2020 Israeli elections

Leader of the Joint List, Ayman Odeh, leads the weekly party meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, October 12, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Fool me once: Did the Joint List make a mistake backing Benny Gantz?
Grounded in Arab-Jewish partnership, the Joint List’s impact on Israeli society lies well beyond what the next government may look like.
By Dahlia Scheindlin March 27, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, in the East Room of the White House to unveil details of the Trump administration’s Middle East plan. (Shealah Craighead/White House)
PODCAST: Deciding the fate of Palestinians — without Palestinians
The callousness of Trump’s 'Deal of the Century' mirrors the racism targeting Palestinians in Israeli politics, says human rights lawyer Diana Buttu.
By Amjad Iraqi March 6, 2020
Joint List chairperson Ayman Odeh waves the 'V' sign for victory during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, on November 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Israeli right has no clue how to deal with the Joint List’s surge
The Joint List's remarkable campaign demonstrated Palestinian citizens' growing power. It could bring new political horizons — but also dangers.
By Meron Rapoport March 5, 2020
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Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh delivers a speech at the party headquarters in the northern city of Shefa-'Amr on Election Day, March 2, 2020. (Oren Ziv)
The Joint List’s triumph over hate
The Joint List may not save this place, but it showed that it is the only real alternative to the racism and incitement of the Israeli right.
By Samah Salaime March 4, 2020
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara address their supporters on the night of the Israeli elections, at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Here’s what Netanyahu failed to mention in his victory speech
With no mention of his pending trial, Netanyahu brags about 'turning lemons into lemonade.'
By Oren Ziv March 3, 2020
A Palestinian family sits in their destroyed home in the At-Tuffah district of Gaza City, which was heavily attacked during last Israeli offensive, September 21, 2014. (Activestills.org)
No matter who wins elections, Israel’s victory image is clear
A poster featuring Palestinian leaders defeated and humiliated is the epitome of Israel’s vision of absolute 'victory' over Palestinians.
By Hagai El-Ad March 2, 2020
Joint List chairperson Ayman Odeh casts his ballot at a voting station in Haifa, during the Knesset Elections, on March 2, 2020. (Flash90)
Could the Joint List rise as Israel’s left-wing vanguard?
With consensus on annexation among the center and right in third election, the Zionist left will have to radically rethink its mission.
By Edo Konrad March 2, 2020
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen taking a "selfie" with students before the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 30, 2014. (Danny Meron/POOL/Flash90)
How Likud beats other parties at social media
From the ‘Bibi-bot’ to an election app, here’s how Netanyahu and Likud reach voters online.
By Yali Marom and The Seventh Eye February 28, 2020
Likud supporters react as the first results in the Israeli Knesset elections are announced, September 17, 2019. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Yes, Mizrahim support the right. But not for the reasons you think
By supporting right-wing parties, Mizrahim have found solutions to hardships that stemmed from decades of Ashkenazi supremacy in Israel.
By Tom Mehager February 27, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud election rally in Jerusalem, February 26, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
How Israelis came to worship leaders who despise them
Israelis used to admire leaders who went to war against Palestinians. Today they admire leaders who go to war against average Israelis.
By Orly Noy February 27, 2020
Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz seen during a visit in the settlement of Vered Yeriho, in the Jordan Valley, January 21, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Benny Gantz is taking Israel back to the future
Gantz has become the face of the Israeli center today: racist, militarist, and committed to the perpetual subjugation of Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line.
By Joshua Leifer February 20, 2020
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