With time running out to form a government, Netanyahu facing tough choices

Published on March 5, 2013

When he emerged bruised but unbeaten following the Jan. 22 elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced some tough choices.

Netanyahu sets meeting to request extension in forming government

Published on February 28, 2013

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Shimon Peres to request an extension in forming a government.

Obama- Let Us Be Friends

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on February 8, 2013

Netanyahu tackles tricky coalition-building

Published on February 7, 2013

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Thursday with Yair Lapid, the surprise runner-up in an election last month, to try to draw him into a broad government that could bridge Israel's religious divide.

Israeli voters force Netanyahu to seek centrist partner

Published on January 24, 2013

Israel's next government must heed voters and devote itself to bread-and-butter issues, not thorny foreign policy problems such as Iran's nuclear plans and the Palestinian conflict, senior politicians said on Thursday.

Who is Yair Lapid? [VIDEO]

By JewishJournal
Published on January 22, 2013

Shmuel Rosner, Senior Political Editor of the Jewish Journal, speaks with Jewish Journal Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Rob Eshman about the results of the Jan. 23 Israeli election.

Israeli left seeks to regain appeal with focus on economy

Published on January 16, 2013

In decline since the peace it sought with the Palestinians unraveled into violence, Israel's Labor Party looks set to regain some lost ground in next week's election after waging an economy-focused campaign.

Three notes on Israel’s themeless, excitement-free elections

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on December 18, 2012

Tzipi Livni to run in upcoming Israeli elections at head of new party

Published on November 27, 2012

Tzipi Livni has reentered Israeli politics at the head of a new left-of-center political party.

Computer woes force Likud to extend hours in primary vote

Published on November 25, 2012

Polls will remain open past midnight in Likud Party primary voting following computer malfunctions at several polling stations.

Report: Israeli politicians raise most campaign budgets abroad

Published on October 12, 2012

More than half of all donations made to Israeli politicians’ campaigns over the past two years came from overseas contributors.

Scandal Could End Sharons Career

By Leslie Susser
Published on January 16, 2003

Even if he is reelected, the financial scandal dogging him could spell the end of Ariel Sharon's political career.