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Latest Poll from Israel

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August 3, 2015

New Wave Poll conducted a poll for Yisrael Hayom that was published this weekend:

It has been months since the election and we are still waiting for the first public post-election poll on seats. There have been many other types of public polls and since I haven’t posted in a while, here is the latest poll from Israel:

Who do you think is most suitable at this time to serve as Israeli Prime Minister?

39% Netanyahu

14% Herzog

13% Lapid

6% Kahlon

5% Liberman

23% Don’t Know

*Other party leaders such as Ayman Odah, Naftali Bennett and Zahava Gal-On were not polled.

Should we or should we not keep fighting the Iran deal?

76% Yes

15% No

8% Don’t Know

Do you think US President Obama is concerned or not concerned about Israeli interests?

73% Not concerned

20% Concerned

8% Don’t know

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Committee Appointments and Chairs

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May 18, 2015

Committee Appointments and Chairs

Will update as week goes on
12 Knesset Committee Chairs

Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee – Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud)

Appropriations Committee – Moshe Gafni (UTJ)

Law, Justice and Constitution Committee – Nissan Slomiansky (Bayit Yehudi)

Labor, Welfare and Health Committee – Elie Elalouf (Kulanu)

Education, Culture, and Sports Committee – TBD (Shas MK)

Science and Technology Committee – TBD (UTJ MK)

House Committee –

Internal Affairs and Environment Committee –

Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs –

Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality –

Economy Committee – Eitan Cabel (Zionist Union)

State Control Committee – Karin Elharrar (Yesh Atid)

4 Other Knesset Committee Chairs:

Rights of the Child or Public Petitions Committee Committee – Kulanu MK will serve in one

Drug and Alcohol Abuse,   Committee on Foreign Workers – Most likely will go to Opposition

 Committee Appointments

Committee Likud Zionist Union Joint List Yesh Atid Kulanu
House Committee 6 3 2 1 1
Appropriations Committee 4 3 2 1 2
Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee 5 5 0 2 1
Law, Justice and Constitution Committee 3 2 1 2 1
Economy Committee 3 3 2 1 1
Internal Affairs and Environment Committee 3 2 2 1 1
Education, Culture, and Sports Committee 3 2 2 1 1
State Control Committee 3 2 1 1 1
Labor, Welfare and Health Committee 3 2 1 1 1
Science and Technology Committee 3 2 1 1 1
Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs 1 2 0 1 1
Status of Women and Gender Equality 1 2 2 1 1
 Total 38 30 16 14 13
Committee Bayit Yehudi Shas Beitenu UTJ Meretz
House Committee 1 1 1 1 0
Appropriations Committee 1 1 1 1 1
Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee 2 0 1 1 0
Law, Justice and Constitution Committee 1 1 0 1 1
Economy Committee 0 1 0 1 1
Internal Affairs and Environment Committee 1 1 0 1 1
Education, Culture, and Sports Committee 1 1 1 1 0
State Control Committee 1 1 1 0 0
Labor, Welfare and Health Committee 0 1 0 1 1
Science and Technology Committee 0 0 1 0 0
Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs 1 1 2 0 0
Status of Women and Gender Equality 1 0 1 0 1
Total 10 9 9 8 6

Committee Appointments approved 30-2 in the Temporary Knesset Committee.

Nine of the ten factions agreed to the appointments.

Yisrael Beitenu voted against.

Yisrael Beitenu asked for a revision, claiming they are not interested in two spots on Immigration Committee.

The revision was defeated.

Update #1:

11 Security Cabinet Ministers

3 Returning Ministers

Netanyahu (Likud)
Yaalon (Likud)
Bennett (Bayit Yehudi)

8 New Ministers

Kahlon (Kulanu)
Deri (Shas)
Shaked (Bayit Yehudi)
Y. Katz (Likud)
Shalom (Likud)
Elkin (Likud)
Levin (Likud)
Begin (Likud)

Update #2 – Deputy Ministers

Deputy Finance Minister Yitzack Cohen (Shas)
Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben-Dahan (Bayit Yehudi)
Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovelly (Likud)
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (UTJ)
Deputy Education Minister Meir Parush (UTJ)
Deputy Welfare Minister Mashulam Nahari (Shas)
Deputy Regional Cooperation Minister Ayoub Kara (Likud)

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Phase 3 Complete – 61-59: Israel’s 34th Government, Netanyahu’s 4th

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May 15, 2015

Phase Three was finally completed on May 14th 2015, almost two months after the election, following the 61-59 vote in the Knesset plenum.

