With a new poll predicting the left-wing party will fail to make it into the next Knesset, Meretz party head Nitzan Horowitz says, "There is no replacement for Meretz and its struggles against the occupation, the fascism, and the dictatorship creeping into Israel."
Likud predicted to win 29 seats, with 17 for Yesh Atid and 10 for the Joint Arab List. Poll also asks respondents about their COVID vaccination status, and results show that the more religious they are, the less likely they are to have gotten the vaccine.
Naftali Bennett's party is poised to win 13 Knesset seats to Gideon Sa'ar's 11, cementing Bennett's position as kingmaker in the current political race.
"We are going to do a joint research and development fund and discuss ... the possibility of joint investment in production facilities for vaccines," Netanyahu tells reporters.
Israel's infection rate stands at 5.2% as 4,143 people test positive for the coronavirus, Wednesday. Military intelligence task force finds coronavirus vaccine effective against all known variants in Israel.
Yamina's leader reiterates plans to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but says that the possibility of a coalition with Likud under Yamina's leadership is not necessarily off the table.
Following Israel Hayom's report on the events that derailed Israel's plan to deliver surplus coronavirus vaccines to foreign countries, Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit says January National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat's letter only pertained to the Palestinians. The letter proves otherwise.
According to the NGO Migdal Or, COVID has forced many to face potential shortage because of their employment situation.
Health officials attribute persistent transmission rate to the British variant of the coronavirus, which significantly increases the risk of serious illness and hospitalization.
In courting votes, the Joint Arab List and Ra'am are engaged in a smear campaign of the ugliest kind. This could backfire and undermine voter turnout.
