PM said to revive plan to postpone presidential vote
Following Ben-Eliezer’s withdrawal from scandal-laden race, Netanyahu said to revisit idea of delaying election or even scrapping post
View ArticleKnesset leaders to discuss postponing presidential election
Faction heads to meet Sunday to discuss delaying vote past Tuesday after Labor’s Ben-Eliezer drops out amid graft allegations
View ArticlePresidential vote to take place as planned
Knesset speaker laments ‘harsh atmosphere’ surrounding race, but decides election will go ahead on Tuesday
View ArticleCards of Houses
Presidential candidates expose all ahead of election in order to avoid silver bullet that took out Ben-Eliezer
View ArticlePresidential candidate Sheetrit reveals assets
Veteran Hatnua MK says he and his wife own four apartments
View ArticleWho will win Tuesday’s presidential elections?
The Times of Israel’s political correspondent reads the tea leaves and, perhaps unwisely, offers his predictions
View ArticleKnesset gears up for presidential vote
Election of country’s 10th president takes place Tuesday as difficult, scandal-riddled race comes to a close
View ArticleHow the president is elected
A brief summary of the voting procedures ahead of the presidential election
View ArticlePrez dispenser
MKs vote on the next president, with candidates offering their best and most predictable ‘pick me’ arguments to a disenfranchised (and somewhat disgusted) public
View ArticleRivlin beats out Sheetrit to become Israel’s 10th president
President-elect sweeps both rounds of voting and wins runoff round, 63-53
View ArticlePeres tells Rivlin he will make a good president
After seven years as president, veteran politician says he is eager to pass on the role to a worthy candidate
View ArticleNew president’s inauguration date not yet pinned
Knesset still hasn’t decided whether Reuven Rivlin will be sworn in before or after Shimon Peres’s departure on July 26
View ArticleWith grudges set aside, Rivlin and Netanyahu plan meeting
President-elect says ‘no bad blood’ between him and PM, despite rumors of rift between the two
View ArticleUS officials signal readiness to work with Rivlin
Ignoring his one-state views, White House and State Department praise election of Likud lawmaker to presidency; Palestinian official blasts pick
View ArticleHow Rivlin nearly lost the presidency, and why it matters
Rivlin may be president, but it was Meir Sheetrit’s stunning showing that highlighted the raw power of the new Herzog-Livni axis and revealed where the political winds are blowing
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