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Israel Prize-winning educator Miriam Peretz, who lost 2 sons in battle, vies to become country's first woman president, while Isaac Herzog aims to follow in his father's footsteps

Likud party MK Yehudah Glick in Tel Aviv, September 6, 2018. (Gili Yaari/FLASH90) “My personal family history and years-long public experience have taught me to never take the miracle of the existence of the State of Israel for granted,” he said in a statement, highlighting the need to heal and unite the nation following the ongoing Gaza fighting and the extended political crisis, as well as the need to strengthen ties with world Jewry. Herzog has close relationships with lawmakers across t...

Get email notification for articles from Jonathan Lis Follow Apr. 18, 2021 10:36 PM Naftali Bennett’s Yamina party is leaning toward supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents in Monday’s vote on the composition of the Knesset’s arrangements committee. The committee is in charge of setting the Knesset’s agenda and dealing with legislation during the interim period between an election and the formation of a new government. Thus it will likely consider both opposition bil...

If Netanyahu doesn't get a clear victory, his main rivals will bite the bullet and work together to ensure a stable government comes out if Israel's fourth election in two years

Follow Feb. 2, 2021 Diaspora Affairs Minister and coronavirus cabinet member Omer Yankelevich announced on Tuesday that she will not be running in the March 23 election, becoming the latest in a long string of Kahol Lavan Knesset members and ministers to leave the party. In a Facebook post, Yankelevich wrote that she had notified party leader Benny Gantz that she would not be running in the upcoming election about a month ago. "I personally paid a heavy price," she wrote. "Baseless lies were sp...

9 shares Labor party leader Merav Michaeli votes in the party primaries on February 1, 2021. (Courtesy of the Labor Party) Israel’s Labor party held primaries Monday to choose who will be on its slate for the coming March elections, days after MK Merav Michaeli won the leadership primary and secured the top spot. Following a surge of some 8,000 new members amid Michaeli’s victory — which has seen a mini-revival for Labor in the polls — 45,093 people were eligible to vote in the pr...

Once Proud Labor Party Seeking to Regain Momentum Uri Cohen After tumultuous several years, revitalized party holds primary elections with 45,000 party members voting Israel’s rejuvenated Labor party held its primary elections on Monday, exactly 50 days before voters across the country head to the polls for the fourth time in two years in the hopes of finally ending Israel’s ongoing political stalemate. One week after electing its new chairwoman, former TV personality and eight-year membe...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio After Israels 2020 election, Michaeli refused to join Netanyahus government, and split from Peretz and Shmuli, who opted for cabinet positions, despite campaign promises not to do so. "The Labor Party is leaving the corrupt Netanyahu-Gantz government," Michaeli said. "I told Peretz and Shmuli they must resign immediately. The Labor Party is starting over." Open gallery view Former Labor Chairman Amir Peretz votes at the partys primary ele...

Blue & White MK Shefa to run in Labor primaries, quit Knesset Education Committee Moran Azulay | Published: 01.25.21 , 16:42 Blue & White MK Ram Shefa announced Monday that he will quit both the party and his position as head of Knessets Education Committee to run in Labors party slate primaries. Sources said that Shefas decision came following MK Mirav Michaelis win of Labors leadership Sunday. comment