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Sixty Six Percent Support Jerusalem Building

09-Aug-09

This month’s War and Peace Index is out. Who wants to know what Israelis think now? Unfortunately, that’s almost impossible, since polls can only give indications of trends, and minds change so quickly that it may actually be a good thing that the government falls every two years. People need to keep reassessing their decisions [...]

Filed in Daily Israeli | Also tagged Barack Obama, Cast Lead, Israel Hayom, Jerusalem, Mahmoud Abbas, Peace, War | Comments (1) »

Opposition Reconstruction

11-Feb-09

These were strange elections. The “Right Block” (of political parties) and the “Center Block” have achieved a problematic tie, while the “Left Block” has been brutally crushed by its (lack of) voters.
Ehud Barak, a former Prime Minister, current Minister of Defense, and chairman of the Avoda (Israeli Labor Party), was the first party leader to [...]

Filed in Guest Commentaries, In the news, Political Crap | Also tagged Avoda, Coalition, Elections, Opposition, Zehava Gal-On | Comments (4) »

Reincarnation of Israeli Left?

17-Dec-08

It ain’t the first time Meretz seeks to change its name in an attempt to gain a broader public momentum.
In 2003 Meretz brought in Yossi Beilin and temporarily changed its name to Yachad. This was the year Yossi Sarid resigned from its chairman position in Meretz, and the year when Meretz initiated a self-inflicting [...]

Filed in In the news, People, Political Crap | Also tagged Ilan Gilon, Nitzan Horowitz, Socialism | Comments (0) »

Fanvids for the Municipal Elections

16-Oct-08

The Israeli municipal elections are taking place November 11. The race in Tel Aviv particularly is gathering much attention this year.
City for All is one party that is receiving a lot of publicity from supporting residents, whom you can see walk the streets wearing the party t-shirts. The blogosphere is also very abuzz with support [...]