Likud lawmakers outraged after Israel Hayom sheds light on questionable online initiative that may be designed to topple PM Netanyahu. Likud officials say this initiative is like V15, referring to the group that tried to unseat Netanyahu in 2015.
The third consecutive general elections have everyone on edge and Israel's political parties are pulling out all the stops to ensure solid voter turnout. But who is spending the most money to take social media by storm?
If there is one thing senior political advisers agree on is that when it comes to Israeli politics, all bets are off.
The Central Election Committee is gearing up to meet Health Ministry's orders about mandatory quarantine for Israelis returning from Asian countries.
United Torah Judaism seeks to exploit frustration among voters favoring New Right, National Union, and Habayit Hayehudi parties.
The "Barkat Plan," named after PM Netanyahu's choice for next finance minister, MK Nir Barkat, aims to drastically lower food and housing costs, and pour massive investments into the healthcare system.
"We wish to make it clear that we won't join any government other than a government formed by the Likud headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, say leaders of Yamina, Shas and United Torah Judaism in a signed a letter of support for the prime minister.
Hundreds gathered at Jerusalem's Western Wall for a mass service striving to keep the deadly virus from reaching the Jewish state. "We feel the distress of the people who are sick," rabbi says.
MK Nir Barkat, who is ninth on the Likud candidate slate for the March election, discusses a range of topics and the latest political developments. Broadcast starts at 1 p.m. EST
"Those who have not contracted the virus, will arrive back home, and those who were found to be carriers of the virus will stay there and we pray for their recovery," Netanyahu says after some of the travelers on the cruise off the coast of Japan were found to be coronavirus carriers.
