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In Brief: Knesset set to dissolve as new Sa’ar party soars and Blue and White implodes

Posted 16 December, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Gideon Sa'ar. Photo: Ziv Koren (זיו קורן), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Knesset appears on track to dissolve next Tuesday, triggering the fourth round of Israeli elections in a little under two years. Negotiations between Likud and Blue and White – the two largest parties in the country’s “unity government” – to resolve a…

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In Brief: Labor to back bill to dissolve Knesset and bring down government

Posted 1 December, 2020 in Analysis, Israeli Politics
Amir Peretz. Photo: עט הזמיר, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Labor is to vote to bring down the government of which it is a member in a no-confidence motion that will be debated in the Knesset tomorrow. The fate of Benjamin Netanyahu’s “unity government” – which Labor joined with its centrist Blue and White allies earlier…

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In Brief: Nearly half of Israelis want Biden to restart talks with Palestinians

Posted 25 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
President Joe Biden. Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Nearly half of Israelis want Joe Biden to restart the stalled Middle East peace process and launch negotiations with the Palestinians when he takes office in January, a poll published this week found. The survey – carried out by the dovish Geneva Initiative – shows…

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LFI vice-chair writes to Middle East minister on peace-building funding following parliamentary debate

Posted 25 November, 2020 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Catherine McKinnell. Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons LFI vice-chair Catherine McKinnell has written to Middle East minister James Cleverely following last week's parliamentary debate calling for the UK to back an international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Ms McKinnell's debate is part of a long-running LFI campaign to secure greater support from the…

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In Brief: Rifts in Blue and White party deepen as budget crisis nears

Posted 11 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Rifts within Benny Gantz's Blue and White party appear to be deepening as the crisis over Israel's budget deepens and new elections loom. If no budget is passed by late December the government will automatically dissolve. Benjamin Netanyahu is widely suspected to be stalling on the budget in order to call snap elections. In the coalition…

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In Brief: Israeli politicians line up to welcome Biden election victory

Posted 11 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Reuven Rivlin. Photo: Michał Józefaciuk , CC BY-SA 3.0 PL, via Wikimedia Commons Reuven Rivlin led the congratulations on Joe Biden's victory, and invited the president-elect to visit Jerusalem. In an English-language video, the Israeli president wrote: "Mr President-elect, I was pleased to welcome you to Jerusalem as vice president and I look forward to welcoming…

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In Brief: Gantz’s Blue and White party weighs leaving Netanyahu coalition

Posted 3 November, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Benny Gantz. Photo: ראובן קפוצ'ינסקי, CC BY-SA 3.0  via Wikimedia Commons Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party are reportedly considering leaving Israel’s coalition government, a move that would trigger new elections. The centrist party came to an agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this year after three inconclusive general elections in which it fought Likud to a…

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Analysis: Israel’s lockdown begins to lift as Bibi’s popularity sinks

Posted 20 October, 2020 in Analysis, Israel, Israeli Politics
Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel this week began lifting its nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Widely praised for its swift and tough action against the pandemic in the spring, the country last month became the first in the world to order a second shutdown after a sharp rise in cases. But the Jewish state is…

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In Brief: Two-thirds of Israelis disapprove of Netanyahu’s handling of covid crisis

Posted 7 October, 2020 in Analysis, Israeli Politics
Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Sixty-five percent of Israelis believe Benjamin Netanyahu is responding poorly to the coronavirus crisis, a poll released this week shows. The Channel 12 News survey found only 31 percent of Israelis approve of the prime minister’s handling of the crisis, which has seen the country forced into a…

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