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Labor party leader Merav Michaeli at the party's conference ahead of the Israeli elections in Hod Hasharon, March 14, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Can she handle it? How the Israeli media covers women politicians

Women running for the Knesset have to overcome not only voters' gender stereotypes, but a media landscape that is heavily skewed in men's favor.

By Noa Balf March 23, 2021

A woman casts her ballot in the Knesset elections at a voting station in Jerusalem, on March 2, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

‘I don’t know her’: How Israeli elections disregard women voters

By ignoring women's policy preferences, Israeli parties are not just deepening gender inequality — they're shifting the country further right.

By Noa Balf January 11, 2021

Wake-up Call: 47 years of disenfranchisement

Did you know that in 15 out of Israel’s 20 elections one in three people living under Israeli rule haven’t had a vote? Ami Kaufman has a wake-up call for you. Click here for +972’s full coverage of Israeli elections

By Ami Kaufman March 9, 2015

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File photo of a Palestinian woman voting in Bethlehem. (Photo by Activestills.org)

Why I’m ‘giving’ my vote to a Palestinian in Israel’s elections

‘I very much want to vote for the party that best represents my ideological leanings; I’m waiving that right in these elections because so many others living under this government’s control can’t vote at all.’ By A. Daniel Roth Millions of people will go to the polls on March 17th to decide who will represent…

By +972 Magazine February 11, 2015

Hebron demonstrators were calling upon Obama to remember the civil rights movement in the US (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

No Voice: Hopes for Israeli elections from those who cannot vote

Over 200,000 people with no legal status live in Israel today. There are another 4 million in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. All of these people are directly affected by Israeli elections but they have not right to vote. This is what they have to say — about the Right and the Left, the…

By +972 Magazine February 6, 2015

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: Haim Zach/GPO)

[Vid] Street Talk: Things are bad, but still voting Bibi

Why do people continue to vote for parties that work against their interests and persistently disappoint? What are the voting patterns in the Israeli public? A street survey of voters and a conversation with sociologist Jessica Nevo. Related: What do you call a politician who promises more war? Don’t call her the ‘Russian candidate’: Meet…

By Social TV February 4, 2015

Volunteer from one of the Arab parties canvasing potential voters in Nazareth, Israel, January 2013 (photo: GS)

WATCH: Who is the mayor of Nazareth?

The question of who will be mayor of Nazareth, the “political capital” of Arabs citizens of Israel, remains undecided. Unlike national elections where Arab turnout lower than the national average, turnout in local races often reaches 90 percent in Arab cities and councils. Israel’s Hebrew-language media, however, does not cover those elections. This is the…

By Social TV February 14, 2014

Casting my first vote in the Israeli elections, Tel Aviv, January 22, 2013 (photo: Roee Ruttenberg)

Confessions of a voting virgin

‘I cast my first vote ever today. It was in the Israeli elections where one vote really makes a difference, and I truly cherished this moment.’ I’m in my mid-30s and I’m embarrassed to say I had never voted. For me, voting in the U.S. – where I spent much of my time – had…

By Roee Ruttenberg January 21, 2013

Israelis give their votes to Palestinians in Facebook campaign

In an act of protest one can only find in the world of social media, activists open a Facebook page where Israelis are urged to ‘hand over’ their voting rights to Palestinians. Every once in a while, social media shows you what an amazing tool it can be. On December 26, 2012, a new Facebook…

By Ami Kaufman January 3, 2013