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Tel Aviv, Jerusalem mayors keep posts; right-wing populists register successes
The municipal elections in Israel yesterday brought no major surprises. In the most interesting political fight this year, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat beat Atty. Moshe Lion, whose candidacy was backed by Shas’s Aryeh Deri and former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman. The defeat has implications for the political futures of both politicians: Deri is weaker without…
By
Noam Sheizaf
October 23, 2013
Why are Jerusalem leftists voting for a pro-settlement mayor?
Over 5 million Israelis have the right to vote in the municipal elections today. National politics are not as directly reflected in municipal polls as they were in the past – when Likud and Labor used those as platform for securing their parties’ political machines (plus, there just isn’t much of a competition in the…
By
Noam Sheizaf
October 22, 2013
Will Tel Aviv have its first openly gay mayor?
Meretz MK announces plans to challenge Tel Aviv-Jaffa’s 15-year mayor. Though he faces difficult odds, Horowitz has a legitimate chance to become the first openly gay mayor of any Israeli city. Knesset Member Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) on Monday announced his intention to run in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipal elections, due to take place on October…
By
Noam Sheizaf
May 6, 2013
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Israeli elections round-up: Image of the next Netanyahu government emerges
Recent attempts to form an ‘anti-Bibi’ bloc among the centrist parties may very well drive right-wing voters back to the prime minister’s hands. One outcome of the unusually short election cycle that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu imposed on the Israeli political system – in an attempt to prevent any serious challenge to his position –…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 6, 2013
Vote for Arab-Jewish parties, or don’t vote at all
Just as an American wouldn’t imagine voting for a party that does not accept blacks, progressive Israelis should only consider voting for parties that challenge the separation between Palestinian and Jews. This is a translation, with minor changes, of my weekly column for Time Out Tel Aviv. The Hebrew original can be read here. A…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 5, 2013
Right-wing leader Bennett: ‘When Palestinians were climbing trees, we already had a Jewish state’
Naftali Bennett, the leader of the Jewish Home party and the rising star of the right, is considered the new, modern and hospitable face of the hard right. His rise in the polls has won him international attention, and the New York Times has called him “the campaign’s most dynamic and influential factor.” But underneath…
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Noam Sheizaf
January 1, 2013
Likud MK: ‘Netanyahu’s two-state speech was a tactical move’
The prime minister’s Likud-Beitenu party has yet to present a platform for the upcoming elections, and if one is to be published, it most likely won’t include any reference to a future Palestinian state. Education Minister Sa’ar: ‘it is time to sober up from the idea.’ Likud MK Tzipi Hotovely said on Monday that Prime…
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Noam Sheizaf
December 31, 2012
Supreme Court allows Palestinian MK Zoabi to participate in elections
The court unanimously decided to reverse the Central Election Committee’s decision forbidding MK Zoabi (Balad) from running. In response, a Likud spokesperson vowed that the PM’s party would work to amend the law in order to ensure such disqualifications before the next elections. The Israeli Supreme Court decided this morning (Sunday) to reverse the Central Election Committee’s decision to prevent…
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Noam Sheizaf
December 30, 2012
The rise of the extreme right is the story of the Israeli elections
There are two new elections polls out, both following the trends of the last few weeks. First, Netanyahu’s right-Orthodox bloc is pulling ahead, now polling 67.5 seats in our average (out of the Knesset’s 120). As I argued when the elections were called, it’s clear that no candidate but Netanyahu will be able to form…
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Noam Sheizaf
December 25, 2012
Election committee bans Palestinian MK Zoabi from participating in elections
An automatic appeal before the Supreme Court will be heard next week. Zoabi’s party, Balad, has already announced it will withdraw from the elections if the decision is not reversed. Israel’s Central Election Committee (CEC) voted today (Wednesday) to disqualify Palestinian Knesset Member Haneen Zoabi from participating in the coming elections. MK Zoabi is the number two…
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Noam Sheizaf
December 19, 2012
Israeli election polls: Netanyahu losing support to the extreme right
According to the latest polls, all center and left-wing parties will win fewer seats than in the current Knesset. A little over a month is left until the Knesset elections, and polls are being published more and more frequently, including six polls published just this weekend. We have updated five of them on our Poll…
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Noam Sheizaf
December 16, 2012
Resource: Israeli elections and Palestinian parliamentarians
Who are the leading Arab candidates in the upcoming Knesset elections? Who is trying to ban them from running, and how? How did such attempts end in previous elections? How many Palestinian citizens can vote in the Knesset elections, and how many are expected to vote? A Q&A by the human rights organization Adalah answers…
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+972 Resources
December 13, 2012
The boycott campaign enters the Israeli election
A new Livni ad warns the public that Netanyahu and Lieberman will bring an ‘international boycott’ on Israel. The condemnations Israel has suffered following the government’s decision to set in motion the development plans for the area known as E1 didn’t affect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s standing in the polls, but they certainly registered with…
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Noam Sheizaf
December 10, 2012
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