Israeli Elections
“The results may or may not be to your liking, but the vote of the Israeli people should be respected,” the Israeli president said.
Democracies with proportional representation usually have higher voting rates.
Nov. 1 will mark Israel’s fifth time voting in 43 months. That’s quite a record. We take a look at some other interesting statistics around the election.
His political future might then depend on what Shas and United Torah Judaism decide.
Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses MK Ram Ben Barak of incitement; Ben Barak: “I would never compare anyone in Israel and the world to Hitler.”
Polls by Channel 12, Channel 13 and the Kan public broadcaster all predicted the opposition leader’s right-wing/religious bloc winning 60 mandates, one short of a majority in the 120-member Knesset.
Sixty-four percent of respondents selected the former prime minister, compared to just over 10 percent for the Religious Zionism Party.
Ambassador Tom Nides says in pre-Shabbat briefing that he is determined to get Israel accepted into U.S. visa waiver program.
Those who think increased budgets for the sector will change things “don’t understand the reality,” Professor Dan Schueftan told JNS.
“Caroline Glick Show” with Caroline Glick and guest Yoav Kisch
Experts weigh in on the party’s ambitious plan to overhaul the country’s justice system.
“It’s a shame to invest in a place that, at the end of the day, won’t be part of Israel,” says Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli.
