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The Knesset voting to dissolve itself on December 8, 2014. (Courtesy Knesset spokesperson)
January 30, 2015, 3:40 am
After last-minute lineup tinkering, elections begin in earnest
Thursday’s deadline for submitting Knesset slates sparked fierce battle for the center, and shed light on the campaigns and their strategies
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) soldiers walk near the town entrance circle heading to their strongholds in Kobani, Syria, earlier this year. (photo credit: AP/Jake Simkin)
January 26, 2015, 2:08 pm
Islamic State group pushed out of Kobani
Israel Police No. 2 Nissim Mor named as the officer who allegedly assaulted a female subordinate; Lapid presents list for Knesset
By Jonathan Beck
Moshe Kahlon announces Tzaga Malko's joining Kahlon's Kulanu party in Tel Aviv on January 11, 2015. The election committee disqualified Malko for not leaving her government job in time. (Photo credit: Flash90)
January 26, 2015, 1:31 pm
Kulanu candidate barred from running in March elections
Election committee finds Tsega Melaku did not resign from her state radio job in time to join Kahlon list
By Judah Ari Gross
Jewish Home celebrates the end of its primaries on January 15, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)
January 16, 2015, 12:28 pm
On elections, Hebrew press takes a page from BuzzFeed
Lists, polls, and of course, opinions give readers more than enough election news to last them the weekend
By Yossi Nachemi
Kulanu party leader Moshe Kahlon surrounded by the party's Knesset candidates at a campaign kickoff event in Givat Brenner, January 15, 2015 (photo credit: courtesy/Facebook)
January 15, 2015, 10:48 pm
Kahlon kicks off campaign, wants to appeal to everyone
At packed event, veteran lawmaker’s Kulanu party unveils boundary-shattering Knesset slate laden with social activists
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Tsega Melaku, an Ethiopian-born activist and journalist, and a candidate for Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu party. (screen capture: YouTube)
January 11, 2015, 1:07 pm
Ethiopian-born Tsega Melaku joins Kahlon’s party
Journalist, a former director of Israel Radio’s Reshet Alef, gets No. 3 slot on Kulanu Knesset slate
By Tamar Pileggi
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