Netanyahu calls surveys 'a good start' as Religious Zionism's Smotrich hails 'historic' win, while Yesh Atid calls for patience and Ayelet Shaked concedes
A seemingly small change to election rules passed in 2014 has backfired, empowering extreme parties and playing a central role in producing our belligerent and deadlocked reality
Channel 12 survey predicts Netanyahu-led bloc would win near-majority of 60 Knesset seats, with Sa'ar's New Hope party falling below electoral threshold
The crudely drawn procedures for aliyah are so replete with baffling bureaucratic delays and reliant on emissaries' whims that it's downright cartoonish