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...
The Israeli cabinet may be presented with the terms of a Gaza ceasefire as soon as Wednesday, but Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says that the ceasefire will not mean the opening of border crossings into the strip, which Israel has kept closed to all but the bare minimum...
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...
The Hamas government has announced that the agreement for an 18-month truce agreement in the Gaza Strip has been agreed to, and will be announced by the Egyptian government within the next two or three days. Taher al-Nono, a member of their Cairo delegation, says the...
The next Israeli government could take awhile. The final results of the election will be certified on February 18, and Israeli President Shimon Peres will then have 10 additional days to charge either Tzipi Livni or Benjamin Netanyahu with attempting to form a...
With the growing animosity between Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party and the religious right making their coexistence in a right-far right coalition increasingly unlikely, the Likud Party is trying once again to court Kadima for a potential center-right...
The 15 seats of Yisrael Beiteinu would be extremely valuable to either Kadima or Likud in forming a coalition government. The Shas Party is hoping an alliance with United Torah Judaism, which would offer a combined 16 seats, will be even more valuable. Both Shas and...
