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Likud MK Distel Atbaryan says she won't seek reelection after Knesset ends its term
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (89+ words) Former Netanyahu ally served as public diplomacy minister before resigning days after October 7, has recently headed panel overseeing a controversial media overhaul bill...
Likud MK, former public diplomacy minister drops from party primaries, elections
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (233+ words) Likud MK Galit Distel-Atbaryan announced on Monday that she will not run in the upcoming primaries for her party and will not be in the next Knesset elections. Distel Atbaryan's announcement came after several weeks of working to advance Communications…...
Arab parties urge Ra'am to join efforts to revive Joint List ahead of elections
1+ day, 9+ min ago (577+ words) Three of the four Arab-majority political parties reiterated their readiness to form a joint electoral list ahead of the upcoming elections, and called on the fourth, the Islamist Ra'am, to join the effort even though its officials have declined to…...
Yossi Fuchs says haredi draft bill will pass, coalition to secure majority
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (773+ words) Government Secretary Yossi Fuchs said on Thursday that he believed the coalition would be able to secure a majority to pass the contentious haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft bill, amid mounting opposition within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition from lawmakers warning that…...
Netanyahu needs to fire Ben Gvir after his flotilla provocation, but of course he won't
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (475+ words) PM once recognized the damage the far-right Jewish supremacist would cause as a minister. But he gave him a key job nonetheless and Israel is now being predictably shamed, harmed and weakened...
Netanyahu's union with Haredi parties pushing draft evasion risks PM's reelection
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (927+ words) Melanie Lidman is an AP reporter and former Times of Israel reporter AP " Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained in power for most of the past 17 years due in part to a tight alliance with ultra-Orthodox parties. But that alliance…...
Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara files indictment against MK Tally Gotliv
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (514+ words) Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara filed an indictment against Likud MK Tally Gotliv on Monday for allegedly disclosing and publishing confidential information in violation of the Shin Bet law, after Gotliv publicized the identity of the partner of protest leader Shikma Bressler,…...
Former Shas minister Moshe Arbel resigns from Knesset ahead of election
1+ week, 1+ day ago (489+ words) Moderate ultra-Orthodox lawmaker, who served as both health and interior minister in current government, to be replaced by former MK Erez Malul...
Poll shows Israeli voters favor Benjamin Netanyahu retirement, coalition loses seats
1+ week, 3+ day ago (23+ words) Poll: 55% of Israelis want Netanyahu to step down, as the coalition drops to 49 seats and the opposition strengthens to a majority....
Opposition leaders Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz react to Knesset dissolution bill
1+ week, 4+ day ago (22+ words) "This is the beginning of the end of the worst government in Israeli history, and the sooner the better," says Benny Gantz....