Posted by bonniekgoodman on July 24, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/israel-musings-july-24-2013-israeli-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-promises-referendum-on-any-peace-agreements/
Source: Jerusalem Post, 5-28-13
The Knesset Finance Committee on Monday approved Finance Minister Yair Lapid’s plan to increase the value added tax to 18%, as committee chairman Nissan Slomiansky (Bayit Yehudi) announced plans to seek a differentiated VAT in order to make the tax….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on May 27, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/israel-political-brief-may-28-2013-knesset-finance-committee-approves-vat-increase/
Source: The Times of Israel, 2-15-13
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday hosted Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich for coalition talks at his official residence, but Yachimovich reiterated her insistence that Labor would not join a Netanyahu government….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 15, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/israel-political-brief-february-15-2013-labors-shelly-yachimovich-meets-benjamin-netanyahu-says-will-remain-in-opposition/
Source: Haaretz, 1-25-13
Yacimovich’s magnificent failure. Shelly Yacimovich’s campaign was saturated with serious strategic errors stemming from her personality – but she’d never admit it….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on January 25, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/israel-political-brief-january-25-2013-shelly-yacimovichs-magnificent-failure/
Source: Jerusalem Post, 1-22-13
“The smell of revolution is in the air,” Labor leader Shelly Yacimovich said Tuesday in the final hours of Election Day….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on January 22, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/israel-political-brief-january-22-2013-shelly-yacimovich-the-smell-of-revolution-is-in-the-air/
Source: JTA, 1-14-13
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and its coalition partner, Yisrael Beiteinu, are all but certain to top the polls in next week’s Israeli elections, again consigning the once-dominant Labor Party to the political opposition….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on January 14, 2013
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/israel-political-brief-january-14-2013-in-israeli-elections-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-and-right-wing-coalition-seen-cruising-to-victory/
Source: JTA, 12-6-12
Ahead of Israeli elections on Jan. 22, the political opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become more fragmented, and the focus of Likud’s primary rival has been more on social issues than security….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on December 6, 2012
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/israel-political-brief-december-6-2012-elections-2013-kadima-crumbles-labor-emphasizes-social-issues-and-likud-still-dominates/
Source: JTA, 11-29-12
Members of Israel’s Labor Party are going to the polls to elect a party Knesset list….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on November 29, 2012
https://togetherwithisrael.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/israel-political-brief-november-29-2012-labor-party-members-go-to-polls-for-primary/
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