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Hadash leader Ayman Odeh (L) and Ta'al chief Ahmad Tibi attend a Joint List faction meeting at the Knesset on May 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 22, 2022, 1:27 am
Arab parties fail to sign vote share deals, giving Netanyahu bloc edge in election
Hadash-Ta’al, Balad and Ra’am factions do not manage to reach any agreements for surplus ballots; former PM’s opponent Yisrael Beytenu also does not ink deal
By Michael Horovitz
Labor's Ram Shefa (R) and Meretz's Michal Rozin sign a vote-sharing deal between the parties on August 31, 2022 (Courtesy)
August 31, 2022, 5:41 pm
Labor, Meretz agree to surplus vote-sharing deal, as parties urged to merge
Joint statement by left-wing parties stresses urgency of preventing the far-right from entering the government in upcoming election, but Meretz later says deal not signed yet
By ToI Staff
Left photo: Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at the Likud party's election rally in Ramat Gan on February 29, 2020; Right photo: Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party, holds a press conference in Jerusalem on February 26, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90; Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2021, 3:33 am
Netanyahu says Ben Gvir will be in coalition, but ‘not fit’ to be a minister
Leader of extreme-right Otzma Yehudit party says he won’t be a ‘scarecrow’ in Knesset, wants position of influence to push his plan to encourage Arab emigration
By ToI Staff
Left photo: Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at the Likud party's election rally in Ramat Gan on February 29, 2020; Right photo: Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party, holds a press conference in Jerusalem on February 26, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90; Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 10, 2021, 10:59 pm
Netanyahu says far-right Ben Gvir won’t be in cabinet, will be part of coalition
Drawing distinction, PM indicates Kahane disciple won’t be given a ministerial post, but ‘plainly’ will be a coalition member; also says he won’t share premiership with anyone else
By Raoul Wootliff
Left photo: Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at the Likud party's election rally in Ramat Gan on February 29, 2020; Right photo: Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party, holds a press conference in Jerusalem on February 26, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90; Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 10, 2021, 10:58 am
Netanyahu’s Likud signs surplus vote-sharing deal with far-right party
Agreement with Religious Zionism further aligns PM with extremists such as Otzma Yehudit’s Itamar Ben Gvir, is said to promise Religious Zionism MKs in any Netanyahu-led coalition
By ToI Staff
Naftali Bennett (L) and Gideon Sa'ar (R) attend Jerusalem Day celebrations at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on May 17, 2015. (Flash90)
January 4, 2021, 9:01 pm
Sa’ar’s New Hope, Bennett’s Yamina sign surplus vote-sharing deal
Yesh Atid, Yisrael Beytenu also ink agreement to share extra votes; Netanyahu’s Likud could be without deal for first time since 2003
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset, December 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 22, 2019, 1:22 pm
Right-wing parties, left-wing parties ink vote-sharing agreements
Likud signs deal with Yamina as Democratic Camp and Labor team up to ensure ballots don’t go to waste
By Raoul Wootliff
Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman (R) speaks with Yesh Atid chief Yair Lapid at the Knesset on November 16, 2015. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
August 20, 2019, 2:41 pm
Blue and White and Yisrael Beytenu ink vote-sharing deal, drawing fire
Liberman insists move only technical, not a sign of ideology, after Likud slams right-wing faction for forging deal with centrists pushing to unseat Netanyahu
By Raoul Wootliff
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid (R) and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman hold a joint press conference at the Knesset on February 29, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
August 18, 2019, 8:42 pm
Liberman defends proposed vote-sharing deal with Blue and White
Move could boost centrist faction’s chances of unseating Netanyahu, but Yisrael Beytenu chief insists he will only back a unity government
By Raoul Wootliff
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