Firms they try to hide its improve the citys image said no. Voting has just wrapped up in israel 2nd election in 6 months israelis have been deciding whether to keep the countrys longest serving Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Office Despite corruption allegations against him that yahoo and his new could party are facing a strong challenge from the ex military chief benny gantz and his centrist blue and White Alliance the Prime Minister suffered one of the biggest defeats of his political career when he failed to form a coalition after the 1st date in a full. Or we have correspondents at the headquarters of both Netanyahu Likud party and the blue and white party of benny gantz so lets take you 1st of all to the Likud Party Headquarters in tel aviv and aljazeera as harry force says harry will actually stay away seeing the results of the 1st exit polls none more so than netanyahu himself because theres a lot at stake for him. Absolutely and thats been on display in technicolor throu
President of the United States, at a time of grave danger to israel, was introduced to an audience of American Jewish leaders by the jewish spouse of the Vice President of the United States. The Vice President and i are outraged with this horrific Terrorist Attack perpetrated by hamas. With broken hearts we are sending our love, our strength, and our unwavering support to the people of israel. I am honored to be with all of you today as an american, as a patriot who loves this country, but also as a jew. The story of the jewish people has always been one of perseverance and resilience. In dark times we come together, and we fight back. We also seek to build a better world. Last year, before my trip to poland and injure germany, president diamond took me into the oval office. He told me how his father had taught him about the horrors of the holocaust and how he later travel to dacchau with his children and grandchildren to teach them those same lessons. So i know firsthand how important
Audience of American Jewish leaders by the jewish spouse of the Vice President of the United States. The Vice President and i are outraged with this horrific Terrorist Attack perpetrated by hamas. With broken hearts we are sending our love, our strength, and our unwavering support to the people of israel. I am honored to be with all of you today as an american, as a patriot who loves this country, but also as a jew. The story of the jewish people has always been one of perseverance and resilience. In dark times we come together, and we fight back. We also seek to build a better world. Last year, before my trip to poland and injure germany, president diamond took me into the oval office. He told me how his father had taught him about the horrors of the holocaust and how he later travel to dhaka with his children and grandchildren to teach them those same lessons. So i know firsthand how important it is to President Biden to preserve our jewish history and to make sure that hate has no s
Say theyre running out of food. Well polls closed just a few hours ago but the israeli election is still too close to call with the two main blocs neck and neck. Benjamin netanyahu may have the narrowest of lead over the Left Alliance while others give them the same result. Netanyahu is claiming the victory, and hes considered more likely to build a coalition in the coming days. His main rival is isaac herzog, the leader of the center Left Zionist Union and lets look at the results as they stand now. 28 seats for likud party. 27 seats for the Zionist Union. 13 seats to the joint list, and 12 seats for the yesh atid party, and nine seats for the k kulenu party and 5 seats for the matter. Mike, can you hear me . I think were having problems. Yes, i can hear you. At the moment were still waiting for them to come and address the party. Netanyahu has claimed victory based on the exit polls. Very clearly the exit polls indicate it will be easeier for netanyahu to form an extreme rightwing co
Article: Israeli Nationalism, Zionism, Gaza, and the New International anti-Semitism - As my regular readers know (and some of my occasional readers will know it too), I have been writing on Israel, the Israeli Right, and the awful plight of the non-Israeli Palestinians on a regular basis for the past year or so. This column focuses on the multiple meanings of the word Zionism, which are NOT always one and the same as the policy of the current government, which I describe as Israeli Nationalist.