The calm before the political storm
Why the political fallout of Jerusalem’s mayoral elections may signal tumultuous times ahead for Netanyahu’s government
View ArticleAssociate of Beit Shemesh mayor arrested in voter fraud case
Investigators suspect that supporters of Moshe Abutbul paid for and used other people’s identity cards to cast sham ballots
View ArticleEthics committee punishes MK for handcuff antics
United Torah Judaism’s Meir Porush banned from taking part in Knesset assembly debates for two weeks
View ArticleDisloyalty dissed
Haredi MKs slam the proposed draft legislation; Hasidic brothers-in-law accused of transferring aircraft parts to Iran; riots in Kiev persist
View ArticleWho will win Tuesday’s presidential elections?
The Times of Israel’s political correspondent reads the tea leaves and, perhaps unwisely, offers his predictions
View ArticleDoing the electoral math
While Netanyahu adds up his recommendations, the press takes notice of the seemingly multiplying sectarian divisions in society
View ArticleSecuring first partners, Likud inks coalition deals with Kulanu, UTJ
Kahlon’s faction to get raft of ministries; ultra-Orthodox party lands powerful Knesset Finance Committee and roll back of reforms
View Article‘I won’t join Netanyahu government,’ Herzog vows
Zionist Union leader calls new government ‘dangerous,’ urges PM to return coalition mandate to President Rivlin
View ArticleIran-backed jihadi threat is top priority for new government, Netanyahu says
Prime minister presents cabinet to Rivlin, calls for ‘responsible political settlement’ with Palestinians
View ArticleUltra-Orthodox MK compares Reform movement to mentally ill person
US Reform leaders slam Yisrael Eichler’s extreme intolerance and ignorance, wonder what ‘twisted Torah’ he studies
View ArticleKnesset scolds MK for disparaging feminist prayer group
Ethics Committee says it was ‘inappropriate’ for Meir Porush to call for Women of the Wall to be ‘thrown to the dogs’
View ArticleBill reversing Haredi core curriculum reform leaps first Knesset hurdle
Changes to Yesh Atid law, which would have slashed budgets for ultra-Orthodox schools that teach minimal math and English, approved in first reading
View ArticleNetanyahu seeks to end feud with transportation minister
PM’s chief of staff meets with Yisrael Katz, who is unlikely to be fired despite accusation he attempted ‘putsch’
View ArticleUltra-Orthodox minister visits with ailing rabbi convicted of sex offenses
Opposition MK says Health Minister Yaakov Litzman’s visit with Eliezer Berland ‘harms every law-abiding citizen’
View ArticleHealth minister: Visiting sex criminal rabbi was ‘ethical duty’
Yaakov Litzman says Eliezer Berland, released from prison this month due to cancer, has paid his debt to society
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