Tag Archives: Israeli politics

Israeli Elections – round 4

Posted on 23 March 2021 by anneinpt

Here we go again – the fourth round of elections in two years. I feel a bit despairing and bit apathetic, and not particularly full of hope that anything major is going to change. But I shall not cede my … Continue reading →

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Corona, political infighting, is there any Good News for Friday?

Posted on 13 March 2020 by anneinpt

The news has been inexorably bad for the last few weeks and I have been in no mood to write anything (in case you hadn’t noticed). The 3rd round of Israeli elections yielded exactly the same results as the second … Continue reading →

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Israel turns into Italy – Knesset dissolves 7 weeks after the elections

Posted on 30 May 2019 by anneinpt

Israel turned into the Middle Eastern version of Italy tonight as Binyamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition, and the Knesset voted to dissolve itself – a mere 7 weeks or so after the last elections. As far as I … Continue reading →

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Israeli National Elections 2019

Posted on 9 April 2019 by anneinpt

Today is election day, in fact as of this writing it is nearly over. I have not written about the elections at all for a few reasons: As I have mentioned frequently lately, we have been dealing with a family … Continue reading →

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The Kotel Kerfuffle

Posted on 28 June 2017 by anneinpt

The latest crisis began when the government backtracked on its decision * to create a state-recognized pluralistic prayer section at the Western Wall. *Edit: The backtracking was not on creating a pluralistic prayer section. THAT EXISTS ALREADY and has not been … Continue reading →

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A solution for Amona? Or more trouble ahead

Posted on 7 December 2016 by anneinpt

Since I wrote about the possible evacuation of Amona a couple of weeks ago, the “Arrangements Law” or Regulation Bill or Settlements Bill (take your pick), intended to regulate once and for all the legal status of the settlements and … Continue reading →

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