‘Lack of hope’: How will Palestinians vote in Israeli elections?
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Lack of hope’: How will Palestinians vote in Israeli elections?

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera looks at the Palestinian parties participating in Israeli elections this year and what residents are saying. Polls in recent weeks indicate that voter turnout among the 1.8 million Palestinians living in Israel is expected to be “historically low” despite Palestinian politicians insisting that a higher vote in the community could stave off former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power. Haifa-based political analyst Ameer Makhoul says he believes Palestinians in Israel have a “lack of hope in the political parties and in the Knesset”. Palestinian political parties in Israel: A breakdown Democratic Front for Peace and Equality and the Arab Movement for Change: This bloc of secular, left-to-centre-left Palestinian-majority political parties is led by longtime politicians Odeh and Tibi. The Democratic Front is a communist party and currently the oldest Palestinian party running for seats in the Knesset with a consistent and sizeable voting base among Palestinians in Israel.

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Posters to protests: The dynamics of Jordan’s recent elections
3 months, 1 week ago

Posters to protests: The dynamics of Jordan’s recent elections

Al Jazeera  

Voter apathy sparred with anger over the war on Gaza as Jordanians made their choices for parliament. Despite exceeding expectations, “there is no real power” and the IAF will have little political influence, Amer Al Sabaileh, a regional security expert based in Amman, said. This was the golden chance for them to gain new ground.” The other factor behind the …

Jordanian voters go to polls amid fears of a wider war
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Jordanian voters go to polls amid fears of a wider war

NPR  

Jordanian voters go to polls amid fears of a wider war toggle caption Jordan Pix/Getty Images AMMAN — Jordanian voters are going to the polls Tuesday in the kingdom’s first parliamentary elections since a new election law two years ago paved the way for greater participation by political parties in the country’s political system. The treaty resulted in security cooperation …

Kamala Harris DNC: Democrats in Israel-Palestine voter opinion polls differ from party leaders.
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Kamala Harris DNC: Democrats in Israel-Palestine voter opinion polls differ from party leaders.

Slate  

Since she took over as the de facto and now the official Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris and her campaign have been almost completely silent about Gaza, outside of a brief reference to Palestinian rights, dignity, and self-determination in her acceptance speech Thursday night. Harris clearly does not want the election to be about Israel’s war in Gaza, and …

Israel’s Knesset votes to reject Palestinian statehood
5 months ago

Israel’s Knesset votes to reject Palestinian statehood

Al Jazeera  

The resolution says the creation of a Palestinian state would pose an ‘existential danger’ to Israel. It said that a Palestinian state would pose “an existential danger to the State of Israel and its citizens, perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and destabilize the region”. Palestinian Authority official Hussein al-Sheikh condemned the resolution on social media, saying the Knesset’s rejection “confirms the …

Rifts within Israel resurface as war in Gaza drags on. Some want elections now
11 months ago

Rifts within Israel resurface as war in Gaza drags on. Some want elections now

Associated Press  

TEL AVIV, Israel — Ever since Israel was attacked on Oct. 7, a main Israeli highway has been flanked by billboards preaching national unity and a ubiquitous wartime slogan: “Together we will win.” But lately those billboards have been replaced with a starkly different message: a call for immediate elections. Netanyahu, who has so far sidestepped accountability for Israel’s military …

L.A. Times poll: Younger, older Californians take starkly different views of Israel-Hamas war
11 months, 1 week ago

L.A. Times poll: Younger, older Californians take starkly different views of Israel-Hamas war

LA Times  

Smoke rises from buildings from Israeli airstrikes after the humanitarian pause ended on Dec. 1 in Rafah, Gaza. Three months of war between Israel and Hamas have sharply split Californians, with stark divisions between the state’s older and younger voters, a new statewide poll finds. Voters younger than 30 are far more likely to sympathize with Palestinians more than with …

Israel’s Palestinians mostly sit out democracy protests
1 year, 8 months ago

Israel’s Palestinians mostly sit out democracy protests

Associated Press  

HAIFA, Israel — Amal Oraby is usually a fixture at street protests. As minorities long plagued by systemic discrimination, Palestinian Israelis have potentially the most to lose if the plan, which would likely weaken the judiciary’s independence, is implemented. The patriotic hallmarks of the movement have only reinforced for many Palestinian Israelis that there is no place for them: the …

What does Israel’s new government mean for Palestinians?
1 year, 10 months ago

What does Israel’s new government mean for Palestinians?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, January 25 at 19:30 GMT: In November 2022, Israeli citizens voted in their fifth parliamentary election in less than four years and ushered in the country’s most far-right government ever elected. While some view the election as a path to political stability following years of parliamentary turmoil, Palestinians and rights advocates are raising alarm over what this new …

EXPLAINER: Who won Israel’s latest election?
2 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: Who won Israel’s latest election?

