Tagged: Netanyahu
Farida Adamu
Israel Will Hold Its Fourth Election In Two Years
The parliament in Israel has been dissolved following a budget crisis that has now triggered fresh elections in the Middle-Eastern country. Why Are We Back Here? Recall that earlier in the year, Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz formed a unity government after Netanyahu failed to receive a majority of the votes in the last elections. The government was formed based on an agreement […]
Farida Adamu
Isreal Election: Now That There’s No Winner
After being in power for over a decade, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be losing his grip on the helm of leadership in Israel. Results from the repeat election held last week do not bode well for the sexagenarian. The election was triggered by the Prime Minister’s inability to pull together a coalition after […]
Farida Adamu
Inside Isreal’s Controversial Elections; What we Know
Israel headed back to the polls on Tuesday, following Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to form a coalition after the April Elections. Why Netanyahu Failed to Form a Government Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister won the elections last spring after winning 65 seats out of the 120-seat Knesset. However, he failed to form a coalition after his former […]
Farida Adamu
Israel Bans Cameras at Polling Stations
The Central Election Committee in Israel has ruled that the use of surveillance cameras by political parties will be banned from all polling stations across the country during the upcoming general election. The Israeli Supreme Court Justice, Hanan Melcer, gave the ruling and ordered the installation of an oversight monitoring unit, instead, to ensure the […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Israel’s Do-Over Election and Political Stalemate
Tensions have risen for Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu as the deadline for Israel’s parties to submit their candidate list for the September 17 election has passed. Since the dissolution of the Israeli parliament (Knesset), parties have held talks and decided how to increase their representation in a bid to prevent another coalition deadlock by setting […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Israeli Prime Minister’s Nemesis Wants To Make Israel Normal Again
Avigdor Liberman of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, who stopped Netanyahu from forming an Israeli government, wants to Make Israel Normal Again. The slogan, which showed up at the end of the party’s latest campaign ad, is a clear nod to US President Trump’s infamous ‘Make America Great Again’ quip. Israel’s general election is slated to […]
Asari Ndem
After Netanyahu Fails to Form Government, Israel to Hold New Election
After Prime Minister Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition by the deadline, the Knesset voted Wednesday night to dissolve itself and hold an election once again, just seven weeks after the previous one. Israelis will return to the polls on September 17, two weeks before Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing on a series of corruption charges against him on October 2 […]