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Israeli election: News & Features

Israel's new Education Minister accused of past ethnic discrimination

Rabbi Shai Piron is accused by two students of having discriminated against ethnic groups at the school where he was principal from 1995 to 2007.

By Lior Dattel | Mar 20, 2013 | 04:40 PM | 3

Education Minister Shai Piron.

Racist incitement by Israeli public figures doubled in 2012, study shows
By Jack Khoury | 13
New coalition agreement is landmark for Israeli education
By Meirav Arlosoroff | 3
Yair Lapid's strange choice
By Sefi Rachlevsky | 2

Yair Lapid

Haaretz analysts decipher Israel's election aftermath

From the Lapid phenomenon to King Bibi's sinking ship, Haaretz columnists and bloggers weigh in on how Israelis voted and what awaits them.

By Haaretz Staff | Jan 23, 2013 | 02:35 AM

Yesh Atid supporters react to the exit polls, Jan. 22, 2012.

LIVE BLOG: Election Day comes to a close, Israelis wait for exit polls

Of the more than 5.65 million Israelis eligible to vote, some 3.6 million cast their ballots, with a turnout of 4 percent more than in the 2009 elections.

By Haaretz | Jan 23, 2013 | 02:15 AM | 32

Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid, surprise of the Israeli election

TV exit polls put media star's Yesh Atid party in second place with 19 seats.

By Revital Hovel | Jan 22, 2013 | 11:29 PM | 3

Bibi+Sa'ar

Likud lauds victory, despite slim win in exit polls

Gideon Sa'ar: Right-wing bloc has majority, we aim to form broad coalition.

By Barak Ravid | Jan 22, 2013 | 11:19 PM

Yair Lapid

Yair Lapid's optimism tour conquers Israel

Even his opponents want to get a photo-op with the TV personality.

By Revital Hovel | Jan 22, 2013 | 11:18 PM

Naftali Bennett

Bennett finds secular support with a religious campaign

Habayit Hayehudi Chairman Naftali Bennett is popular across Israel, managing to draw in many secular votes while maintaining a religious Zionist base.

By Chaim Levinson | Jan 22, 2013 | 10:09 PM

Israelis increasingly cast their ballots for individuals not parties.

Israel election exit polls reveal tight race between left and right

All major networks agree that Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu won the most seats, 31, followed by Yesh Atid, with 18-19 seats, and Labor Party, with 17 seats.

By Haaretz | Jan 22, 2013 | 10:09 PM | 4

Netanyahu casts his ballot

With King Bibi's ship of state sinking in Pyrrhic victory, the sharks begin to circle

In the space of a few hours, Netanyahu watched as the American people formally gave their president four more years, and the people of Israel gave their prime minister six more weeks.

By Bradley Burston | Jan 22, 2013 | 10:09 PM | 9

Gal-On

What Meretz lacks in funds, it makes up for on Facebook and Twitter

Zahava Gal-On spent Election Day texting and posting on Facebook, partly because her party doesn't have money for billboards.

By Ofer Aderet | Jan 22, 2013 | 10:05 PM

Shoppers pack the Azreieli Center mall in Tel Aviv.

On Election Day, Israelis vote with their wallets

Not even the greatest Israeli consumer holidays, like Passover and Rosh Hashanah, came even close to the streams of shoppers that flowed into cafes, clothing stores, supermarkets and movie theaters during Israel's elections on Tuesday.

By Adi Dovrat-Meseritz | Jan 22, 2013 | 09:49 PM

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