Mazal Mualem |
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Friday, May 24, 2013 |
Veteran Labor members are planning to replace party chair Shelly Yachimovich with popular former Israeli chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi. |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid reveals himself not just as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's economic twin, but also as his political clone. |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
Israel is threatened more by diplomatic deadlock than by Syrian jihadists, says Knesset member Col. (res.) Omer Bar-Lev of the Labor Party. |
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Monday, May 20, 2013 |
Knesset member Binyamin Ben-Eliezer openly says that Israel is better off facing Syria as a state than a shattered country. |
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 |
After winning in the judicial arena, “Women of the Wall” prepare for the political battle over the ability to pray freely by the Western Wall. |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
The Netanyahus continue enjoying an extravagant lifestyle despite criticism from the public, which faces a new austerity plan. |
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
Mertez leader Zahava Gal-On talks about the scandal of Emmanuel Rosen, prominent newsman suspected of sexual harassment, and the struggle to bring such cases to justice. |
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Monday, May 13, 2013 |
Professor Yossi Yonah, one of the leaders of Israel's social justice protest movement, explains why it failed. |
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Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
The budget cuts did not spark mass participation during the demonstration on May 11, but Finance Minister Yair Lapid should not count on the public staying idle, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Friday, May 10, 2013 |
In view of the new austerity plan, Knesset Member Itzik Shmuli and his followers from the social justice movement are about to take to the streets again in protest, reports Mazal Mualem. |
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
The message of support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent Finance Minister Yair Lapid was a political maneuver against Lapid, already under fire for his austerity plan, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 |
Former Labor Party Minister Moshe Shahal, a strong supporter of the Arab Peace Initiative, tells Mazal Mualem that his former party has forsaken its leadership on peace with the Palestinians. |
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Sunday, May 5, 2013 |
Aryeh Deri, the newly re-appointed head of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, inherits a sacred movement which has lost its support base, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Friday, May 3, 2013 |
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be presiding over the Likud party's decline, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 |
Mazal Mualem wonders whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should worry about Finance Minister Yair Lapid, his potential heir, who recently met with a top Netanyahu backer. |
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Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 |
Mazal Mualem argues that a referendum law may well emerge as a useful lever for jump-starting the peace process. |
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Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 |
In an interview with Mazal Mualem, Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon promises to help the settlements in the West Bank and to institute compulsory national service for Israeli-Arabs. |
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Friday, Apr 26, 2013 |
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced his intention to run again for office, but he may run into Finance Minister Yair Lapid, his protege and the son of his late best friend, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 |
Likud Knesset member Ofir Akunis reaffirms to Mazal Mualem his party's willingness to promote a referendum bill on a future agreement with the Palestinians. |
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Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 |
The Knesset cafeteria, once the place to see and to be seen, is being replaced nowadays by Facebook, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Monday, Apr 22, 2013 |
Mazal Mualem lists the five challenges which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must face with the opening of the 19th Knesset summer session. |
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Friday, Apr 19, 2013 |
Israeli ministers Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett, champions of the social justice movement, face a challenge responding to the defense establishment campaign against budget cutbacks, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 |
Former IDF spokesperson and Knesset member Nachman Shai explains, in an interview with Mazal Mualem, why Israel fails again and again in the media-diplomacy battlefield. |
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Monday, Apr 15, 2013 |
Mazal Mualem outlines what the Israeli political map could look like one year from today. |
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Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 |
Knesset member and former IDF chief education officer Eliezer Stern explains in an interview with Mazal Mualem why he strongly objects to performers who dodge army service to perform at Memorial and Independence Day official events. |
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Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 |
Mazal Mualem wonders why the optimism left by President Barack Obama turned into indifference toward his secretary of state. |
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Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 |
Sources within the Labor party told Mazal Mualem that an initiative is being kicked around to hold "lightning primaries," to bring an “end to the Yachimovich dictatorship era.” |
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Monday, Apr 8, 2013 |
In an interview with Mazal Mualem, Knesset Member Nitzan Horowitz details his vision for regional cooperation with Israel's neighbors. |
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Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 |
Former Knesset member Yohanan Plesner paved the way for historic change regarding drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews to the IDF, and expresses hope to see this mission completed in an interview with Mazal Mualem. |
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Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 |
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid is busy writing amusing feuilletons on his Facebook page, writes Mazal Mualem, revealing his lack of understanding of the true needs of the country's middle class. |
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Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 |
In an interview with Mazal Mualem, Meir Sheetrit explains why Israel should have adopted long ago the Arab Peace Initiative. |
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Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 |
