2022 Elections

Yesh Atid:

PM Lapid lukewarm on Labor-Meretz unity pact

No concrete incentives presented at 'emergency' meeting between party leaders.

Last ditch effort for unity in the left

Prime Minister Lapid hosts Labor and Meretz leaders in hopes of convincing them to unite, but the meeting ends with no agreement.

Political drama:

Shaked dissolves partnership with Hendel and Hauser

Minister Ayelet Shaked breaks up Zionist Spirit Party and will not run together with Yoaz Hendel and Zvi Hauser in the 2022 elections.

Can Shas save the Likud-led bloc?

Shas party in negotiations with Belz hasidim in last-ditch attempt to prevent risky split in United Torah Judaism party.

Poll: Zionist Spirit moving further below electoral threshold

New poll shows Likud, Yesh Atid, lose one seat each to smaller parties in their blocs.

Gantz:

'I won't go with Netanyahu, my goal is to lead a unity gov't'

Defense Minister: We are the most powerful country in the Middle East and will remain so with or without an Iran nuclear deal.

When Ayelet Shaked kept her adviser away from a meeting

Political adviser to Interior Min. Shaked opposes continuing merger with Derech Eretz party.

Meretz leader:

If Lapid can't form a government, we'll recommend Gantz

Meretz chair Zehava Galon and Labor's Merav Michaeli agree to meet at PM Lapid's home on Saturday night.

Poll: Labor drops to four Knesset seats

Labor party barely passes electoral threshold, Zionist Spirit fails to make it into Knesset.

Leading rabbi: Belz won't join independent haredi school system

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein reaches decision on key issues, effectively halting negotiations between haredi factions.

Regavim director:

'This govt has drawn a de facto partition map of the country'

Illegal construction linked to terrorism, will lead to Palestinian State if not stopped, says Deutsch.

Otzma Yehudit candidate:

'Anyone who plots war against us should be killed or expelled'

Zvika Fogel is placed 10th on the joint Smotrich-Ben-Gvir list.

Bezalel Smotrich:

'Gantz uses religious figures as fig-leaves to disguise Leftism'

"He knows undecided Religious-Zionist voters are going to swing this election."

Gadi Eizenkot:

'During the Netanyahu government, I evacuated Homesh 62 times'

National Unity Party candidate: Those who are advocating for the cancellation of the Disengagement are leading us to disaster.

Former IDF general joins Otzma Yehudit

Brigadier-General (Res.) Zvika Fogel will be placed in the number 10 spot on the combined slate of Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism.

National Unity MK: 'We can have unity with the Likud as well'

'Benjamin Netanyahu can be part of the government, but we've exhausted our faith in him,' National Unity's MK Michael Biton says.

Will the Joint Arab List recommend a candidate for PM?

Balad faction opposes recommending candidate for prime minister, while Hadash and Ta'al want to recommend candidate who agrees to demands.

Progress in negotiations between haredi factions

Agudat Yisrael, Degel Hatorah, nearing agreement on main obstacle preventing joint run, report says.

Justice Minister: 'Likud is poisoning the public'

Justice Min. Gideon Sa'ar claims Likud 'poisoning the public,' wants 'complete politicization' of judicial system.

Ze'ev Elkin:

'The face of the Likud is the face of Dudi Amsalem'

Members of National Unity Party to Israel National News: Our party is a home for religious Zionists.

Lapid's offer:

Reserved spots for Labor and Meretz on Yesh Atid slate

Lapid to propose to Michaeli and Galon that they run together in exchange for candidates from their parties being included on his slate.

Netanyahu:

'Gantz has no possibility of forming a government'

Likud chairman: Gantz is trying to hide the fact that he and Lapid cannot form a stable government and all the polls prove it.

Conflict in Zionist Spirit

The battle over the Jewish Home Chairman

Ayelet Shaked wishes to attract religious Zionist votes by placing Yossi Brodny in 3rd place, Hendel objects

National Unity reveals list:

Elkin in Seventh place, Matan Kahana in ninth

Benny Gantz's party launches campaign in Tel Aviv and reveals its list of candidates for the upcoming elections.

Days after being named Likud advisor, Moshe Klughaft backs out

The assumption is that the one who pushed Klughaft out is Yair Netanyahu, the son of the party's chairman

Kahana asks Bennett to support National Unity Party

Bennett is currently refusing to openly support National Unity or any other party, not even discreetly.

Finance Min. vs haredi party:

They want subsidies at the expense of the middle class

Shas chief retorts: '850,000 hungry people were neglected under your watch - including Russian immigrants.'

Far-left protests Ben-Gvir's visit to central Israel high school

Left-wing activists call to bar Otzmah Yehudit candidate from visiting Ramat Gan high school. Ben-Gvir slams left-wing 'censorship'.

Likud MK: 'We must reserve a spot for Amichai Chikli'

'Ayelet Shaked won't join a coalition with us, she actively worked against Israel's security,' Likud MK Yoav Kisch claims.

'Degel Hatorah is barreling towards an independent run'

'Doubtful if there is really a way back,' source in haredi Agudat Yisrael faction says of longtime running partner Degel Hatorah.

