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In case you missed it: More from Brookings on the Middle East, just in time...
With so many pieces published each week at Brookings, we wanted to take a moment and highlight some of what’s been happening around our halls in recent days on issues related to the Middle East. In...
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Israeli elections week in review
As the Zionist Union gains momentum, Likud shows signs of distress In the final week of the campaign, the Zionist Union began to widen the gap with Likud, gaining momentum ahead of Tuesday’s vote....
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Israeli elections: Decision time (or not)
Editor’s note: Israelis will go to the polls on March 17 to elect the 20th Knesset, Israel's parliament, which will then form a new government to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's current...
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Israel’s elections: what to expect
In the run-up to the Israeli election for the 20th Knesset, and with it a new government, the Center for Middle East Policy (CMEP) at Brookings convened a panel of distinguished experts on March 11 to...
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Election Day in Israel, from Sharon to Netanyahu
This election night I'm reminded of one more than a decade ago. Ariel Sharon won the February 2001 election in a landslide. The second intifada was underway and Israelis wanted a strongman with a...
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Israel’s election: What happened?
The most salient and instructive fact about the recent Israeli election is that every part of the conventional wisdom turned out to be wrong. The election was a referendum on Netanyahu, and the people...
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How Bibi pulled it off
The Israeli elections — an unofficial referendum on the tenure of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — ended Tuesday in a clear endorsement of the prime minister by Israeli voters. With over 99...
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U.S.-Israeli relations after the Israeli elections
In the aftermath of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s surprisingly decisive electoral victory, several American foreign policy pundits, including Richard Haass, rushed out to proclaim that the U.S.-Israeli...
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Israeli elections: Netanyahu IV
Editor’s note: Israelis went to the polls on March 17 to elect the 20th Knesset, Israel's parliament. On May 14, a new government was sworn in, headed again by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We...
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The new politics of religion and gender in Israel
Event Information June 18, 2015 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDTFalk Auditorium Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 Register for the Event This year's Israeli elections...
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Through the looking glass: An Israeli perspective on American politics
“It’s probably the most interesting presidential election I’ve seen in my lifetime,” I said to an American friend the moment I arrived to Washington. My friend was upset. “For you it’s interesting,”...
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