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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 467

2019 Israeli elections

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman attends a press conference in Jerusalem announcing an investigation into the Mount Meron tragedy on May 3, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 30, 2021, 2:48 pm
Political parties fined over campaign finance violations during 2019 elections
Comptroller says Likud event was illegal, finds many fake social media accounts spread propaganda that may have affected results
By ToI Staff
Blue and White election campaign poster showing party leader Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a Hebrew slogan reading 'Netanyahu cares only for himself,' February 18, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
February 27, 2020, 2:12 pm
Campaigns use tens of millions in extra state funds for ‘all-out’ election push
Vastly increased allocations of state funds have been put into parties’ coffers to allow them pitch voters for third time in a year. And most have been saving up
By Raoul Wootliff
Meretz party chairman Nitzan Horowitz, center, attends a protest of the LGBTQ community in Tel Aviv, July 14, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 16, 2019, 1:20 pm
Meretz nixes primaries going into year’s third national election
Party leaders are reported to have decided that a new vote would be unnecessary and costly
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Bejnamin Netanyahu meets with heads of right-wing and ultra-Orthodox parties in Jerusalem, October 23, 2019 (Likud)
December 12, 2019, 3:15 pm
Knesset’s dead, but right-wing clique to stick together, Shas head says
Aryeh Deri says bloc will work together head of new election, but predicts band of right-wing and religious parties may not last if it fails to clinch a majority this time around
By ToI Staff
A general view of the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 11, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
December 12, 2019, 11:06 am
As new elections agreed, parties get set for fresh campaigns with budget boost
MKs okay pumping millions of extra shekels of state funds into coffers of factions, some of whom are debt-ridden, as candidates prepare to pitch voters for third time in a year
By ToI Staff
Benny Gantz walks during a session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 11, 2019.(Gali TIBBON / AFP)
December 12, 2019, 12:31 am
Knesset dissolves, sets unprecedented third election in under a year
Israelis to head back to polls on March 2 in latest bid to solve political deadlock that has engulfed country; short-lived 22nd Knesset automatically disperses at midnight
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The plenum hall of the Israeli parliament on the opening of the 22nd Knesset in Jerusalem, on October 3, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 11, 2019, 10:44 pm
Lawmakers advance bill to disperse Knesset, call elections for March
MKs green-light elections for March 2 ahead of final two readings; debate likely to extend past midnight; Knesset allowed to legislate until president, Knesset speaker talk
By ToI Staff
Knesset members vote in favor of fast-tracking a bill to set elections for March 2, 2020, at the Knesset Arrangements Committee on December 12, 2019. (Knesset)
December 11, 2019, 7:34 am
Lawmakers fast-track bill to dissolve Knesset at midnight, trigger new elections
Unprecedented third national vote within 11 months all but inevitable as bill setting next elections for March 2 expected to pass into law on Wednesday night
By ToI Staff
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