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MK Aliza Lavie of Yesh Atid (center) with Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni (right) at a Committee for the Status of Women meeting in the Knesset, June 10, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 5, 2019, 2:31 pm
How well are women actually represented in Israel’s government?
The second in a series of articles and videos prepared by the Israel Democracy Institute in the run-up to April 9, explaining and critiquing what goes on during an election period
By Israel Democracy Institute
In this February 8, 2018, file photo, the logo for Twitter is displayed above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
January 29, 2019, 1:27 pm
Twitter suspends 61 ‘fake news’ accounts from overseas aimed at Israelis
343 ‘foreign manipulation campaigns’ nixed by Twitter in election season so far, Foreign Ministry says; Facebook denies its transparency rules, taking effect in March, are too late
By Sue Surkes
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein attends a committee meeting at the Knesset, July 2, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 28, 2019, 2:22 pm
Knesset speaker rejects ‘arrogant’ bid by foreign observers to monitor elections
Amid warnings of efforts to manipulate voters, Edelstein calls unprecedented request by global body to oversee April 9 vote ‘inconceivable… unparalleled expression of arrogance’
By Raoul Wootliff
Counting ballots from soldiers and absentees at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections for the 20th Israeli parliament. March 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 27, 2019, 4:36 pm
Why are there so many parties, and is there anything wrong with that?
The first in a series of articles and videos prepared by the Israel Democracy Institute in the run-up to April 9, explaining and critiquing what goes on during an election period
By Israel Democracy Institute
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer, speaks at the DLD Munich Conference 2019, January 20, 2019. (Picture Alliance for DLD | Verwendung weltweit)
January 20, 2019, 10:28 pm
Facebook hasn’t yet hired fact-checkers for problematic Israeli election content
Social media giant was caught off-guard by April 9 vote, Times of Israel learns, but plans to soon unveil tools to protect platform and users from manipulation and abuse
By Sue Surkes
File: An ultra-Orthodox man looks at workers hanging a Likud campaign poster featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the entrance to Jerusalem on March 11, 2015 in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2019, 3:20 pm
Likud refuses to back rules to block online voter manipulation in elections
PM’s party rejects declaration on fair Facebook use, tells Central Elections Committee it will continue to thwart transparency bill extending propaganda restrictions to internet
By Raoul Wootliff
Counting ballots from soldiers and absentees at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections for the 20th Israeli parliament. March 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 14, 2019, 9:58 am
Netanyahu says Israel’s ready for any election cyber-meddling scenario. It isn’t
Israelis’ intimate data has been widely leaked, including from ministries * Laws are outdated, unenforced * Abuse of social media is rampant * Facebook won’t respond to inquiries
By Sue Surkes and Shoshanna Solomon
In this March 17, 2015 file photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party supporters react to exit poll results at the party's election headquarters In Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 14, 2019, 12:52 am
Central Elections Committee to Likud: Commit to law ending election manipulation
Judge in charge of April’s elections says PM’s party must stop blocking wide-reaching transparency bill extending propaganda restrictions to cover online content
By Raoul Wootliff
An illustrative image of hackers/cybersecurity (iStock by Getty Images)
January 10, 2019, 7:27 pm
Foreign entities said buying domain names of Israeli parties ahead of elections
Amid meddling concerns, cybersecurity expert says seized URLs could be malicious phishing-like scam, or simply opportunists trying to make money
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 19, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 25, 2018, 9:16 am
First poll after elections called shows Likud breezing past Gantz to easy win
Netanyahu’s party maintains massive lead in new survey, way ahead of hypothetical new party led by former IDF chief
By Raoul Wootliff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement in Tel Aviv, November 18, 2018, saying he will take over temporarily as defense minister, as early elections loom. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
December 24, 2018, 10:26 pm
Early election timing likely more to do with graft-dodging than draft-dodging
Netanyahu apparently decided last week to call the snap poll, just as the State Prosecution was handing his corruption probes over to the attorney general for a final decision
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaking with then-Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar in the Knesset, October 16, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash 90/File)
December 12, 2018, 5:29 pm
MKs give initial green light to bill blocking ‘coup’ against Netanyahu
Legislation limits president to choosing solely from among party chiefs to form a government, securing Likud leader’s position against potential challengers
By Raoul Wootliff
Then-IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Navy ceremony on September 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
November 28, 2018, 3:19 pm
Netanyahu, now defense chief, consults with ex-IDF head and likely rival Gantz
The popular former chief of staff is said to be considering running for Knesset, polls suggest his party could come in second only to PM’s Likud
By TOI staff
Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a faction meeting on November 19, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
November 19, 2018, 10:33 pm
Bringing coalition back from the dead, PM puts rivals in political purgatory
Four observations on the hairpin twists and turns of Israel’s dramatic realpolitik developments, and their potential consequences
By Raoul Wootliff
Benjamin Netanyahu leads a faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on November 19, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
November 19, 2018, 6:06 pm
Bennett about-face buoys PM, but Kahlon says coalition still doomed
Netanyahu tells cheering party that coalition will last another year; Kulanu chair maintains Israel will still go to elections in March
By Raoul Wootliff
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