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Israel’s ’50 most influential women’ — not a single Arab
Israel’s leading economic paper couldn’t find a single Arab to put on their list of Israel’s most influential women. Last week the Israeli magazine Lady Globes (put out by business daily Globes) published its list of Israel’s 50 most influential women for 2016. Although it remains unclear what it takes for a woman to make the list…
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Samah Salaime
September 18, 2016
The violent roots of Israel’s Labor party
The Labor party’s glory days included the Nakba, conquering and settling the West Bank and East Jerusalem and other affairs Israeli society has yet to begin processing. By Tom Pessah Senior Labor MK Shelly Yachimovich published the following status on her personal Facebook page a few weeks ago: “Hi this is Shelly. Spot the differences: education…
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+972 Magazine
March 9, 2015
Yachimovich: Ignoring the Palestinian issue cost us four Knesset seats
Israel’s opposition leader and the head of Labor party claimed this weekend that ignoring the Palestinian diplomatic issue in her election campaign cost her party four Knesset seats. Yachimovich ran her campaign mostly on economical issues, in hopes of capitalizing on the social protests. She ended up with a disappointing 15 seats – a couple more than Ehud…
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Noam Sheizaf
April 30, 2013
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Final Israeli elections poll: Netanyahu’s bloc with a clear majority
The last polls ahead of Tuesday’s election have been published. Netanyahu’s Likud-Beitenu joint ticket could lose as many as eight seats, but the right-wing coalition he is projected to lead is still strong. Meretz is trending up, while Livni is losing support. We have updated out Poll Tracker with the surveys published over the weekend.…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 19, 2013
Where is the social protest movement in the Israeli elections?
Did the revolution lose its sex appeal? Did the J14 leaders enable politicians to ignore them? Whatever the reason, it is clear that the main benefactor of this state of affairs is Prime Minister Netanyahu. By Ilan Manor With the elections just two weeks away, it has become apparent that the 2013 elections are no…
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+972 Magazine
January 13, 2013
+972’s Person of the Year: The Settler
The settlement movement registered major victories this year on various fronts. Its representatives are reaching new heights in politics, the judiciary and the media. One out of five residents east of the Green Line is a settler. The expansion of settlements continues unabated, and – most importantly – settlers are in full control of the…
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+972 Magazine
December 26, 2012
J14 fades into grey in Labor primaries: New faces, old politics
The most important news about the Labor primaries is the depressing scarcity of news – most of the list belies the same old politics Israeli voters grew weary of years ago. Even J14 has not managed to breathe new life into the party – and the most prominent new figure on the ballot had to…
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Dimi Reider
November 30, 2012
On Palestinian issue, ‘alternatives’ to Netanyahu hold similar positions to PM
Labor leader Yacimovich asks not to be called a ‘lefty’ and shows hospitable face to the settlers, while Yair Lapid rejects compromising on the issue of Jerusalem. The heads of the two leading parties to the left of Netanyahu have made statements on the Palestinian issue this past week which place them very close to…
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Noam Sheizaf
November 10, 2012
Will ‘Bieberman’ bring down Netanyahu sooner than he thinks?
The reappearance of some veteran politicians on the scene had Netanyahu worried enough to merge with Lieberman. But while Bibi may be ensured another term, he will ultimately pay for the toll of his economic and political policies on Israelis and Palestinians. By Yacov Ben Efrat Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for early elections initially evoked an…
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+972 Magazine
October 30, 2012
Netanyahu announces early elections, expected to hold Knesset majority
The political parties, along with media, will sell a story of a tight battle, but the Likud-led majority is as stable as it was four years ago. A quick breakdown of the upcoming elections, expected to take place in roughly ninety days. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday evening his intention to hold early elections in roughly…
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Noam Sheizaf
October 9, 2012
King Bibi, the last King of Zion
King Bibi, as TIME Magazine recently crowned him, the fiercest Zionist to ever lead Israel, will go down in history as the one who brought Zionism to its knees TIME Magazine published a lengthy item on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month, with a close-up photo of him on the cover so huge it…
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Ami Kaufman
June 17, 2012
Labor party rocked by fraud allegations, frontrunner sails on
It’s probably hard to tell from outside certain Israeli circles, but the withering Labor party has been making some considerable noise over its approaching primaries campaign. With nearly as many serious contenders for the leadership as there are Labor members in the Knesset (eight), the competition has always had a rather moribund feel to it.…
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Dimi Reider
June 22, 2011
The battle over Labor: Who gives a hoot?
If there’s anything more pathetic than leadership battles in a dead political party – it’s leadership battles between two guys who don’t even have a chance of winning the leadership of that dead party. One can only wonder what Haaretz was thinking when they gave their lead headline – twice! – this week to Wikileaks…
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Ami Kaufman
April 17, 2011
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