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Feb. 6, 2021
Between 2009 and 2015, the elections in Israel went like that sports cliché: Soccer is played for 90 minutes and in the end Germany wins. Three times in a row, the president gave Benjamin Netanyahu the mandate to form a government, as a near formality. The tradition was truncated in April 2019, when Avigdor Lieberman broke the chorus line and thwarted another ensured term in office for Netanyahu. And that is how we came to be where we are today.
The election procedure in Israel can be divided into three parts: In the first, the political map reshapes itself. Parties rise and fall apart, politicians are ejected and born, frameworks and blocs crystallize. Many careers end in anguish, sometimes disgrace. Others are born in optimism and hope. This is also the most fascinating stage. It ended Thursday night, in the offices of the Central Elections Committee at the Knesset.
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Otzma Yehudit party member Itamar Ben Gvir (R) speaks with National Union faction leader Betzalel Smotrich during a campaign event in Bat Yam, April 6, 2019. (Flash90)
Two polls released Friday, the first since official party slates were filed, indicated that the Religious Zionism alliance, which includes two extremist parties, will make it into the Knesset, that both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents will have trouble mustering a coalition majority, and that Naftali Bennett’s Yamina could play the kingmaker role.
A Channel 12 survey found that out of the 39 parties running, 12 will win seats in the 24th Knesset, including the Religious Zionism alliance, which includes the Kahanist Otzma Yehudit and homophobic Noam factions. The survey found the far-right merger would win four seats.
Meretz, Ra’am and New Economic Party file slates
Sivan Hilaie |
Published: 02.04.21 , 17:56
The Ra’am party, having recently split from the Joint List, Meretz and New Economic Party of economist Yaron Zelekha have filed their slates Thursday for the election. Zelekha is not currently projected to pass the electoral threshold.
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Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai holds a press conference at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, on January 24, 2021 in Tel Aviv. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Several center-left parties dropped out of the Knesset race Thursday, while others confirmed separate runs, underscoring how fractured the camp trying to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ahead of the March 23 elections.
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai said he was quitting the race after failing to agree on a merger with Labor ahead of the evening’s deadline to file party rosters, completing a stunning downfall for his The Israelis party that was predicted to become a significant political force mere weeks ago.
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