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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 569

Israeli primary elections

Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid (right) welcomes Ram Ben Barak to the party, at a faction meeting in the Knesset, January 15, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 30, 2024, 3:03 pm
After war delay, Yesh Atid reschedules first-ever leadership primary for March
Yair Lapid expected to face off against lawmaker Ram Ben Barak for chair as opposition party to hold internal election for first time since 2012 founding
By ToI Staff
Zehava Galon seen in Tel Aviv after winning the Meretz party leadership race, August 23, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 23, 2022, 11:44 pm
Galon wins Meretz leadership race, returning to head left-wing party after 3 years
Stepping out of retirement to run, Zehava Galon easily defeats Yair Golan, while outgoing party chief Nitzan Horowitz slips to unrealistic spot on Knesset list
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Religious Zionism party head MK Bezalel Smotrich casts his primary vote at a polling station in Jerusalem, August 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 23, 2022, 10:44 pm
Religious Zionism primary keeps sitting MKs at top of Knesset slate
Current Knesset members grab the four realistic spots behind Smotrich, who is reportedly negotiating to unify with rebel former Yamina MK Amichai Chikli
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Illustrative image: A Jerusalem polling station for people who are in quarantine because of Covid-19, on election day, March 23, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 7, 2022, 2:12 pm
Daily Briefing July 7: Election primaries primer; looming Palestinian evictions
Carrie Keller-Lynn fills us in on what’s happening behind the political scenes, and Aaron Boxerman takes us into a controversial firing zone in the southern Hebron hills
By ToI Staff
Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset on October 4, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 8, 2021, 9:56 am
Lapid’s Yesh Atid to hold leadership election in coming months — report
1,000 party members and lawmakers will reportedly be eligible to vote for a chairperson; unclear if anyone will challenge incumbent; no vote to be held for party’s Knesset slate
By ToI Staff
Labor party activists shout slogans outside a primary polling station in Jerusalem on July 4, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 11, 2019, 2:40 pm
How do Israeli primaries work, and how could they be improved?
The third 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
File: Minister of Interior Affairs Aryeh Deri gives a statement to the media during a conference at the Ramada hotel in Jerusalem, on March 30, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 12, 2016, 9:44 pm
‘Very close’ associate of Deri questioned under caution
Police investigators search man’s home and office over real estate corruption suspicions swirling around interior minister
By Raoul Wootliff
Anett Haskia: "I am a proud Muslim Arab Israeli." (courtesy)
January 11, 2015, 1:15 pm
For Anett Haskia, there’s no place like the Jewish Home
Muslim-Arab Israeli candidate whose 3 children have served in IDF doesn’t care what you call her, so long as it’s not ‘Palestinian’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A Likud member casts his vote in the party primaries in Jerusalem, December 31, 2014. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 1, 2015, 3:16 am
Likud’s bleak, lifeless primary — good news for Netanyahu
Wednesday’s vote offers a window into the troubled inner world of Israel’s ruling party
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog (L), with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in November 2013. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
December 30, 2014, 1:14 pm
Likud is from Mars, Labor is from Venus
It’s not yet clear which parties or alliances will be on the ballot, but the battle to define what the election is about is already underway
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on October 7, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / POOL /DAN BALILTY)
October 22, 2014, 2:36 am
New elections? Netanyahu says they’re the last thing Israel needs
Despite threats by coalition partners and rampant speculation, a trip to the polls is unlikely in the immediate future
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Then-minister of education Gideon Sa'ar (left) and then-minister of environment Gilad Erdan (right) flank Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they make calls to potential voters ahead of national elections, in Tel Aviv, January 17, 2013. (Gideon Markowicz/ Flash90)
October 16, 2014, 10:03 pm
Does PM’s bid for early Likud primaries mean elections are near?
Netanyahu is unassailable as party leader, but the Likud is shrinking in the Knesset, he’s under pressure from its far-right wing, and he’s facing rivalries among close allies
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Kadima MK Shaul Mofaz (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 23, 2013, 8:40 pm
Barely an MK, Mofaz eyes premiership
Despite rough times, Kadima head says he’s ‘the only alternative’ to Netanyahu
By Aaron Kalman
Discarded campaign flyers rest in a trash can following the Likud party primaries on Nov 25, 2012 (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
February 27, 2013, 6:02 am
Likud MK may be implicated in cash-for-votes scandal
Jewish Home activist says he employed the same system he used to boost Slomiansky with a member of the ruling party
By Ron Friedman
February 26, 2013, 8:18 pm
Bennett laments ‘corruption’ in Jewish Home primary
Right-wing party leader confirms he initiated investigation into fellow MK Slomiansky for alleged vote-buying in Knesset bid
By Aaron Kalman
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