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Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu waves to his supporters at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, November 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
January 11, 2026, 7:32 pm
As dueling political camps harden, electoral deadlock heaves back into view
Polls show neither the pro-Netanyahu bloc nor parties allied against him have a clear path to forming the next government, with little chance of wooing support from the other side
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Firefighters carry the body of a victim in Diyarbakir, in southeastern Turkey, after an earthquake, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmut Bozarsan)
February 6, 2023, 1:10 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 6: Israel offers to help Turkey after earthquake. Syria, too?
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses the response to the natural disaster, and to incitement against PM, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur looks at absence of Israeli left
By ToI Staff
Former Meretz MK Yair Golan and Hadash-Ta'al chairman MK Ayman Odeh speak at the J Street conference in Washington DC, on December 4, 2022. (J Street)
December 11, 2022, 12:18 pm
The Israeli left has fallen apart. Will Jewish-Arab partnership save it?
Ex-Meretz MK Yair Golan says rallying cry should be separation from Palestinians and that Jews should lead it; Hadash-Ta’al’s Ayman Odeh counters that this formula has failed
By Jacob Magid
MK Yair Golan speaks during a conference of Democrat TV in Jaffa, June 7, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 23, 2022, 12:50 pm
Meretz member backs unity with Labor, as left-wing party faces possible oblivion
Yair Golan accuses Labor of refusing to merge; party leader Horowitz assails rebel MK Rinawie Zoabi, says Meretz ‘has no connection to that woman anymore’
By Tobias Siegal
(Left side) Democratic Camp party leaders Nitzan Horowitz and Stav Shafir at faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 4, 2019. (Hadas Parush /Flash90) (Right side) Labor party head Amir Peretz, left, and Gesher party chair Orly Levy-Abekasis, right, announce they will again run together in parliamentary elections in March 2020, on December 15, 2019. (Courtesy Labor-Gesher)
December 22, 2019, 8:42 pm
Failure to unite threatens survival of left-wing parties in March elections
Both Democratic Camp and Labor enter another campaign flirting with electoral threshold; while some want them to merge, internal politics threaten further division
By Jacob Magid
Ballots lies on a table during Israel's parliamentary election, at a polling station in Rosh Haayin, on September 17, 2019. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)
September 26, 2019, 6:07 am
Review of polling patterns shows political hookups and breakups in 2nd election
As political affiliations become increasingly fluid, large parties may do well to pay heed to an Israeli hi-tech maven’s statistical analysis of who is voting for whom — and why
By Tani Goldstein
Head of Hatnua party Tzipi Livni speaks at a campaign event on January 29, 2019. (Flash90)
January 29, 2019, 6:14 pm
Livni launches election campaign, accusing government of destroying democracy
After humiliating breakup with Labor, Hatnua party leader says she is open to mergers with other parties
By Michael Bachner
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid (left) with Hatnua head Tzipi Livni at the Knesset in 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2019, 3:31 am
Lapid said to rule out union with Livni, vowing he ‘won’t unite with the left’
Center-left alliance with Hatnua to challenge prime minister reportedly no longer a possibility; Livni said to have compared Yesh Atid leader to Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
MKs Tzipi Livni (L) and Yair Lapid (R) talk in the Knesset on May 13, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 13, 2019, 6:20 pm
Lapid and Livni said mulling political union to form center-left bloc
Yesh Atid sources reportedly say ‘excellent’ meeting held after Labor’s Gabbay dumped Hatnua leader on live TV
By ToI Staff
MK Alon Shuster, former head of the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council (GPO - Mark Nayman)
January 9, 2019, 8:17 pm
Ex-Negev regional council head denies joining Gantz’s political party
Alon Schuster says ‘too early’ to discuss enlisting in party led by ex-IDF chief-turned-politician who has remained mum on his positions
By ToI Staff
Then-opposition leader Isaac Herzog meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. on December 1, 2013. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90/File)
September 16, 2014, 6:36 pm
Israel’s power-starved left seeks its political fortunes in the center
Shut out of government for a generation, Labor is shifting its tone, arguing that the right offers no hope of peace and, after this summer’s conflict, that it can’t win wars either
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, supporters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfold huge signs that read, "Only Netanyahu will protect Jerusalem," on Sunday (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 21, 2013, 4:37 am
Netanyahu may ditch the ultra-Orthodox after vote
PM plans to enact a universal service law and take the Housing Ministry from Shas, so will he pivot toward Livni and Lapid?
By Amy Teibel
Labor party chief Shelly Yachimovich makes a campaign stop at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market on Wednesday (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2013, 1:56 pm
Yachimovich: New centrist parties designed to help PM
Labor chief says election will be determined by half a million undecided women and that there’s still hope to topple Netanyahu
By Yoel Goldman
Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett (photo credit: Flash90)
January 7, 2013, 4:20 pm
Netanyahu planning a left-leaning alliance, Jewish Home party leader charges
Hatnua head Livni cautions other center-left parties not to enter Likud-led coalition alone
By Asher Zeiger
Hatnua's Tzipi Livni shakes hands with Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich in November 2012 (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
January 7, 2013, 12:18 am
‘Good atmosphere,’ but no results, at meeting of center-left leaders
Livni, Lapid and Yachimovich agree to speak again ‘whenever necessary,’ but make no comments on possible alliance
By Yoel Goldman
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