedding, famously secular finance minister comes out strongly against assimilation

Palestinians blame Israel for killing of Arab teen

Netanyahu calls crime ‘abominable,’ urges restraint; uncle of slain Israeli teen Naftali Fraenkel issues sharp condemnation

Peres: Israel will punish terrorists ‘with a firm hand’

Netanyahu: They were murdered in cold blood by animals; ‘a heinous and unforgivable crime,’ says Labor’s Herzog; others call for retaliation as nation mourns teenagers

Leaders say Olmert sentence a ‘sad day’ for Israel

Finance minister says proceedings demonstrate nobody is above the law; former PM’s adviser calls 6-year prison term ‘unjust’

Peres on Olmert conviction: It’s a ‘sad day’ for Israel

Despite predicted jail time for graft, former PM’s camp insists that the ‘last word’ has yet to be said in the case

What the latest MKs’ expenses report tells us about our lawmakers

Why do Haredi MKs pay for a beeper service, and how do you spend nearly 12,000 shekels on newspaper subscriptions?

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