The 14-day countdown for Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new unity government and avoid a fourth consecutive Israeli election is well underway—and while Netanyahu is expected to succeed, a traditional political ally won’t be joining him. The right-leaning “Yamina” political…
It has been 11 months since the first Israeli election in this current cycle, and despite the third election in a year concluding on Monday, not much has changed from the first. The April 2019 election saw the Center-Right Bloc…
With just days remaining for Israel’s Blue and White political party to form a government and a third consecutive round of elections looming on the horizon, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin pleaded for both Blue and White and Likud to form…
Israel’s second round of elections have been a complex but ultimately straightforward math problem: the ruling Likud party plus their allies equals less than a majority. The opposition Blue and White party plus their allies equals less than a majority.…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—known also by his nickname “Bibi”—is expected to be named as Israel’s leader for the fifth time, extending his record-setting run as prime minister to well into it’s eighth straight year. It will also give him…
A surprising finish to the Israeli elections has seen Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party win the most votes and further entrench Netanyahu’s power for what will be his third-straight term as prime minister. But what will that…