Israeli President Shimon Peres will begin talks with political parties tomorrow as the first stage of making his decision which party to charge with attempting to form a coalition government. The most interesting meeting however will be on Thursday morning, when Peres...

While the Kadima Party ended up finishing first in last week's election, their path to forming a coalition appears to be a rocky one, and even as the rival Likud Party's own bloc falters Kadima seems to have struggled to hold on to what little support they had. Though...

While most people had assumed that Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman would eventually wind up in the camp of the Likud Party, it seems that a public snub by Likud and growing efforts by the Kadima Party may put him into the centrist party's bloc. "Bibi doesn't...

With the third largest number of seats in last week's Israeli election, Yisrael Beiteinu head Avigdor Lieberman has emerged as something of a kingmaker. While his endorsement is no guarantee of a coalition, it seems unlikely either Kadima or Likud would be able to...

Israeli Foreign Minister and Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni has "no intention of being in a unity government headed by" Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a note she passed to outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting....

Likud officials are reporting that the party is willing to meet two of Avigdor Lieberman's major demands for his Yisrael Beiteinu party to endorse them in the next government: easing the legal requirements for conversion to Judaism and allowing civil unions for those...

Ayelet Frish, the spokeswoman for Israeli President Shimon Peres, detailed the President's timeline for selecting which party will get first crack at forming the next Israeli government. "The president will start consultations on Wednesday night. He will meet...