The coronavirus pandemic impacted 2020 in unprecedented ways, and the COVID-19 virus will continue to be a major issue in 2021 as a vaccine rolls out and countries seek to return to the pre-COVID “normal”. But 2021 will be about…
The United States’ election day is Tuesday, but Israel has good reasons to watch from an ocean away to find out who the next US president will be. From Iran policy to relations with peace process partners, there are real…
The longest-serving tenure of a prime minister in Israel’s history looks likely to end, as a slim majority of Israeli lawmakers have nominated Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz to replace multi-term Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While Israeli President…
It has been 11 months since the first Israeli election in this current cycle, and despite the third election in a year concluding on Monday, not much has changed from the first. The April 2019 election saw the Center-Right Bloc…
With just days remaining for Israel’s Blue and White political party to form a government and a third consecutive round of elections looming on the horizon, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin pleaded for both Blue and White and Likud to form…
The ballots have been cast and there is no clear winner in the Israeli elections. Neither major party—Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud or the Blue and White party led by former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz—has a clear majority in the…