Final newspaper polls give right wing narrowest lead of race
Four days before elections, support for Likud-Beytenu is lower than ever; 15% of voters remain undecided
View ArticleArab League tries to turn out the Arab-Israeli vote
Cairo-based organization warns Israel may be able to pass ‘racist laws against the Arabs’ with greater ease if there are too few Arab Knesset members
View ArticleIsraeli-Arab, female and headed for the Knesset
In an unprecedented breakthrough, Nadia Hilou (Labor), Nabila Espanioly (Hadash) and Hanin Zoabi (Balad) may all serve as MKs during the same term
View ArticleThe numbers behind the results
Netanyahu won less than a quarter of the popular vote; final turnout 67.52%; over 250,000 envelopes went to waste
View ArticleNext Knesset to receive boost in female power
Record 27 women win seats in elections, nearly a quarter of new legislature
View ArticleKnesset Iftar meal canceled due to Arab MKs’ boycott
Arab parties angered by passage of Bedouin resettlement plan and the Knesset speaker’s disciplinary measures against MKs
View ArticleKnesset committee votes to raise electoral threshold to 4%
Opposition’s Arab and ultra-Orthodox parties attack proposal, saying it’s hypocritical and anti-democratic
View ArticleFor Arab voters, a boon in disguise
Why a government plan to increase the electoral threshold, blasted as ‘racist’ by Arab parties, might be the best news Israel’s Arab citizens have heard in a long time
View ArticlePalestinian and Israeli negotiators hold clandestine talks in Jerusalem
Abbas meets with Hadash party members in Ramallah, calls on Israel to refrain from ‘stacking obstacles’ ahead of negotiations
View ArticleKnesset schedules marathon votes next week on key bills
In just four days, lawmakers to debate and cast final votes on Haredi draft, electoral threshold, peace referendum
View ArticleWhat if the Arab parties go gentle into the night?
In succumbing to the provisions of the Governance Bill, Balad, Ra’am Ta’al and Hadash could deprive Israel of a key pluralistic credential
View ArticleMK Mohammad Barakeh convicted for 2006 altercation
Hadash party leader found guilty of attacking a right-wing activist during demonstration against Second Lebanon War
View ArticleHow Rivlin nearly lost the presidency, and why it matters
Rivlin may be president, but it was Meir Sheetrit’s stunning showing that highlighted the raw power of the new Herzog-Livni axis and revealed where the political winds are blowing
View ArticleNetanyahu to Arab parties: I am PM for all Israelis
On second day of coalition talks, Jewish Home and Shas spar; Likud-Beytenu representatives meet with Hatnua and Kadima
View ArticleIn Knesset, an upbeat start for a shadow peace summit
Lawmakers from Jerusalem and Ramallah unite under flag of conciliation to support peace talks, two-state solution
View ArticleElectoral reform bill moves forward, but PM to reconsider support
Arab MKs stage dramatic silent protest in Knesset plenum over law that would raise electoral threshold beyond the current showing of any Arab party
View ArticleFor sole Jewish-Arab party, new law may be a death blow
But some Arab MKs view Governance Bill, raising electoral threshold to 3.25 percent, as a possible blessing in disguise
View ArticleLawmakers spar over force-feeding fasting prisoners
Knesset Interior Committee chair Miri Regev calls Arab Israeli MK Hanin Zoabi ‘traitor’ over opposition to bill
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