Associated Press  

For the fifth time in four years, Israelis went to the polls, and once again, no clear victor immediately emerged. Already, there was talk that a small Arab nationalist party could play spoiler, leaving Netanyahu and his opponents evenly split in Israel’s Knesset, or parliament, and putting the country on track for yet another election early next year. Netanyahu was …

Five elections in four years: What’s the deal with Israeli politics?
2 years, 1 month ago

Five elections in four years: What’s the deal with Israeli politics?

CNN  

Jerusalem CNN — Stop us if you’re heard this one before: On Tuesday, Israelis are going to the polls to elect a new Knesset, or parliament. Current Prime Minister Yair Lapid will be hoping his centrist Yesh Atid party will come in a strong second place. Defense Minister Benny Gantz is aiming for a strong showing at the head of …

Another Israeli election: Why aren’t Palestinians interested?
2 years, 1 month ago

Another Israeli election: Why aren’t Palestinians interested?

Al Jazeera  

Many Palestinians with Israeli citizenship will not vote on November 1, feeling their politicians have failed them. As a result, after the election, he announced the Joint List was going to back Gantz for the prime minister’s post – the first time a Palestinian party was participating in recommending a Zionist premier. After the March 2020 election, in which the …

Arab voters key to breaking deadlock in Israeli election
2 years, 1 month ago

Arab voters key to breaking deadlock in Israeli election

Associated Press  

UMM AL FAHM, Israel — The voices of Israel’s Palestinian citizens are often drowned out or delegitimized in the country’s noisy politics. “I can hardly remember a single election campaign that all depended on the vote of Arab citizens,” said Arik Rudnitzky, who studies Arab voting patterns at the Israel Democracy Institute, a think tank. Most polls predict a historically …

Bloc of Arab parties splits ahead of Israeli elections
2 years, 3 months ago

Bloc of Arab parties splits ahead of Israeli elections

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A bloc of Arab parties …

Palestinians hold local elections in occupied West Bank
2 years, 8 months ago

Palestinians hold local elections in occupied West Bank

The Hindu  

Palestinians voted in local elections in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, less than a year after President Mahmoud Abbas called off parliamentary elections that would have likely loosened his party's grip on power. Mr. Abbas indefinitely postponed the first parliamentary elections in 15 years last April, citing Israel's refusal to say whether it would permit voting in east Jerusalem. …

Israel moves to resolve crisis after Bedouins protest
2 years, 11 months ago

Israel moves to resolve crisis after Bedouins protest

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel’s fragile governing coalition moved to resolve a crisis on Wednesday after Arab Bedouin staged protests against tree-planting by nationalists on disputed land in the Negev desert. The latest flare-up of the dispute, which goes back decades, risks dividing Israel’s fragile coalition government, the first to include an Arab party whose main base of support is in the …

Some 400,000 Palestinians vote in rare municipal elections
3 years ago

Some 400,000 Palestinians vote in rare municipal elections

Associated Press  

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinians took part in rare municipal elections across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, following months of simmering anger towards their government and the cancellation of promised parliamentary and presidential elections earlier this year. The increasingly unpopular president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, confined the election to rural municipalities, postponing voting in the West Bank’s …

Palestinians Hope A New Israeli Government Means Progress For This Poor Town
3 years, 5 months ago

Palestinians Hope A New Israeli Government Means Progress For This Poor Town

NPR  

Palestinians Hope A New Israeli Government Means Progress For This Poor Town Enlarge this image toggle caption Fatma Tanis/NPR Fatma Tanis/NPR JISR AL-ZARQA, Israel — Entering this coastal village, smooth asphalt gives way to a part-dirt road. Sponsor Message People feel discriminated against "We have nothing in this village, nothing," says Dr. Ayyat Rageh, who works at an elite hospital …

EXPLAINER: What will change under Israel’s new government?
3 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: What will change under Israel’s new government?

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — If all goes according to plan, Israel will swear in a new government on Sunday, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year rule and a political crisis that inflicted four elections on the country in less than two years. The coalition consists of eight parties from across Israel’s political spectrum, including a small Arab party that has made …

Explainer: What will change under Israel's new government?
3 years, 6 months ago

Explainer: What will change under Israel's new government?

