The pollsters' raw materials

The pollsters' raw materials

Israel Hayom speaks to some of the leading pollsters in Israel, not to talk about specific numbers of seats for each parties, but to understand the factors that affect voting patterns.

'If Otzma Yehudit runs, there won't be a right-wing government'

'If Otzma Yehudit runs, there won't be a right-wing government'

Yamina leader Ayelet Shaked is worried that the fringe right-wing parties could wind up wasting tens of thousands of votes for the camp as a whole. She also has reservations about the Likud's scare campaign, but she has goals, although she doesn't want to claim any ministerial portfolio before the final results are tallied.

'The US must not ease up on Iran'

'The US must not ease up on Iran'

The pace of recent events in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Gaza, and other locations indicate that we are no longer fighting what has been referred to as Israel's "war between wars" but a very real war with Iran itself.

Closer to the brink than ever?

Closer to the brink than ever?

After hits on major Hezbollah targets, Israel is readying itself for a response, which Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah must calculate very carefully to avoid sliding into an all-out war, which he does not want.