Carrie Keller-Lynn

Carrie Keller-Lynn is a political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel

Danny Danon, at a celebration of Israel's 70th Independence Day in Tel Aviv, April 19, 2018. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

September 23, 2022, 7:08 am

Back in fold, Likud’s Danon says mulling Netanyahu ouster ‘legit’ if 5th vote fails

Returning to politics after years at UN in NY, ex-contender for Likud’s throne finds he and opposition head ‘have learned to appreciate’ each other, decries Lapid’s ‘inexperience’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu criticizes Prime Minister Yair Lapid for endorsing the two-state solution at the UN General Assembly, in a video statement released on September 22, 2022. (Twitter screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

September 22, 2022, 9:57 pm

Netanyahu leads right-wing criticism of Lapid’s UN speech: He’s ‘endangering’ Israel

Opposition chief claims PM will give Palestinians ‘a terrorist state in the heart of the country’; premier’s left-wing partners, US hail his backing of two-state solution

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Jacob Magid

MK Amichai Chikli at the Knesset House Committee hearing on Yamina's request to declare him a 'defector' from the party, on April 25, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 21, 2022, 4:39 pm

Meretz seeks to disqualify Chikli’s Likud bid, days after petitioning against Silman

Left-wing party bases petition on former Yamina MK’s failure to quit Knesset soon after voting against the the government led by his party

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Minister of Transportation Merav Michaeli arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, September 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussil/Flash90)

September 21, 2022, 3:25 am

Launching election push, Labor chief Michaeli takes aim at far-right’s Ben Gvir

Center-left leader warns that extremists who once threatened Rabin could be ministers in next government, urges resumption of peace talks with Palestinians

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

In this undated photo, Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata welcomes immigrants (Noga Malsa)

September 20, 2022, 3:22 pm

Three-quarters of this year’s 50,500 new immigrants linked to war in Ukraine

Nearly 40,000 Ukrainians, Russians, and Belarussians become citizens, driving 148% overall increase over same period in 2021; about 35,800 Ukrainian refugees from war also arrive

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Likud MK Nir Barkat holds a New Year event for his supporters in Tel Aviv on September 19, 2022. (Flash90)

September 19, 2022, 11:35 pm

Likud’s Barkat calls to politicize attorney general and senior bureaucrat posts

Former Jerusalem mayor says top posts should be ‘positions of trust,’ doing away with unaffiliated senior civil servants and replacing them with political appointees

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

MK Idit Silman and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on June 13, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 19, 2022, 5:25 pm

Meretz petitions to disqualify Silman’s Likud run, claiming ‘gross violation’ of law

Left-wing party seeks to prevent former Yamina lawmaker, who was instrumental in bringing down government, from switching to Netanyahu’s party

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Hadash leader Ayman Odeh points during a press conference with lawmakers from the allied Hadash-Ta'al faction as they register their party list on September 15, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 16, 2022, 1:23 am

Arab-led Joint List splits into 2 factions, shuffling political deck at last minute

Drama over rotation deal splinters party into Hadash-Ta’al and Balad, in move that could help Netanyahu back to power; Labor and Meretz finalize independent runs, rebuffing Lapid

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu poses with candidates he added to the Likud Knesset slate: (from left) Yossi Fuchs, Tsega Melaku, Idit Silman, Moshe Saada, and Amichai Chikli, September 14, 2022. (Courtesy)

September 14, 2022, 10:57 pm

Netanyahu adds former rebel MKs who downed Bennett government to his Likud slate

Ex-justice official who attacked prosecutors over Netanyahu charges is also given spot; new faces have not stymied criticism over lack of female representation in Likud’s list

By Ash Obel and Carrie Keller-Lynn

MK Itamar Ben Gvir and MK Bezalel Smotrich of Religious Zionism-Otzma Yehudit registered their party for the upcoming elections at the Knesset, September 14, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

September 14, 2022, 7:24 pm

National Unity, Religious Zionism and Yisrael Beytenu submit final candidate lists

Religious Zionism adds anti-LGBT party Noam to its roster just before submitting slate; most parties to finalize their lists on Thursday

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Maj. Bar Falah, 30, the deputy commander of the elite Nahal reconnaissance unit, who was killed in a firefight with two terrorists near the West Bank security fence on September 14, 2022. (Courtesy: Family)

September 14, 2022, 12:28 pm

Senior officer killed in West Bank firefight identified as Maj. Bar Falah, 30

Deputy commander of elite Nahal reconnaissance unit was leading a force to arrest suspects when they opened fire; soldiers killed the 2 gunmen, one of whom was PA security officer

By Emanuel Fabian and Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Yair Lapid poses with his Yesh Atid party's election candidates, in Tel Aviv, September 13, 2022. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

September 13, 2022, 11:11 pm

Unveiling Yesh Atid’s roster, Lapid slams Netanyahu for Haredi education deal

PM keeps most of party’s 26 sitting politicians in realistic spots, says Netanyahu sold out Haredi children’s futures with deal to fund schools that don’t teach core curriculum

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel in Modi'in, December 5, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

September 13, 2022, 7:55 pm

Minister Hendel bows out of Knesset race, days after Zionist Spirit breakup

Short-lived party collapsed under weight of poor polling and divisions over aligning with Likud

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked and Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel at a state memorial ceremony for former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir, at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, July 10, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

September 13, 2022, 11:34 am

Shaked agrees to run as leader of Jewish Home, days after split with Zionist Spirit

Interior minister signs deal three days after blowup with Yoaz Hendel that ended short-lived alliance; if move finalizes, party likely to support Netanyahu for PM

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman presents his party's candidates for the upcoming elections at a campaign event in Tel Aviv, September 12, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

September 12, 2022, 10:48 pm

Under banner of ‘real secular right,’ Yisrael Beytenu launches election slate

Addressing concerns about women’s dwindling representation, party chief Liberman adds a female military general in the fourth slot

By Carrie Keller-Lynn