Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party didn't do nearly as well in the election as previous polls suggested he would, but with a narrow margin between the top parties they may yet hold the key to forming a coalition government. He's got a condition for any...
With the election in the books and the ballots being counted, it is no clearer now than 24 hours ago who will be forming the next Israeli government. Exit polls suggest Kadima will complete an amazing comeback by passing Likud in number of seats, but they also suggest...
Israel's elections are over, and the counting of ballots has begun. The early exit polls show a very narrow gap between the Likud Party and the Kadima Party, with Kadima surprisingly taking a narrow lead in each of the results. Channel 1 and Channel 10 both give...
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu says he "will approach all the Zionist parties to join a coalition headed by Likud," but has indicated that Avigdor Lieberman, head of the surging Yisrael Beiteinu party, will not be the defense minister in his prospective coalition...
Israel's Channel 2 sent a reporter to the Haifa rally for the surging Yisrael Beiteinu party of Avigdor Lieberman. The reporter, Forat Nassar, was turned away. The reason: because he's an Arab, and they're persona non-grata for a party whose sky-rocketing popularity...
At midnight tonight EST, Israelis begin casting their ballots for the next Knesset (parliament). The Likud Party's wide lead of recent weeks has narrowed considerably (on the back of a major surge in the popularity of Yisrael Beiteinu), but leader Benjamin Netanyahu...
The presumptive key to Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu's ability to credibly form a coalition government (assuming he is not able to put together his unity government) has been a right-far-right coalition. Polls suggest that Likud, Shas, and Yisrael Beiteinu would...
The controversial booklet distributed to Israeli soldiers during the Gaza invasion by chief Israeli military rabbi Brigadier General Avichai Rontzki was "unsuitable for military publication," according to the Israeli Defense Ministry. In a letter to opposition MP...
The Israeli elections are just three days away now, and the polls show a continuing trend: the Yisrael Beiteinu party of Avigdor Lieberman is gaining by leaps and bounds, and his gain is narrowing the gap between the frontrunning Likud Party and the Kadima Party. The...
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has announced that it is suspending all humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, citing yesterday's reported theft of several truckloads of food by the Hamas government. Most of the 1.5 million residents of the Gaza...