Poll:

Most Israeli Arabs favor Arab parties in the coalition

57% of Israeli Arabs also in favor of the Arab parties recommending a candidate for Prime Minister.

Ayelet Shaked: 'I'm in favor of the Override Clause'

'I'm in favor of the Override Clause, but we may not be able to pass it,' Interior Min. Ayelet Shaked admits.

No progress in negotiations between haredi factions

Degel Hatorah faction representatives visited home of leading rabbi before meeting with Agudat Yisrael reps, report says.

Bennett: I have no intention of running in this election

Former Prime Minister says he will be taking a break from politics, dispels rumors he is considering comeback to save faltering party.

Yamina MK launches new 'Economic Freedom Party'

“Israel isn’t a country with a labor union, it's a labor union with a country." MK blasts import restrictions, taxes, special interests.

Netanyahu hires ex-Bennett advisor for Likud's Knesset campaign

Moshe Klughaft has worked with Netanyahu in the past, as well as with the Austrian Chancellor and Greek Prime Minister

Mansour Abbas:

'I am an Arab and a Palestinian'

Ra'am party head insists Netanyahu negotiated with him re: govt that would rely on his party's support.

Rift in haredi UTJ party?

'Neither faction will enter next Knesset' says official

"Dispute is ideological, but will be overcome," predicts Agudat Yisrael source.

Bennett denies reports he is returning to politics

Former PM maintains he is not running in November elections despite poll showing him helping Zionist Spirit party clear electoral threshold.

Netanyahu's next target: Yisrael Beytenu

Netanyahu’s associates reportedly trying to persuade leaders from community of immigrants from former Soviet Union to run for Knesset.

Is Bennett planning a return to politics?

TV report: Bennett presented with polls suggesting a party led by him would safely pass the electoral threshold.

Poll: Lapid gains on Netanyahu as right-wing bloc slides

Religious Zionist Party alliance with Otzma Yehudit rises to 13 seats, despite decline in right-wing bloc.

During talk with students

Netanyahu violates election laws

Likud chairman during visit to school at start of school year: "We are the only ones who can form a government for four years."

Report:

Significant progress in talks between Arab parties

Attempts being made to convince Balad and Ta'al to accept a rotation as part of arrangement that would re-establish the Joint List.

Poll: Netanyahu-bloc falls below 60 seats

New poll shows right-wing bloc losing strength following merger between Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit parties.

Danny Danon:

'We will return the Jewish-Zionist majority to the country'

Likud candidate and World Likud chairman: The State of Israel is in crisis, this reality will be history in two months.

Likud MK's condition:

'Appoint me Justice Minister or I won't be in the government'

MK Dudi Amsalem demands to be the one to make the changes in the judicial system in the next government.

Poll: Right-wing bloc under 60 seats

New survey shows no winners if election was held today.

Shaked: I regret leaving Jewish Home, it was my home

Zionist Spirit chairwoman says Bezalel Smotrich to blame for failure to establish a right-wing government after the last elections.

Sources on the left slam Lapid: 'He's twiddling his thumbs'

Left-wing source slams interim PM Lapid for not taking active steps to maximize bloc's votes. 'Has he made peace with Netanyahu's return?'

Labor leader: Unity with Meretz only benefits Lapid

'Many forces are working against us, among them other parties in our bloc,' Labor leader Merav Michaeli says.

Minister Yoaz Hendel:

'We will pass the electoral threshold, I'm running till the end'

Minister Yoaz Hendel believes the Zionist Spirit Party will be a significant factor in the next government.

Report: Lapid considering reserving spot for Labor, Meretz MK

Move would be designed to get 2 left-wing parties to run together in November elections to prevent 1 from not making it into the Knesset.

Is Ben Gvir too moderate?

Marzel, Ben Ari, Gopstein consider splitting from Otzma Yehudit

The three who are unhappy with the union with Religious Zionism, met with Rabbi Dov Lior to discuss the possibility

"What would the Rebbe say?"

The man behind 'Bibi is good for the Jews' supports Shaked

The Australian businessman & philanthropist emphasizes: "The Lubavitcher Rebbe was in favor of a narrow strong right-wing government"

Elections 2022

Joint Run? Jewish Home's list of demands to Zionist Spirit

Will the two parties be able to make a joint run in view of the heavy demands Jewish Home is making of Zionist Spirit?

Jonathan Pollard endorses Ayelet Shaked

Former spy announces his support for Zionist Spirit chief Ayelet Shaked in upcoming Knesset election.

MK Eli Avidar concerned:

'Ben Gvir has become a consensus, it doesn't make sense'

Eli Avidar, who seeks to form a joint bloc with Ra'am, urges the Arabs to vote: The left has no government without Ra'am and the Joint List.

Will low turnout in Arab sector save Netanyahu?

Political expert says the split in Arab parties may prevent them from crossing the threshold, ushering Netanyahu back to power.

Haaretz warns: Labor leader taking dangerous gamble

Haaretz editorial warns: Transportation Min. Michaeli's refusal to run with Meretz 'may end in tragedy.'