2009 Election Resources
Background, polls, platforms and
analysis
1. Israel's
Election System
Israel's Ministry
of Foreign Affairs offers a comprehensive breakdown of the entire election
process.
Israel's
official website for the Knesset
also has a summary of the election process.
2. Polls
Click
here to for a table in English of the most recent
election polls in the Jerusalem Post
Click here for a table in Hebrew of the most popular election polls in Uzit
3. Party Platforms
The New Movement-Meretz
Website:- Hebrew - Platform in English
Leader: Haim ORON
Seats won in last election: 5
Kadima
Website:- Hebrew
Leader: Tzipora ("Tzipi") LIVNI
Seats won in last election: 29
Likud
Website:- English - Hebrew
Leader: Benjamin NETANYAHU
Seats won in last election: 12
Labor
Website:- Hebrew
Leader: Ehud BARAK
Seats won in last election: 19
Shas
Website:- Hebrew
Leader: Eliyahu ("Eli") YISHAI
Seats won in last election: 12
Yisrael Beytenu
Website:- English
Leader: Avigdor LIEBERMAN
Seats won in last election: 11
Gil - The Pensioners
Party
Website:- English
(Knesset website)
Leader: Rafael "Rafi" EITAN
Seats won in last election: 7
United Torah Judaism
Website:- English
(Knesset website)
Leader: Yaakov LITZMAN
Seats won in last election: 6
Hadash
Website:- Hebrew
Leader: Muhammad BARAKEH
Seats won in last election: 3
United Arab List- Arab Renewal Movement (UAL-ARM) / Reshima Aravit
Meuhedet- Tnu'a Aravit LeHithadshut (Ra'am-Ta'al)
Website:- English
(Knesset website)
Leader: Ibrahim SARSUR
Seats won in last election: 4
Balad
Leader: Jamal ZAHALKA
Seats won in last election: 3
National Union-Moledet
(Ichud Leumi)
Website:- English - Hebrew
Leader: Ya'akov Katz ("Ketzeleh")
Seats won in last election: 9 
The Jewish Home
Website:- Hebrew
Leader: Daniel HERSHKOVITZ
Seats won in last election: N/A
(ran as part of National Union party)
Green Movement - Meimad
Website:- English - Hebrew
Leader: Rabbi Michael Melchior
(Meimad ran with Labor in last election)
Da'am
Website:- Hebrew
Israel Hazaka
Website:- English
- Hebrew
Green Leaf (Ale Yarok)
Website:- Hebrew
Koah HaKesef
Website:- Hebrew
The Greens - HaYerukim
Website:- English
- Hebrew
Lev LaOlim
Brit Olam
Justice for All
Tzomet
Yisrael HaMihadeshet
Lehem
4. Analysis
(News and analysis of the upcoming Israeli Elections from the Israeli and
International Press)
Gideon Levy: Let Netanyahu win -
Haaretz
Ari Shavit: Why
the Israeli voter is turning right - Haaretz
Yossi Sarid: Who
can stop fascism in Israel? - Haaretz
The idea of
voting green turns brown around the edges - Haaretz
Cease-fire
in place, Israeli politicians can now take pot shots at each other - JTA
Haaretz-Dialog
poll: Extreme right party overtakes Labor in elections forecast - Haaretz
Truth, lies and
Obama / Contending Israeli parties kick off TV campaigns - Haaretz
Yossi Verter: The
Israeli non-debate - Haaretz
Netanyahu:
Iran nukes trump global economy -AP
Shas to endorse
Likud's Netanyahu as next prime minister - Haaretz
Kadima kicks off
campaign with threat to assassinate Hamas chiefs - Haaretz
Israeli
Election Watch: Poll says Kadima gaining, smoking pot for Holocaust survivors
- JTA
Israeli
election campaign heats up - JTA
