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2013 Israeli elections

Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid speaks to voters on March 16, 2015. (Meir Vaknin/Flash90)
June 15, 2015, 11:59 am
Mr. Lapid goes to Washington
The centrist politician has turned jetsetter in a bid to challenge Likud’s rule and position himself as the next prime minister
By Haviv Rettig Gur
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Zionist Union leader MK Isaac Herzog in the Knesset, January 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
March 17, 2015, 1:20 am
‘Election Compass’ users score Herzog above Netanyahu, scholar says
Dutch director of website says data also show PM seen as less likable than challenger, yet elections far from a done deal
By Raphael Ahren
In this photo taken Tuesday, January 6, 2015, Israeli musician Noy Alooshe poses for a photograph in his studio in Tel Aviv, Israel. One of the most unlikely stars of Israel's election campaign is a musical artist whose popular video remixes of stump speeches have rocked YouTube. (photo credit: AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
January 10, 2015, 2:29 pm
Video remix king becomes player in Israeli election campaign
Popular YouTube artist Noy Alooshe lampoons politicians in mashup style that’s proving hugely popular
By Aron Heller
The Central Election Committee's control room in the Knesset during the last election, January 22, 2013 (photo credit: Isaac Harari/Flash90)
December 16, 2014, 2:46 pm
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
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a joint news conference in Jerusalem on October 13, 2012. (Photo credit: Emil Salman/POOL/Flash90)
December 3, 2014, 3:39 am
New election will mute calls for concessions, temporarily
Upcoming campaign might slow the international trend to recognize Palestinian state, but at home there’ll be more focus on Palestinian issues than in 2013
By Raphael Ahren
Benjamin Netanyahu casting his vote in Jerusalem for the 2009 Knesset elections (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
December 2, 2014, 4:20 pm
A plague on all their houses
Op-ed: Israeli voters might be forgiven for thinking their leaders are more interested in power for power’s sake than in the effective governance of the nation in a region fraught with dangers. Israeli voters would be correct
By David Horovitz
An Israeli Arab casts his vote in the Knesset elections in the northern town of Umm al-Fahm, February 10, 2009. (Photo credit: Herzl Shapira / FLASH90)
October 12, 2014, 2:22 pm
Facing extinction, Israel’s Arab parties move toward unity… and growth
A raised Knesset ‘threshold’ means all three Arab parties could disappear in the next elections. But running together, they could win unprecedented support. Their leaders are doing the math
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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)
May 12, 2014, 3:32 pm
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Israeli singer Sarit Haddad, as Netanyahu and leader of the Israel Beiteinu party Avigdor Liberman, present their joint campaign prior to the Israeli elections, in Jerusalem on December 25, 2012. (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
February 26, 2014, 9:53 pm
Likud cited for excessive campaign spending
In election report, state comptroller reveals many parties steeped in debt, three fined for financial mismanagement
By Marissa Newman
Isaac Herzog at a news conference in Tel Aviv, November 22, 2013, after winning the Labor Party leadership (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/FLASH90)
January 20, 2014, 12:18 pm
Once-illustrious Labor seeks a path back to power
The storied but shrunken center-left party is reexamining its message and institutions after years of almost uninterrupted Likud rule
By Haviv Rettig Gur
August 26, 2013, 7:28 pm
Herzog announces candidacy for Labor chairmanship
Party No. 2 to challenge Shelly Yachimovich, who hopes to become the first leader of Labor to be reelected in years
By Asher Zeiger
MK Isaac Herzog (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90)
August 26, 2013, 1:46 am
With MKs behind him, Herzog to challenge for Labor chair
Party No. 2 meeting with MKs Cabel and Margalit to present united front against incumbent Yachimovich in November primaries
By Asher Zeiger
Practice makes perfect. An IDF officer rehearses at Ben Gurion Airport for the arrival of US President Barack Obama, who is scheduled to land on Wednesday a little after noon (photo credit: Kobi Gideon / GPO)
March 20, 2013, 12:52 pm
Obama, where art thou?
The Israeli press goes all out: editorials, itineraries, and even some English, all in preparation for US president’s arrival
By Yossi Nachemi
February 3, 2013, 3:22 pm
Some assembly required
Netanyahu gets the go-ahead from Shimon Peres to form a government but that doesn’t mean smooth sailing is ahead
By Yossi Nachemi
Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk in front of campaign posters for the Likud-Beytenu list in Jerusalem, this week. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 9, 2013, 3:46 pm
Traditional Jews vote Likud-Beytenu, while the Orthodox choose Bennett
Times of Israel survey shows clear patterns of voting behavior, depending on level of observance and ethnic heritage
By Stephan Miller
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