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Israeli elections: on the way to a third ballot

On March 2nd, Israelis will go back to the polls for the third time within one year. As expected, the 22nd Knesset voted to dissolve itself during the night of 11-12th December, 69 days after its enthronement, after the...

david.chemla30 December 201916 February 2020

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Israel is facing the worst political crisis since its creation

The situation Israel has been facing for several months now is unprecedented in many respects. For the first time in its history, the country has been run for one year by a transition government. It means that it can...

david.chemla3 December 201910 March 2021

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JCall approves the decision of the Court of Justice of the EU to label the products originating in occupied territories

On November 12th, the Court of Justice of the European Union decided that foodstuffs originating in occupied territories and imported in the EU could not be labelled as “made in Israel” but as goods coming from Israeli settlements. The...

david.chemla19 November 201916 February 2020

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Israel facing the American disengagement in the region

One month after the elections, Israel does not have a government yet. Once again, Netanyahu has failed to form it and Gantz will also have a hard time doing it, for the reasons we explained in our previous article....

david.chemla13 October 20193 February 2020

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And the loser is…

Coming out of the second electoral campaign in 5 months, none of the two candidates for the position of Prime Minister is able to form a government. Netanyahu got the support of 54 deputies: 32 from the Likud, and...

david.chemla28 September 201910 March 2021

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It is time to bring about a change of direction in Israel

JCall launched the Call to Reason in May 2010, one year after Benyamin Netanyahu came back to power, in order to end the Occupation and save the Two State Solution. Since then, under the leadership of successive right coalitions,...

david.chemla2 September 201910 March 2021

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Israeli Elections : the clock is running

The lists in race for the “second round” of the Israeli elections have been tabled on August 1st. 32 lists this time, 15 less than in April. According to the last polls, only 9 of them should cross the...

david.chemla9 August 201910 March 2021

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Israeli Elections: Second Round

Two weeks after the vote on the dissolution of The 21st Knesset, less than two months after its election, the Israeli political class seems to be still petrified by that unprecedented decision in the country’s history. On April 9th...

david.chemla13 June 201910 March 2021

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Jews, Israel and the European Elections

May 26th, we will elect our members of the European Parliament. Each of us will vote in all honesty. But our civic duty goes beyond a gesture made in the voting booth. As responsible citizens, we must tell our...

david.chemla20 May 201910 March 2021

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From Gaza to Yom HaAtsmaut

photo from the Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony, Tel Aviv May, 7th “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” This sentence Albert Einstein is supposed to have said could almost apply to the living...

david.chemla10 May 201910 March 2021

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The election is over. What now ?

Given the insight into the results of the elections, and the disappointment we had to overcome, we may now draw quite a few lessons from it. First of all, and in spite of our hope to see the pre-election...

david.chemla24 April 201910 March 2021

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And the winner is …

On April 9th, Israelis will vote to appoint the 21st Knesset. This election, probably one of the most important for a long time, will determine the future of the country, far beyond the next four years. If the Likud...

david.chemla7 April 201910 March 2021

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Creation of the Blue White list and Indictment of Netanyahu for bribery

Less than six weeks before the elections, the campaign is launched in Israel and the tone has been set. The campaign will be tough. Two significant current events happened these last days and will rule the campaign until the...

david.chemla3 March 201910 March 2021

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2019 : A stake for the democracy in Europe as in Israel

The issue of the strengthening or the weakening of democracy will be back on the policy agenda, in the European Union and in Israel. In Europe, the European elections will be an opportunity for a major democratic date which...

david.chemla1 February 201910 March 2021

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Our Challenge for 2019: Pursuing Amos Oz’s Commitments

In order ro convey a sense of history, it is always a good thing to look back. A year ago, at the start of 2018, our New Year’s mail was entitled: “New year, new challenges”. One year later, this...

david.chemla3 January 2019