Everyone knows that Labor and Meretz voters have the most personal integrity, and when they said they’re going to leave if Bibi is reelected, that means they intend to follow through. Jerusalem, April 15 – Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s incoming ...
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Few, if any, political figures are suited to the post of Minister of the Inferior as well as Herzog. Jerusalem, April 7 – Prime Minister-elect Binyamin Netanyahu raised the stakes in ongoing coalition negotiations today by dangling the post of Minister ...
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Former cabinet minister Tzachi Hanegbi noted the existence of an actual Wikipedia entry on Israeli politicians convicted of various crimes. Jerusalem, March 31 – Leading political figures reacted to former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s conviction on corruption charges yesterday with ...
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Evidently no one ever told them that democracy only works when you vote as the educated class sees fit. Tel Aviv, March 24 – The stunning electoral loss last week has ideologues and pragmatists on Israel’s political left wondering whether ...
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The first congratulatory phone call to the head of the Joint List, Ayman Odeh, came from US President Barack Obama. Jerusalem, March 17 – Israel underwent an electoral upheaval today as a political party representing the Arab ethnic minority swept into ...
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“It’s as if he can’t see the most obvious flaws in his world view.” Jerusalem, March 15 – Salim Joubran, a celebrated member of Israel’s judiciary who happens to be of Arab descent, remains completely unaware that Israel practices Apartheid ...
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“I have always had the State’s interests at the forefront of my mind, and it is mere coincidence that those dynamic, fluid interests always happen to dovetail completely with my career aspirations.” Tel Aviv, March 9 – Aspiring prime minister ...
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“There’s nothing more ‘status quo’ than uncivil marriage,” acknowledges MK Tzipi Livni. Jerusalem, March 3 – Political, cultural, and religious forces continue to vie for supremacy in resolving the question of whether Israel will recognize civil marriage, but even the ...
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Such a medium dovetails with the entire society’s primary means of expression and communication. Jerusalem, February 24 – Israeli candidates for prime minister have not held a debate since the 1998 elections, but incumbent Binyamin Netanyahu and Opposition leader Isaac ...
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“Political donors want to use us for their own purposes and have refused to fully get behind our movement.” Tel Aviv, February 18 – A once-hopeful new player on Israel’s electoral scene has had trouble convincing the electorate of its sincerity, ...
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