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Tearful Tzipi Livni quits politics

"There needed to be one bloc to bring about a political upheaval, but it didn’t happen," said Livni. "I worked for the joining of forces. This time, it didn’t work."

Tzipi Livni announced she quits politics on February 18, 2019
LABOR LEADER Avi Gabbay is harangued by MK Eitan Cabel (right) as MK Amir Peretz looks on during a meeting of the party last month

Think About It: The future of Labor

THE TWENTY-FIRST Zionist Congress, Geneva, 1939.

It’s time for a little more vision

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit (R) during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem

Netanyahu videos mock recommendations to indict him, depict AG as weak


Fighting the media wars

I hope that these young women will be brought to trial.

Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi is arrested by Israeli security forces, December 19, 2017

Hamas has to go

Whether Hamas can be choked financially, or toppled by a military intervention, there must be a decisive plan, a well thought and internationally accepted strategy aimed at liberating Gaza.

HAMAS SUPPORTERS take part in a rally in Nablus marking the 30th anniversary of the movement’s founding.

Ministers to vote on bill to raise disability benefits

Currently, people with severe disabilities receive an allotment of NIS 2,343 per month – less than half the minimum wage.

Disabled activists sit in at the Knesset plenum discussing goverment allowances for the disabled, September 18, 2017.

Zionist Union unveils plan for fighting corruption

The second step is aimed at removing politics from positions in national and local government.

Handicap activists meet with the Zionist Union party ahead of the Knesset plenum to discuss goverment allowances for the handicap, September 18, 2017.

Media comment: The Israeli media is unpopular because it is biased

The media in Israel is not very popular.

HOW MEDIA covers issues is influenced by its internal biases.

Fiery Knesset debate over courts using more Jewish law gets out of hand

MKs unleash verbal assault on committee chairman Slomiansky.

Nissan Slomiansky

Party leader Gabbay forces Zionist Union to back expulsion of migrants

Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On said Gabbay had “forgotten what it means to be a human being."

Labor leader Avi Gabbay speaks at a faction meeting

No difference between the Right and the Zionist Union on Jerusalem?

It appears that there is no politician today who does not have a plan for Jerusalem. Indeed, what could be more attractive than Jerusalem?

The security barrier leading up to Jerusalem

Zionist Union proposes bill to increase monthly allowance for disabled Israelis

There are currently 36 groups representing disabled Israelis protesting outside the Knesset.

Labor leader Avi Gabbay speaks at a meeting of the Zionist Camp

How the Rabin rally tries to be everything, to everyone, and fails

Attempts to depoliticize a political assassination ring hollow, and the organizers are trying to walk a "non-partisan" tightrope while placating nobody.

President Reuven Rivlin speaking at the Rabin memorial service