Israel’s 34th Government (Netanyahu’s 4th)

20 Ministers + PM

Prime Minister + Foreign Minister + Health Minister + Communications Minister + Regional Cooperation Minister + Authority of Jerusalem Affairs Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud)

Finance Minister – Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu)

Education Minister + Diaspora Affairs Minister – Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi)

Economy Minister + Negev & Galil Minister – Aryeh Deri (Shas)

Defense Minister – Moshe Yaalon (Likud)

Interior Minister + Deputy Prime Minister – Silvan Shalom (Likud)

Justice Minister – Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi)

Transportation Minister + Intelligence Affairs Minister + Authority of Atomic Energy – Yisrael Katz (Likud)

Energy and Water + Partial authority of Strategic Affairs – Yuval Steinitz (Likud)

Housing Minister – Yoav Galant (Kulanu)

Religious Services Minister – David Azoulay (Shas)

Agriculture Minister – Uri Ariel (Bayit Yehudi)

Internal Security Minister + Tourism Minister + Minister Coordinating with Knesset – Yariv Levin (Likud)

Immigration & Absorption Minister + Partial authority of Strategic Affairs – Zeev Elkin (Likud)

Science, Technology & Space Minister – Danny Danon (Likud)

Welfare Minister – Chaim Katz (Likud)

Culture & Sport Minister – Miri Regev (Likud)

Senior Citizens Minister + Gender Equality Minister + Authority of Youth Department and Minority Affairs – Gila Gamliel (Likud)

Minister in Communications Ministry (under Communications Minister Netanyahu) – Ofir Akuins (Likud)

Minister without portfolio – Benny Begin (Likud)

Environment Minister – Avi Gabai (Kulanu)

Other Tidbits

Defense & Foreign Affairs Knesset Committee Chairman + Coalition Chairman Tzachi Hanegbi will swap places with Ofir Akunis as a Minister in the Communications Ministry in a year.

Deputy Health Minister Litzman (UTJ), Deputy Foreign Minister Hotovelly (Likud) and Deputy Regional Cooperation Minister Kara (Likud) will serve under Health, Foreign & Regional Cooperation Minister Netanyahu, without another Minister on top of them. The other Deputy Ministers, such as Deputy Defense Minister Ben-Dahan (Bayit Yehudi), will have Ministers above them.

Likud’s  #2 Gilad Erdan refused a spot in Netanyahu’s cabinet because his requests for Foreign or Interior+Internal Security was denied.

Stay tuned for the Knesset Jeremy analysis later this weekend.

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Knesset Jeremy on Galay Yisrael Radio: Breakdown of Peace Talks and Racism in Mevasseret Tzion

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April 9, 2014

Jeremy Saltan on Galay Yisrael Radio: Breakdown of Peace Talks and Racism near Jerusalem in Mevasseret Tzion.

Breakdown of Peace Talks and Racism in a Jerusalem Neighborhood

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http://yishaifleisher.com/radio/radio-breakdown-peace-talks-racism-jerusalem-neighborhood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=radio-breakdown-peace-talks-racism-jerusalem-neighborhood

 

Knesset insider Jeremy Man Saltan discusses the breakdown of negotiations between Israel and Arab leadership and the root causes behind the end of the negotiations. He moves on to talk about how American Secretary of State John Kerry’s idea of ending the conflict in nine months has been an absolute failure and ends with a discussion about how racist Purim costumes near Jerusalem in Mevasseret Tzion, have caused the issue of racism to be brought to the forefront.

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KnessetJeremy Radio Wrap – All the Big Bills In-Depth (Aftermath)

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March 26, 2014

Galay Yisrael Radio Interview from last night:

Knesset insider Jeremy Man talks about the three main bills that were presented in the Knesset right before the begin of their recess. Listen as Yishai and Man Saltan discuss the specifics of these bills and how everything shook out after votes in the Knesset. Additionally, some notes on housing.

http://yishaifleisher.com/radio/radio-jeremy-man-saltan-wrapping-knesset-session-voting-results/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=radio-jeremy-man-saltan-wrapping-knesset-session-voting-results

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