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Netanyahu’s 12 and the New Likud

Jeremy Saltan — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 19:15:15 +0000

Media claims that the Likud has become a far-right party are largely unfounded. A closer look at the Likud list reveals that the Likud remains a center-right party. There are only two new faces among the Likud’s top 21: ultra-nationalist Moshe Feiglin and former Kadima MK Tzachi Hanegbi, who cancel each other out in terms [...]

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The Death of Kadima

Jeremy Saltan — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:03:30 +0000

It might look like Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz was able to survive the latest attempt to split his party, but it is only a matter of time until Kadima splits into pieces. It has become clear that Mofaz has no control over his party. Mofaz enjoyed the support of 17 of Kadima’s 28 MKs in [...]

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October 22, 2013 – The Possibility of the Longest Knesset of All-Time

Jeremy Saltan — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:58:24 +0000

When Israelis went to the polls on February 10, 2009, to elect the 18th Knesset I don’t think there was one person who thought there was a chance they would be electing the 19th Knesset on October 22, 2013, the date selected for the next Knesset elections. The 17th Knesset was dispersed after less than [...]

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I Vote Israel Brings High Profile Republicans to Jerusalem

Jeremy Saltan — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:02:14 +0000

The non-partisan “I Vote Israel” organization is facilitating the process for Israeli citizens and residents with American citizenship to receive their absentee ballots and participate in the U.S. election in November. Their goal is to sign up at least 100,000 of the 163,395 eligible voters in order to create a strong voting block. The surpisngly [...]

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The best solution for the Tal Law problem

Jeremy Saltan — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:55:58 +0000

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Tal Law after ten years quickly became a coalition obstacle that almost led to early elections. The law, which exempts the ultra-Orthodox and Arabs from the IDF draft, was the main issue of the short-lived early election campaign, as Yisrael Beytenu, Kadima, Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid and Ehud Barak’s [...]

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The Overflowing Army

Jeremy Saltan — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:45:27 +0000

Last week the Supreme Court decided that the Knesset will not be able to extend the Tal Law, which will expire in August. This decision means that the ultra-orthodox youth will need to enlist in the army unless another arrangement is found. There were 90,000 Israeli births reported in 2000. That number jumped to 118,000 [...]

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Why Feiglin shouldn’t claim victory

Jeremy Saltan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:47:55 +0000

All three times Moshe Feiglin has run for the Likud chairmanship he has done so against Benjamin Netanyahu, and all three times he has lost. The first time Feiglin ran in 2005, 44.6% of Likud members came out to vote. It was conducted shortly following the Likud’s split and formation of Kadima under Ariel Sharon. [...]

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