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Labor and Zionist Camp leader Isaac Herzog meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. (File photo courtesy of Labor)
Poll: Israelis don’t believe either candidate will make peace
Six days before Israelis head to the polls, Prime Minister Netanyahu and his challengers, Herzog-Livni, are closer than ever. According to a new survey, most Israelis support a continued peace process, but don’t think it will succeed — regardless of who is at the helm. The past two-and-a-half months of campaigning leading up to next…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man March 11, 2015
A small Israeli girl casts her mother's vote in the 2013 Knesset elections. (photo: Yotam Ronen / Activestills)
Perfecting the art of predicting the future — Israeli elections
Pre-election polls are a national sport in Israel, but they’re not very accurate. Now there’s a new player on the field, running a new polling project that claims to to have found the system’s flaws — and fixed them. A look at how polls affect voting patterns, which populations are traditionally under-represented and the mistakes…
By +972 Magazine February 6, 2015
Tzipi Livni and Isaac Herzog announce a joint slate for the upcoming elections, December 10, 2014. (Photo by Activestills.org)
‘Zionist Camp’ takes a lead in polls, but Bibi has upper hand
The top two parties are neck-and-neck and the number of political king-makers is growing. With a number of potential wild-cards ahead, it’s anyone’s election. If elections were to take place today, the next prime minister of Israel could come from either of two directions: the Labor Party’s Issac Herzog or incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man January 27, 2015
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