Benjamin Netanyahu
The voting will run between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. at 106 voting stations nationwide, with the final results coming on Friday.
After failing to form governments in successive elections and with criminal indictments looming, many in the Likud are questioning whether Israel’s embattled premier still has the political capital necessary to deliver a new Likud-led government.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced in September that he planned to establish sovereignty in the Jordan Valley if his Likud Party would win the elections.
“We are proud of our traditions. We are proud of our Christian friends. The State of Israel would not have come into being if it weren’t for the avid support of Christians in the 19th century, in the 20th century as well and in the 21st century,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
“It would be better for the public to make this ruling,” says Blue and White MK Ofer Shelah after Israel’s High Court announces it will debate whether an indicted Knesset member may form a government.
Israel’s High Court of Justice announces that it will debate the question of whether or not an indicted Knesset member can form a government, giving Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit 48 hours to submit his legal opinion on the issue.
“While we are moving forward in new areas of hope and peace with our Arab neighbors, the ICC in The Hague has taken a step backwards,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The seven-year prison sentence for Israeli-American Naama Issachar as well as the recent questioning of dozens of Israeli travelers has brought the complex relationship between the two countries into the public eye.
Likud Knesset member criticizes the Israeli prime minister for expressing support for the two-state solution in 2009 and for making “endless concessions” to the Palestinians.
Israel’s indicted premier announces that he will vacate the health, welfare, agriculture and Diaspora affairs portfolios, and appoint new ministers following an NGO petition to the Supreme Court.
Israeli prime minister: “I’m in favor of the people deciding and no one else” • Proposal “has no chance of passing in the few days left to this Knesset,” says Sa’ar • Bennett: “We must do everything possible to avoid new elections.”
Meeting in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, the Israeli prime minister praised the U.S. maximum pressure campaign on Tehran and said that it could even be stronger.
