Elections 2019

How the UK Labour Party became a hotbed of antisemitism

Corbyn was an obscure Labour backbencher whose focus was on foreign policy and, in the run-up to the 2015 party primaries, was thought not to have met the 15 percent threshold.

|ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn makes a campaign speech in Battersea, England, Oct. 31, 2019.
VOTERS AND TELLERS outside a polling station inside Menorah Primary School in Golders Green, London.

British Affairs: Brexit, antisemitism and Britain

British Jewish voters head to polls in fateful UK election

|ByJOSH DELL
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during general election campaign event in Swindon, Britain November 2, 2019

Corbyn rejected by prominent historian of Nazi Germany

Evans's decision to withdraw his support for Labour won accolades from academics and journalists who write about Jew-hatred.

|ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
A demonstrator carries a sign as teachers and students take part in a protest demanding immediate political change in Algiers, Algeria March 13, 2019

Algeria jails artist ahead of Dec. 12 elections

The move has been heavily criticized by activists, who consider it part of the overall crackdown on free expression and political dissent in the country.

|ByAARON REICH

PM Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot: These are very close elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife cast their ballots in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu, vote, September 17, 2019

Emotion and excitement for first-time voters

‘Voting for the first time made me feel truly Israeli,’ said several new immigrants.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK
Chaim Zalman Hutz votes in Jerusalem for the first time.

Pausing their drill to vote

Thousands of Nahal brigade soldiers voted in the field during a large-scale brigade drill simulating war in Gaza

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Nahal Brigade soldiers vote in Israel's September 2019 elections

Netanyahu: Who will form defense pact with the U.S. if not me?

The prime minister addressed the public live on social media, "my throat is hoarse," he said. "This is not a game."

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia September 12, 2019.

Israeli celebrities urge fans to get out and vote

Gal Gadot led the way, posting on her Instagram account the words, “Get out and vote” in Hebrew dozens of times in white letters on a black background on Monday.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019ByHANNAH BROWN
Gal Gadot

Likud: Left-wing activists provide rides for Bedouin voters against law

The Likud Party requested that the head of the Central Elections Committee order the organization and activists to disperse.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
A Bedouin man casts his ballot in Knesset elections on April 9, 2019

MK Ofer Cassif: Maasiyahu (Prison) is future office of Netanyahu

The Communist MK released a social media video in which he slammed the Prime Minister for his "hysterical" reactions to the elections.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
OFER KASSIF: Hate and fear are the wind beneath the Right

Ultra-Orthodox voters ‘fighting for their lives’ on Election Day

Messaging of ultra-Orthodox parties UTJ and Shas, that the elections are a war for the protection of religious life in Israel and the honor of God, are felt strongly at the voting booth.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019ByJEREMY SHARON
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man helps kids cast his ballot at a polling station as Israelis vote in a parliamentary election, in Jerusalem April 9, 2019

Shaked to Horowitz: Liar; Horowitz to Shaked: LGBT kids die 'cause of you

In a video that went up on social media, the leader of Yamina and the leader of Democratic Union exchange insults as their supporters scream and clash.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

Shaked storms Netanya: We must have a large Yamina

Former Justice Minister and Yamina party leader visited the beach of Netanya for the first time to get people to vote.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yamina leader Ayelet Shaked at the beach on election day, September 17, 2019