Ashkenazi 'centrist' parties are not the solution to the Mizrahi periphery's political disillusionment

by mgall74 | Dec 21, 2025 | Israeli News

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Poll: Netanyahu's Likud largest party in Knesset, but coalition still lacks majority in case of elections

by mgall74 | Dec 12, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Likud would be the largest party in the Knesset with 27 seats if elections were to be held currently, a Channel 12 News poll released Thursday shows, gaining two more than in the previous survey.The far-right Otzma Yehudit party also picked up two seats, rising...

Herzog reportedly drew up legal opinion for Netanayhu's pardon before his presidency

by mgall74 | Dec 10, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Associates of President Isaac Herzog explored the possibility of granting a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before he was elected president and prior to Netanyahu’s indictment, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12 published...

Netanyahu's deluge of anti-democratic bills is a bargaining chip in his criminal trial

by mgall74 | Dec 9, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The government’s blitz of antidemocratic legislation can be seen partly, or even primarily, as a particularly noisy campaign by members of the governing coalition to influence their placement on their parties’ next Knesset tickets before the next...

Bill would expand Israeli justice minister's control of police internal investigations department

by mgall74 | Dec 9, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The full text of the legislation, which has been unveiled in the Knesset, calls for a new five-member committee to appoint the head of the Police Internal Investigations Department – with three of them appointed by the justice minister or his director general...