Archive for the ‘Israeli Election’ Category
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Here are some frequently asked questions about today's Israeli elections:
What happened to the Israeli Left?
During the last few elections, Israel has seen a trend of the electorate towards the centre, which includes Labor, Kadima and Likud. With continued threats from outside parties, including Hamas and Hezbollah, Israelis have chosen to ...
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
Feb. 8, 2009
by Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post
On innumerable occasions over the last 15 years, since the signing of the Oslo accords, Israel has been warned by both the well-meaning and the patronizing that it had better watch its steps, lest it radicalize the Palestinians.
Don't expand settlements, Israel was warned ...
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Friday, February 6th, 2009
As the election campaign enters the final lap, here are the latest predictions from the Israeli dailies Jerusalem Post and Haaretz :
Poll: Likud slips, but on course for win
Feb. 6, 2009
Gil Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post
The Likud will win an unexpectedly close race but the right-wing bloc will easily defeat the Left, according ...
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
David Weinberg, Director CIC Israel Office, blogs on the latest campaign developments - a surprise attack on Tzipi Livni and an attempt by Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu to gain lost ground.
Attack on Livni
Kadima leader Tzipi Livni came under sharp attack today from unexpected quarters: leading Haaretz columnist Ari Shavit.
Shavit dealt ...
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
David Weinberg, Director CIC Israel Office, says it's finally a horse race, with Likud losing ground to Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party along with the Shas party.
With one week to go until the Israeli vote, new notes of fluidity and uncertainty are creeping into what has been, until now, ...
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Friday, January 30th, 2009
David Weinberg, Director, CIC Israel Office tunes in as the parties launch their TV and radio ads.
Kadima, Labor, Likud, Shas and Israel Beiteinu are slugging it out on radio and television this week, in a concentrated slew of political advertisements. It is the most entertaining show in town! (By law, ...
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
David Weinberg, Director, CIC Israel Office, looks at some of the new and notable candidates in the race for the Knesset, including a surprising number of journalists.
Journalists in the Running: One interesting feature of this election campaign is the unusually high number of prominent Israeli journalists who have thrown their hats ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
The Israeli political parties are involving two U.S. figures in their election debates, says David Weinberg, Director, CIC Israel Office: new U.S. President Barak Obama and - less predictably - former Mideast negotiator Dennis Ross.
Working with Obama: Kadima has let loose with a broad-based attack on the Likud, arguing that ...
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
From MediaCentral, an organization that provides support and services for foreign journalists in Israel, comes a guide to the 2009 Israeli Elections. It includes a directory of the parties running for election (with contact information for the parties' spokespeople) and detailed information on the party platforms, the leading figures in ...
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
David Weinberg, Director, CIC Israel Office, looks at how the three-week offensive in Gaza was spurred by the upcoming vote, and how the result is playing out on the campaign trail.
Conflict Impact: The impending Israeli elections were a contributing factor in the recent conflict with Hamas, according to an analysis ...
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