CatholicLeft
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Post by CatholicLeft on Jan 31, 2021 17:07:33 GMT
Noam and Otzma Yehudit have announced a joint run. No surprise there, two far-right parties together.
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Post by CatholicLeft on Feb 1, 2021 11:51:28 GMT
Telem have dropped out of the race, which will probably favour Yesh Atid.
Ron Huldai's "The Israelis" have prepared for a deal with Labor by their number 2, Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn, stepping aside to facilitate a deal. A rare show of good sense over ego in Israel's factional politics. If it comes off, it will pretty much guarantee Labor back in the Knesset
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Post by CatholicLeft on Feb 3, 2021 19:53:34 GMT
Ta'al have rejoined the Loint List, Ra'am, the conservative Arab party, will run alone.
Religious Zionist Party announce joint run with Noam-Otzma Yehudit.
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CatholicLeft
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Post by CatholicLeft on Feb 3, 2021 20:18:01 GMT
Danny Yatom's Veterans (retirees) Party is not contesting the elections; it didn't get traction. Yatom has endorsed Lapid.
Labor not made any deal with the Israeli Party and Tnufa Party. She is insisting that Ron Huldai and Ofer Shelah joined her without their parties. I guess it is to stop any break off in the next Knesset, but she is in danger of failing an important test, specifically with Huldai who is a popular figure and would pick up votes over an election campaign which should be united with Labor. Still, the talks go on until tomorrow morning. Ofer Shelah has no real support in the polls.
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Post by john07 on Feb 3, 2021 20:23:57 GMT
The Religious Zionist Party has split from Yamina. Is there a non-religious Zionist party? |
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CatholicLeft
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Post by CatholicLeft on Feb 3, 2021 20:34:26 GMT
The Religious Zionist Party has split from Yamina. Is there a non-religious Zionist party? Yes, the Zionist Union was a centre(left alliance of Labor and Hatnua. It existed from 2014-2017. The left-wing kibbutzim were clearly Zionist and many were completely irreligious. |
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Post by john07 on Feb 3, 2021 21:16:06 GMT
Is there a non-religious Zionist party? Yes, the Zionist Union was a centre(left alliance of Labor and Hatnua. It existed from 2014-2017. The left-wing kibbutzim were clearly Zionist and many were completely irreligious. I always find Israeli politics very confusing. Odd because I have three children eligible for Israeli citizenship. Mind you, I find German politics also impenetrable and they are all entitled to German nationality too! |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Feb 3, 2021 21:36:24 GMT
Yes, the Zionist Union was a centre(left alliance of Labor and Hatnua. It existed from 2014-2017. The left-wing kibbutzim were clearly Zionist and many were completely irreligious. I always find Israeli politics very confusing. Odd because I have three children eligible for Israeli citizenship. Mind you, I find German politics also impenetrable and they are all entitled to German nationality too! Curiously enough my children, if I had any, would have the same entitlement. Plus Irish. |
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Post by CatholicLeft on Feb 4, 2021 18:51:33 GMT
The Israelis Party and Tnufa drop out of the election race, after failing to reach agreement with Labor. Labor leader, Merav Michael, has urged him to rejoin the party and asked for his help and advice, encouraging him to stay active in Labor politics.
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Post by Sibboleth on Feb 4, 2021 19:17:35 GMT
The Israelis Party and Tnufa drop out of the election race, after filing to reach agreement with Labor. Labor leader, Merav Michael, has urged him to rejoin the party and asked for his help and advice, encouraging him to stay active in Labor politics. Hilarious stuff. |
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Post by CatholicLeft on Feb 5, 2021 0:44:00 GMT
The Jewish Home have dropped out of the election race. Their leader, Hagit Moshe, has backed Yamina and has been promised a ministerial post if they join the government (not bad for a deputy mayor).
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Post by CatholicLeft on Feb 5, 2021 10:07:04 GMT
Gesher, in time for the deadline for candidate lists, announced a joint run with Likud. Orly Levy-Abekasis gets the 26th spot on the Likud list given by Netanyahu; for a supposed liberal concerned with social justice (who, when in Yisrael Beiteinu, opposed the Nation-State law), going from allying with Labor and Meretz to being on a Likud list shows the moral redundancy of the Israeli political system. I can see why Merav Michaeli wanted people on the Labor brand, so they couldn't jump ship post election, as Levy-Abekasis did in March 2020.
Of course, in a close election result, she might jump ship again to the opposition - the wheels turn but nobody moves.
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 5, 2021 12:51:13 GMT
Labour doing at least a miniature Lazarus act in the polls now (they were down to a barely credible 1% at one point)
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Post by CatholicLeft on Feb 5, 2021 13:40:48 GMT
Labour doing at least a miniature Lazarus act in the polls now (they were down to a barely credible 1% at one point) Indeed, but they have to play it very carefully. To attract too many votes from Meretz could push that party out of the Knesset, reducing the left-wing presence. I am suprised that these two couldn't come up with a deal as neither of them, as presently constituted, would keep Netanyahu in power. |
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Post by Jamie on Mar 21, 2021 19:03:35 GMT
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Post by jamie on Mar 21, 2021 22:20:25 GMT
Their entire USP was that they opposed Netanyahu yet went on the form a government with him, so I don’t think we should feel that sorry for them. |
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Post by markgoodair on Mar 23, 2021 18:26:24 GMT
What time do the polls close in Israel?
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Post by No Offence Alan on Mar 23, 2021 18:27:38 GMT
What time do the polls close in Israel? Every six months. |
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Post by Jamie on Mar 23, 2021 19:33:33 GMT
If my timeline is any indication it will be a landslide for Yesh Atid–Telem.
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Post by greenchristian on Mar 23, 2021 19:55:17 GMT
I've seen it reported that some of the Ultra-Orthodox parties have been running adverts calling converts to Conservative or Reform Judaism dogs as they want to overturn a court decision that says that such converts are covered by the Law of Return (previous to said ruling it only applied to ethnic Jews who hadn't converted to another religion and converts to Orthodox or Ultra-Orthodox Judaism).
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