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Even though Labor MKs have been boasting that they are not afraid to enter the opposition, they have been increasing the pressure on Livni t...

There is an English translation by Lisa Goldman in Ha'aretz .  "אזרחים, אזרחים סוג ב, ערבים." "Citizens, 2nd-class citize...

Both Livni and Bibi have expressed their opposition to a unity government. But the numbers, elucidated in my previous post , may make the op...

It's a travesty that the press is uncritically regurgitating the notion that Bibi has a higher chance of forming a government than Livni...

In less than a week, on Tuesday, February 10, Israelis will elect the 18th Knesset. There has been quite a bit of movement in the polls over...

As predicted, the High Court today struck down the Central Elections Committee's ban on two Arab parties. See our previous posts for ba...

MK Eitan Cabel (Labor ) For the latest sum-up of the Central Elections Committee vote see this article in the English edition of Ha'ar...

Foreign Minister and Kadima chairwoman Tsipi Livni is no longer wasting time on Ehud Barak. She is interpreting the election campaign as fig...

With the U.S. presidential election campaigns drawing to a close and Americans waiting eagerly for its outcome, Israeli political machines a...

Shaul Mofaz, Israel's current Minister of Transportation, former Defense Minister as well as retired Chief of Staff announced his "...

People have been wrongly predicting the downfall of Ehud Olmert for two years now. Has his reign finally come to an end? If exit polls for t...

Peres visited the Kotel after winning the presidency With car bombs going off in Lebanon and civil war raging in Gaza, it might seem trivial...

Who will be the next mukhtar of Israel? UPDATE (June 6) : The increase in entropy that Jeha was talking about seems to be kicking in. Barak...

MK Ami Ayalon (Labor) As many expected, the Labor Party primaries did not yield a clear winner in the first round. At the end of the day, wi...

Olmert plans to ride it out The government passed its first post-Winograd and post-demonstrations challenge with flying colors. In three no-...

Chameleon holding on for dear life (Hebrew University, Har ha-tsofim, January 2006) It's really too bad that none of us were on the grou...

Meir Shalev's Roman Rusi (1988) The protest in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square has drawn more than 100,000 demonstrators. Organizers made a...

Orange might be back in style. Photo: Anti-disengagement poster in Jerusalem, December 2005. The Hebrew caption reads, "Again expulsion...

Can Livni do it? (Photo: Modified from Wikicommons ) It looks like Olmert might be serious about staying put. If the Prime Minister refuses ...

Llamas not taking responsibility for Lebanon War (Southern Israel, Summer 2006) In some cultures, people assume responsibility even for the...