ISRAEL VOTES 2019

Chabad rabbis: Don't throw your vote in the trash

Chabad rabbis urge community to support party which will not give away land, is certain to pass electoral threshold.

'Feiglin must not miss out on a Cabinet role'

Heavy pressure exerted on Zehut chairman to agree to withdraw his candidacy and receive a ministerial role in return.

Haredi party promises law bypassing Supreme Court

New UTJ campaign warns Supreme Court will continue 'interfering' in haredi community's lives.

Eli Yishai in talks with United Torah Judaism

Former minister demands to be appointed a minister in the next government, and in return will direct his supporters to vote for UTJ.

Liberman: 'Intolerable that Smotrich is part of the cabinet'

'If PM Netanyahu doesn't have 61 MKs supporting him, Likud will replace him,' Yisrael Beytenu chairman says.

Gantz: Our partners recognize Israel as a Jewish state

'We will only sit with people who recognize Israel as a Jewish and democratic state,' Blue and White's Benny Gantz says.

Arab MK: 'If Gantz is like Rabin, we can block Netanyahu'

MK Ayman Odeh says Blue and White leader MK Benny Gantz 'prefers political freeze to being prime minister.'

Poll: 56 seats for the right, 54 for center-left

42% say Netanyahu is most suitable to be PM, only 29% believe Gantz would be the most suitable candidate.

Elections Committee says 'imbalance' in number of votes

Central Elections Committee: Discrepancies in numbers at five voting stations.

Forebodings of war?

Less than a month before Israelis go to the polls, warnings of war appear - but Israel's Left still supports creating a Palestinian state.

Poll: Right - 57 seats, left - 53 seats

Israel Hayom-i24News poll: Likud has 32 seats, Blue and White has 31. Otzma Yehudit and Zehut do not pass the threshold.

Sa'ar: Shaked will be in the Likud, I hope Bennett will be too

MK Sa'ar does not regret the criticism against Netanyahu on Gaza, is convinced that a right-wing government can be formed and attacks Lapid.

Likud, Yamina sign vote-sharing agreement

Largest right-wing parties sign agreement to prevent waste of votes. Labor, Democratic Union sign similar agreement.

Ayelet Shaked: 'We're at a point where ministers can't move'

Shaked: 'Supreme Court decision to freeze appointment of new Justice Min. Director-General negates law allowing normal government function.'

Why do tiny parties run for Knesset?

Gil Hoffman tries to figure out what drives a party that has received less than 400 votes to run again and again.

Likud MKs: Gantz scared the Cabinet into not entering Gaza

'Benny Gantz is the last one who has the right to talk about winning the war in Gaza,' Energy Min. Steinitz says.

Netanyahu won't rule out unity government

PM Netanyahu will form government with natural partners, but is open to adding other parties later, report says.

Yisrael Beytenu signs vote-sharing agreement with Blue and White

MK Liberman: 'Agreement is technical issue, we don't want to lose a Knesset seat.'

Yamina: Attacking Ayelet Shaked only brings us more votes

Yamina leaders Min. Smotrich, Naftali Bennett, praise chairwoman Shaked, promise party will only gain from Left's criticism.

Shaked: Netanyahu's attacks a sign he wants a leftist gov't

Yamina chairwoman unfazed by Netanyahu’s personal attacks, urges PM to work on growing the right-wing bloc instead of attacking its members.

Only one chance to form a government

Senior political officials believe Pres. Rivlin will not grant extension for coalition negotiations.

Culture Min.: Votes for Liberman will put Lapid, Gantz, in power

Min. Miri Regev warns voters: 'Right-wing politicians don't topple governments to put the Left in power, MK Liberman is a trickster, liar.'

Poll: 56 seats for the right without Liberman

Radio 103FM poll: Likud wins 32 seats, Blue and White wins 30, the Joint List has 11.

Poll: Blue & White 31, Likud 31, Yamina 12

New poll shows Likud, Blue & White tied at 31 each, with rightist Yamina in third place with 12 seats.

Is there any party really worth voting for?

Tamar Yonah asks: Is there really anyone to vote for in this election? Is it even worth going to the polls this time around?

Ehud Barak, symbol of leftist hollowness

Bennett: We'll nominate Netanyahu for PM

Ex-Education Minister says Yamina will definitely endorse Netanyahu for premiership after elections. 'We're not playing games like Liberman'

'Likud will form unity government with the Left'

Yamina says Likud attacks show the party despairs of a right-wing government, aims to form unity government.

Poll: Likud 30, Blue & White 29, Yamina 11

Right-wing bloc maintains edge over Left in latest poll - but still comes up short of majority without Liberman.

Poll: Right-wing voters unfazed by possible Netanyahu indictment

Most right-wing Israeli voters want Netanyahu to remain prime minister even if he’s indicted.

