Analysts and political hopefuls rushed to suggest how such a party might come into being. Tel Aviv, April 24 – Political commentators and operatives buzzed with excitement this week following the publication of a survey that found incumbent Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ...
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Feed SubscriptionPetition: High Court Judges Must Forfeit State Salary; They Rule On Cases Where State A Party
They draw a salary far in excess of the median national monthly salary for full-time employees. Jerusalem, April 18 – As controversy swirls around the role of the judiciary in Israel and its relationship with the legislative branch of government, ...
Read More »Bibi Mulls Ordering Ministers To Stay Silent On Everything, Not Only Syria
He hopes to decide whether to order cabinet officials to remain silent at all times except behind closed official doors, with exceptions only he can authorize. Jerusalem, April 11 – Israel’s Prime Minister has begun considering expanding his order to ...
Read More »Fizzling “March Of Return” Leaves Joint List Short Of Recruitment Goals
“Exactly none of the dead come from a demographic that would join a Zionist, or even Jewish, party, and I think we all know why that is.” Umm el-Fahm, April 3 – Officials from the parties composing the political alliance ...
Read More »Bribes To Female Judges Only 70% Of Bribes To Male Counterparts
“That’s a disturbing indication of what’s wrong with our society.” Tel Aviv, March 20 – A troubling new study points to systemic discrimination in Israel so deep that women judges receive, on average, bribes that are almost a third lower ...
Read More »French Consulate Employee Caught Smuggling Votes To Meretz
Operatives arranged for votes from Palestinian-controlled areas, where they are not being used, to be smuggled into Israel. Jerusalem, March 19 – A volunteer with the consulate of France in Israel’s capital was arrested today and charged with smuggling votes ...
Read More »Gabbay Vows To Relocate US Embassy To Tel Aviv
He voiced belief that reversing Trump’s relocation would reestablish the international limbo that his party has always excelled at maintaining. Tel Aviv, March 13 – Labor Party Chairman Avi Gabbay reacted to reports of possible parliamentary elections this year by ...
Read More »Putin Asks Netanyahu To Hold Off On Early Elections Till Russia Can Finish Hacking
The cover story for ostensibly impending elections involves mutually exclusive red lines declared by the Haredi parties in the coalition and Yisrael Beiteinu. Jerusalem, March 7 – Officials at the Prime Minister’s Office reported today that the President of Russia ...
Read More »Breaking The Silence Activist Offers To Beat Palestinians If Prosecutors Indict Bibi
This time the evidence would leave no doubt that he had thoroughly abused Palestinians. Jerusalem, February 28 – Drama continued to surround a series of corruption cases involving Israel’s prime minister this afternoon as a prominent member of a human ...
Read More »Netanyahu Offered Bribe To Haaretz Publisher To Keep Up Antagonistic Coverage
It aimed at depicting his political rivals as deranged, obsessed, and dangerous, given the affinity between them and Haaretz. Tel Aviv, February 22 – New revelations continued to rock Israel’s political scene today as allegations emerged that the embattled prime ...
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