Israeli Elections
The New Hope Party leader must end his “foolish” boycott of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud officials say, as Yesh Atid enters coalition talks with Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas.
Notwithstanding a major political development, it appears that Israel will head to an unprecedented fifth round of elections this summer.
The American Jewish Committee expressed concern “about those on the other end of the political spectrum who deny Israel’s very right to exist, even as they are elected via Israel’s democratic system, and embrace such terror groups as Hamas.”
“Proponents of terrorism who deny Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state are not legitimate partners in any government,” says Betzalel Smotrich.
With nearly 4 million votes counted, the focus is now on the hundreds of thousands of so-called double-envelope votes
Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper “Al-Akhbar”: “No surprises in fourth election: Bibi at the mercy of Bennett” • Hamas: “Identity of the next Israeli government won’t change the nature of the conflict.”
The party is projected to garner six or seven Knesset seats, making it indispensable in any right-wing government.
The biggest question remains whether or not Naftali Bennett’s Yamina Party will join a government led by the current premier.
The data, leaked a day before Israel’s general election, includes the names, phone numbers, addresses, assigned voting stations, gender and email addresses of nearly 6.5 million Israelis.
Making their election day debut, “vote and go” stations catering to those with COVID or in quarantine are located in 500 tent facilities across the country.
An interview with New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar.
An interview with Yamina leader Naftali Bennett.
