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Ayelet Shaked: I'm not sorry that I joined Bennett-Lapid coalition

"Ministerial success is not always politically rewarding," according to Shaked, who also estimates that housing prices will moderate and maybe decrease this year.

|ByYEHUDA SHARONI/MAARIV
Ayelet Shaked, Interior Minister and head of the Jewish Home party speaks during a press conference in Ramat Gan, October 25, 2022.
Head of the Otzma Yehudit Party MK Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to supporters as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem, November 1, 2022.

Many Ben-Gvir voters were Bennett voters. Why are they seen as racist? - opinion

Why are those Yamina voters in the 2021 elections, who were then perceived as kosher and legitimate for many in the center-left bloc, now seen as messianic, nationalist and racist?

|ByORI WERTMAN
Naftali Bennett gives a speech during a ceremony for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in November 2021.

Bennett may quit gov’t after election, ending veto power

This would leave the right-wing bloc in the government without a right of veto until the next government is formed.

|ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yamina MK Idit Silman at the Knesset, April 25, 2022.

High Court hears petitions about if Silman, Chikli can run for Knesset

Central Election Committee head and High Court Justice Yitzhak Amit ruled that Yamina MK Silman was permitted to run with the Likud.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Meretz files appeal to Supreme Court for not disqualifying Silman

Silman entered the previous Knesset as a member of Yamina, and then announced in April that she was leaving the coalition, ending its 61-member majority.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Yamina MK Idit Silman at the Knesset, April 25, 2022.

Elections 2022: Amichai Chikli disqualified from running on Likud list

Amichai Chikli's candidacy was barred after MK Gaby Lasky petitioned the Central Election Committee, claiming that he did not resign early enough to be allowed to run on a different list.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
AMICHAI CHIKLI: Chose the long short path.

Meretz petitions to block Silman from running with Likud

Meretz accused Silman of leaving the coalition after receiving offers from the Likud for the next election, which is illegal according to the election laws.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Bennett reaches out to Netanyahu as MK Idit Silman looks on following a vote on the new coalition in the Knesset on June 13, 2021.

Bennett and Shaked exchange verbal blows - Israeli media

The exchange began with a comment Shaked made to Yediot Ahronot and Ynet on Sunday in light of her breaking off from Yoaz Hendel and the Zionist Spirit party.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
NAFTALI BENNETT in the Knesset this week – he was left playing lead soloist with some admirers, but few true followers willing to pay to see him perform, in a band that was breaking up.

Israel Elections: Decisions to be made before parties give their lists

Questions involving a number of Israeli political parties will need to be decided until Thursday's deadline, and could lead to last-minute drama.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
A voter in Jerusalem in the last Knesset election on April 9

A quarter of Israelis still unsure who to vote for, poll finds

More than twice as many coalition voters in 2021 say they will change blocs than opposition backers.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
A voting box in the last Israeli election in 2015

Israel elections: Jonathan Pollard withdraws endorsement of Ayelet Shaked

Ayelet Shaked is the leader of the Zionist Spirit party that she formed with Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel.

AUGUST 30, 2022
JONATHAN POLLARD arrives at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City in 2017.

Israel elections: Ben-Gvir, Smotrich unite again amid increased Netanyahu pressure

Ben Gvir and Smotrich swayed by meeting with Netanyahu in Caesarea • Abir Kara seeks 'economic freedom' from Shaked's Zionist Spirit

AUGUST 26, 2022
MK's Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben Gvir and MK's from the Religious Zionism party visit at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem Old city on October 20, 2021

Coalition delays Idit Silman's Likud switch as revenge for toppling government

If Silman wishes to run in a different party in the upcoming election, she will now have to resign from the Knesset.

AUGUST 15, 2022
MK's Idit Silman and Nir Orbach arrive for a party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on May 16, 2022

NGO to High Court: Order A-G to probe Idit Silman for switch to Likud

Likud MKs Yoav Galant and Mikki Zohar have given public interviews that Silman was promised a Knesset spot and a comfortable post with the Likud.

AUGUST 8, 2022
PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett speaks with MK Idit Silman in the Knesset in January.

Israel Elections: Yamina MKs on the way out of Zionist Spirit

Yamina MK Shirley Pinto meets with Benny Gantz, signaling a potential move • Gantz speaks with Meretz hopeful Zehava Galon on 'commitment to change bloc'

JULY 29, 2022
ByANNA RAYVA BARSKY/MAARIV ONLINE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shirley Pinto, the first deaf Knesset member with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a swearing in ceremony of new Israeli parliament members at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 16, 2021.