Where fools rush in: Predicting the Israeli elections

Likud minister: We may hold elections again

Min. Erdan admits: 'If parties refuse to sit with each other, new elections are certainly a possibility.'

Weekly Summary: 10th week of second Israeli election campaign

August 1-August 8: Stalemate between right and left continues.

Will haredi party lose Knesset seat four months after election?

UTJ party poised to lose one of its Knesset seats after court-ordered partial recount finds inconsistencies in Jerusalem ballot boxes.

Blue & White reaches out to Arab voters in bid to defeat Likud

With polls showing the Likud holding narrow but consistent lead, Blue and White ratchets up efforts to win over Arab voters.

Liberman: 'We won't budge a single millimeter on Draft Law'

Yisrael Beytenu chairman promises: 'We're not in the government because we wouldn't compromise, and we won't cave in September, either.'

Labor party pushes to remove cameras from voting booths

Ignoring suspicions of voting fraud in April, Labor party pushes Elections Committee to outlaw cameras in polling stations.

Smotrich: Netanyahu will form a leftist government

Min. Smotrich warns PM Netanyahu wants to form a leftist government after elections, only strong United Right will force nationalist gov't.

'A government with the haredim is a right-wing government?'

Yisrael Beytenu MK to Arutz Sheva: We have nothing against the haredim. We have a problem with the haredi parties' political extortion.

Netanyahu: There will not be a unity government

Netanyahu pledges to form right-wing coalition, warns against voting for parties that, according to polls, do not pass the threshold.

The Israeli political party guide for dummies

Tamar Yonah helps you get to know the parties running for the Knesset and says that their agenda is not relevant in these elections.

'I feel for those whose medications won't be covered'

Orly Levi-Abekasis, senior Labor-Gesher candidate, slams budget cuts preventing government subsidies for additional medications.

'The Right can't give up, we have to work to ensure majority'

Min. Elkin warns 'New Likudniks' want to make Likud a centrist party, promises to work to cancel Disengagement Law.

Gantz: In the next round, we will defeat Hamas

"If necessary, we'll frustrate its leaders and crush the region. We'll act on the ground as much as we want," Blue and White chair promises.

Gafni: We will never sit with Lapid

Leading UTJ MK Moshe Gafni blames Benny Gantz for anti-haredi video, says Lapid has become a 'burden' on the Blue and White party.

Labor leader won't 'boycott' Netanyahu

MK Amir Peretz says he won't boycott Likud or PM Netanyahu, won't sit with charged or indicted PM.

Orly Levy-Abekasis: 'We won't be Netanyahu's life preserver'

Gesher leader says party won't join Likud-led government, won't work with former PM Ehud Barak.

Haredi MK: Lapid ruining party's relationship with us

MK Yakov Asher says Blue and White leader MK Lapid 'grew up in a home with a hatred of haredim,' slams 'contest' to siphon votes.

'It's anti-Semitic': Blue and White ad incites against haredim

Blue and White campaign video paints religious, haredi, ministers as money-sucking parasites, PM Netanyahu as caring only about himself.

Poll: Likud 31, Blue & White 29

New poll shows Netanyahu unable to form right-wing government - but majority of Israelis oppose national unity government.

'Liberman has been thinking only about himself for 30 years'

Minister Bezalel Smotrich: My son who is attending first grade is more fit to be Prime Minister than Liberman.

Netanyahu: Lapid and Liberman have a shady deal

Netanyahu blasts Lapid and Liberman, says they have a secret deal in place to bring him down.

Likud candidates sign oath of loyalty to Netanyahu

Top 40 candidates on Likud's Knesset list sign loyalty oath vowing to back Netanyahu - and only Netanyahu - for PM, even over other Likud MK

Shaked may not join unity government

United Right chairwoman warns: 'No one knows what'll happen if the right doesn't have 61 seats.'

Knesset Speaker: Netanyahu is the only candidate

Yuli Edelstein slams 'ongoing attempts to de-legitimize Likud's chosen leader.'

Liberman won't rule out rotation with PM Netanyahu

MK Liberman says he's not obsessed with becoming prime minister, but it's an option. Sources: 'Rotation with PM Netanyahu not an option.'

Poll: No one can form a government

New poll shows right-wing bloc sans haredim and center-left bloc sans Arabs are exactly equal

Liberman changes strategy, won't attack Netanyahu

Yisrael Beytenu chairman reportedly will change his strategy and will no longer attack PM during election campaign.

Will this election bring stability to Israel?

The difficulties facing us in Gaza.

'Likud voters lied, they 'voted' Blue and White in the polls'

Senior survey conductor Mina Zemach says Likud voters lied in exit polls, claims Israel doesn't understand what democracy means.