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Israel Election 2022

Defense Minister Benny Gantz, during the 2019 election campaign, at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.

Gantz’s Plus, Lapid’s Minus

Defense Minister Benny Gantz, at his party's meeting, in Tel Aviv, in August.

A Dark Horse, Painted White

Anti-Netanyahu protestor who was attacked in the city of Hod HaSharon earlier this month.

Attacks on anti-Netanyahu Protesters Spike in Run-up to Israeli Election

Religious Zionism chairman Bezalel Smotrich in May.

Far-right Israeli Leader Says Homosexuality 'Not Healthy' for Society

Prime Minister Yair Lapid, this month.

Lapid to Haaretz: ‘I Have Learned to Respect the Left’

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National Unity leader and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at an event to reveal his party's slate

Gantz: Agreement With Palestinians Not Likely in Foreseeable Future

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When Lapid Talks About Two-state Solution, He Isn’t Talking to Mahmoud Abbas

Benjamin Netanyahu waves after delivering a campaign speech from inside a modified delivery truck with a wall replaced with bulletproof glass, this month.

Television Poll Gives Netanyahu Bloc a 61-seat Majority

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Why Iran Won't Save Netanyahu

PM Yair Lapid and British PM Liz Truss meeting in New York on September 21, 2022.

U.K. Could Move Embassy to Jerusalem, Truss Tells Lapid

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Meretz Seeks to Disqualify Second Coalition Defector From Running on Likud List

Prime Minister Yair Lapid.

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Yair Lapid Is Betting the Israeli Election on One Big Idea

Political power is not given, it is taken. If ever there was a more critical political moment for Israeli Arabs to rightly claim representation and power, then this is it

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How Israel's Arabs Can Take Power

Clockwise from left: Golda Meir, Merav Michaeli, Ayelet Shaked, Zehava Galon and Orna Barbivai.

The Golda Myth: Why Women Are Losing Power in Israeli Politics

Labor MKs Merav Michaeli, Emilie Moatti and Efrat Rayten, on election night in 2021.

At Labor Campaign Launch, Dancing and Talk of Rabin

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked in July.

Ayelet Shaked Asks 'Forgiveness From Supporters' for Joining Bennett-Lapid Government

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu / Arnon Milchan / James Packer.

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Key Witness Says Netanyahu Asked Billionaire Packer to Acquire Critical News Outlet

Abbas speaks at the UN General Assembly.

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Lapid, Meet With Mahmoud Abbas

Rabbi Zvi Thau at a Tel Aviv rally supporting Benjamin Netanyahu in 2019.

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Spiritual Leader of anti-LGBT Party Is Not a Fringe Figure

In 2019, then-Prime Minister posts a video claiming 'the Arabs are having a huge electoral turnout'

Testing Facebook's Claim: Can We Really Find Out How Netanyahu Targets Us?

הרשימה המשותפת המלצות לנשיא

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Ideology Killed the Joint List

The 120 members of the Knesset will be chosen in November.

Israel Election: The Full List of Parties Running for the Knesset

L to R: Hadash leader Ayman Odeh, Ta'al leader Ahmad Tibi and United Arab List leader Mansour Abbas.

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Arab Politics in Israel: Ideology Out, Integration In

Israeli Arab politicians, from foreground left, Ayman Odeh, Ahmad Tibi and Sami Abu Shehadeh, stand during a visit to the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, in 2021.

Joint List 'Won't Recommend' Lapid or Gantz for Premiership in Upcoming Israeli Election

Anti-Netanyahu protestor who was attacked in the city of Hod HaSharon on Saturday.

Anti-Netanyahu Protesters Attacked in Two Separate Incidents in Central Israel

Hadash chairman Ayman Odeh at the faction's primary election, last month.

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It’s Odeh and Tibi’s Turn

Noam faction chairman Avi Maoz in the Knesset, last year.

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Conservative Trolling in Israel Mimics Its U.S. Counterpart

Ayman Odeh, Israeli Arab parliament member and leader of the Joint List alliance, meets a supporter during an election campaign event in then town of Taibeh, Israel, in February 2021.

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Joint List Split Could Still Bring Out Arab Vote

The Joint Arab List after the Israeli election, September 2019

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After Joint List Splits, What Are Lapid's Options?

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Israel's Leftist Neocons Spurn Merav Michaeli

Ayman Odeh and Ahmad Tibi in the Knesset, yesterday.

Parties That Formerly Comprised the Joint List Can't Decide Who's to Blame for the Split

Election campaign billboard for the Likud party, in Ramat Gan, 2021.

Netanyahu Bloc Seat Short of Majority in Latest Election Poll

Cartoon by Amos Biderman

Arab Party May Have Granted Netanyahu His Dream of Knesset Majority

Yair Lapid

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The just-not-Lapid Camp

Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz.

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Israel's Right Fights With Each Other Just as Much as the Left

Hadash leader Ayman Odeh.

Israel Election: Arab Joint List Splinters After Parties Submit Final Lists

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu votes in the Likud party primaries in Tel Aviv, in August.

Netanyahu Saves Spaces on Likud Slate for Coalition's Rebels

Naftali Bennett

Bennett Calls for Another 'Broad' Gov't, Takes Jab at Ex-ally Shaked

Noam's Avi Maoz looks at Otzma Yehudit's Itamar Ben-Gvir in an opposition meeting in the Knesset, last year.

Anti-LGBTQ Party to Run With Far-right Religious Zionism After Netanyahu Pressure

Defense Minister Benny Gantz's party National Unity with the members of the electoral slate last week.

Gantz's National Unity Party Submits Slate for Israeli Election

Ayman Odeh will be placed first on the Joint List's slate.

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Following Trilateral Agreement, Joint List Announces Election Slate

Prime Minister Yair Lapid at the Yesh Atid conference in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday.

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Lapid’s Yesh Atid Election Slate Finalized With Several Cabinet Ministers in Top Spots

Leaders of the three parties that make up the Joint List at a party meeting, in May.

Three Arab Parties Reach Tentative Deal to Run on Unified Slate in Knesset Election

Posters of Benjamin Netanyahu and Yair Lapid, ahead of the 2021 election.

Parties Begin Submitting Knesset Rosters Today

Netanyahu and Lapid.

Israel Election: Netanyahu's Bloc on the Verge of Majority in Latest Poll

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