India Today  

If all goes according to plan, Israel will swear in a new government on Sunday, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year rule and a political crisis that inflicted four elections on the country in less than two years. The coalition consists of eight parties from across Israel’s political spectrum, including a small Arab party that has made history by …

Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu’s war on Palestine
3 years, 7 months ago

Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu’s war on Palestine

Al Jazeera  

While Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to stay in power to this point, corruption charges and his repeated failure to form a stable and reliable coalition government appeared to signal the end of his reign. “By prioritizing his perceptions of national threats over his political differences with Netanyahu, Bennett could revive the Likud coalition and greatly weaken any anti-Netanyahu bloc,” said …

Detention of Jerusalem candidates threatens Palestinian poll
3 years, 8 months ago

Detention of Jerusalem candidates threatens Palestinian poll

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israeli briefly detained three Jerusalem-based candidates for Palestinian legislative elections on Saturday, deepening a dispute over whether banning Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem from voting in next month’s polls could derail them. The three candidates represent factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization who planned a press conference in a Jerusalem hotel to call for the need to press …

Israel’s election aftermath: The good, the bad and the ugly (Opinion)
3 years, 8 months ago

Israel’s election aftermath: The good, the bad and the ugly (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. The Good Perhaps the most intriguing development of this fourth round, particularly for those who believe in the importance …

Israeli elections: A look at the final, deadlocked results
3 years, 8 months ago

Israeli elections: A look at the final, deadlocked results

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The final results from Israel's …

Israel appears mired in deadlock as votes are tallied
3 years, 8 months ago

Israel appears mired in deadlock as votes are tallied

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday appeared to be barreling toward another political stalemate after what was shaping up to be its fourth inconclusive election in the past two years. “Assuming all parties and politicians keep up their pre-election promises and the results remain unchanged, then we’re heading toward a fifth election,” said Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, …

Israel appears mired in another election deadlock as votes are tallied
3 years, 9 months ago

Israel appears mired in another election deadlock as votes are tallied

LA Times  

Israel on Wednesday appeared to be barreling toward another political stalemate after what was shaping up to be its fourth inconclusive election in two years. “Assuming all parties and politicians keep up their pre-election promises and the results remain unchanged, then we’re heading toward a fifth election,” said Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, a Jerusalem think tank. …

Israel votes: Palestinian-Israeli party now a potential kingmaker
3 years, 9 months ago

Israel votes: Palestinian-Israeli party now a potential kingmaker

Al Jazeera  

Without defections, each side needs the support of Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List, to form a government and avoid another election. A small Palestinian-Israeli party has unexpectedly won crucial seats in Israel’s election, potentially putting it in a position to choose Israel’s next prime minister. The United Arab List, also known by the Hebrew name Ra’am, appears …

The morning after the Israeli electoral circus
3 years, 9 months ago

The morning after the Israeli electoral circus

Al Jazeera  

Israel is stuck in an electoral groundhog day, with each election producing more of the same. With the exception of the 1977 elections that saw a radical switch to Likud under Menachem Begin and the 1992 elections that allowed for a temporary switch back to Labor, under Yitzhak Rabin, most elections produced much chagrin but no change in the main …

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Mostly Absent In Israeli Election Campaign
3 years, 9 months ago

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Mostly Absent In Israeli Election Campaign

NPR  

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Mostly Absent In Israeli Election Campaign The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is barely an issue in the upcoming Israeli elections, which are a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. From the West Bank, NPR's Daniel Estrin reports that one of the big issues facing the country, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is not a major issue on the ballot. DANIEL ESTRIN, …

Israel’s upcoming election: Where did the occupation go?
3 years, 9 months ago

Israel’s upcoming election: Where did the occupation go?

Al Jazeera  

On the eve of its fourth election in two years, Israel is still not talking about the issues that really matter. Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, its alleged human rights and international law violations, and questions about the legitimacy of its democracy are not at the forefront of any political party’s agenda, because these are not major concerns for an …

Israel’s Arab parties split in boost for Netanyahu
3 years, 10 months ago

Israel’s Arab parties split in boost for Netanyahu

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — An alliance of Arab parties in Israel finalized its breakup on Thursday, setting up the possibility that a small Islamist party could hold the key to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remaining in office and avoiding prosecution on corruption charges. The Joint List, an alliance of four Arab parties that won a record 15 seats in elections held last …

Palestinian electoral alliance splits ahead of Israel vote
3 years, 10 months ago

Palestinian electoral alliance splits ahead of Israel vote

Al Jazeera  

The United Arab List breaks away from Arab Joint List alliance less than two months before Israel’s parliamentary election. Leaders and supporters of the Joint List have long hoped to push out Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the right-wing Likud party, accusing him of racism and incitement against Palestinian citizens of Israel. Roots of rift The rift in …

Palestinian elections: Democracy for no one
3 years, 10 months ago

Palestinian elections: Democracy for no one

Al Jazeera  

There is much reason to believe the Palestinian elections scheduled for later this year will neither be free nor fair. On January 15, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced that legislative and presidential elections will take place in the West Bank and Gaza later this year. In the past, Abbas and other Palestinian officials stated that they would not hold …

Uncertainty as Palestine’s Abbas announces elections
3 years, 11 months ago

Uncertainty as Palestine’s Abbas announces elections

Al Jazeera  

Important hurdles, including disagreements between Hamas and Fatah, threaten to derail the vote, the first since 2006. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday that parliamentary and presidential elections would be held later this year in a bid to heal long-standing divisions. “Great obstacles remain and without overcoming these obstacles the whole operation will be doomed to fail.” Palestinian …

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