Ephraim Sneh, former Labor minister and today’s worried citizen, tells Mazal Mualem that whether Israel likes it or not, a Palestinian state will come. |
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Friday, Mar 22, 2013 |
Just as fascinating as the messages Obama conveyed at the Israeli Convention Center in Jerusalem was the way they were received by the young audience, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 |
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is giving important jobs to the far-right wing of his party's Knesset members, perhaps to soften them up for diplomatic engagement with the Palestinians, Mazal Mualem suggests. |
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Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 |
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet meetings will now include new, inexperienced members, and it is with them that he will have to make fateful decisions, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Monday, Mar 18, 2013 |
Mazal Mualem sketches a guide to the new Israeli coalition for US Pesident Barack Obama. |
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Friday, Mar 15, 2013 |
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid may head Israel’s second-largest party, but it is HaBayit HaYehudi chairman Naftali Bennett who actually holds the ''keys to the coalition kingdom'' in his pocket, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 |
With the ouster of Reuven Rivlin, the last of the Likud's “blue bloods,” the party has changed from Jabotinskian ideology and its Mizrahi electorate in favor of the settlers, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 |
Israel's next defense minister, Moshe Ya’alon, is not expected to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Iranian threat or the Palestinians issue, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Monday, Mar 11, 2013 |
If Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid limits himself to only one or two structural changes, the new finance minister can succeed despite his lack of experience, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 |
Mazal Mualem foresees the new Knesset opposition parties to be both diverse and formidable. |
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Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 |
Knesset member Moshe Gafni from the ultra-Orthodox Yahadut HaTorah party explains to Mazal Mualem the failings of both Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and HaBayit HaYehudi Chairman Naftali Bennett, predicting political disaster if they are included in the next Israeli government. |
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Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 |
Mazal Mualem writes that if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can rid himself of his fears, he may discover that the government lineup being forced upon him might be best for Israel — and perhaps even best for himself. |
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Monday, Mar 4, 2013 |
Shas is having difficulty accepting the idea that it will not be sitting at the government table, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Sunday, Mar 3, 2013 |
Prime Minister Netanyahu blames Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and HaBayit HaYehudi leader Naftali Bennett for his failed attempts to form a coalition, but he will soon have to accept the fact that he is unable to form a government without them, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Friday, Mar 1, 2013 |
In an interview with Mazal Mualem, former Shin Bet Deputy Director Israel Hasson accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of treating the Palestinian Authority chairman disgracefully, while acknowledging that Abu Mazen also made mistakes. |
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Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 |
Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi, in an exclusive interview with Mazal Mualem, says that while there is a general consensus opposing an "armed intifada" by Palestinians, the situation is explosive and will deteriorate without diplomatic measures. |
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Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 |
Former Defense Minister Moshe Arens, in an interview with Mazal Mualem, criticizes Prime Minister Benjamin Netantahu's decision to ask Tzipi Livni to join his government, while praising Netnayahu's handling of Iran. |
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Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 |
Knesset member Mohammad Barakeh, leader of the bi-national party Hadash, explains to Mazal Mualem why the most social justice-oriented party in Israel did not benefit from the fruits of Israel’s social-protest movement, and points an accusing finger at the government and the media for ignoring Israel's Arab citizens. |
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Friday, Feb 22, 2013 |
Oded Ravivi, head of Efrat's regional council, talks about the personal invitation he extended to the US president to visit the Gush Etzion settlement block in an interview with Mazal Mualem. |
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Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 |
Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid and Naftali Bennett of HaBayit HaYehudi are holding firm as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assembles his new government, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 |
The Likud's poor showing in the elections has left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with only a few portfolios to distribute among his own party's members, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Monday, Feb 18, 2013 |
Dan Meridor, a former "prince” of the Likud Party, comments to Mazal Mualem on the right-wing turn in the Likud Party and his doubts regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ability to lead an important diplomatic process. |
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Friday, Feb 15, 2013 |
Departing Likud Minister Dan Meridor tells Mazal Mualem about the squandered diplomatic opportunities with the Palestinians, and how the struggle with Iran will shape the Middle East. |
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Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 |
“If the Palestinian Authority collapses, we will all regret it,” says Knesset Member Isaac Herzog, the Labor Party’s number two, in an interview with Mazal Mualem. |
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Monday, Feb 11, 2013 |
Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz explains in an interview with Mazal Mualem that he is gearing up to re-launch his diplomatic plan for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. |
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Sunday, Feb 10, 2013 |
Hatenua leader Tzipi Livni is hinting that she is moving closer to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government, despite her vicious attacks on him in the campaign, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 |
The Shas Party has an opportunity to rekindle its traditional moderate vision of Judaism, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 |
Plenty of hugs and kisses were exchanged on the first day of the newly sworn-in Knesset, yet the gaiety will be short lived as the battles will soon commence, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Monday, Feb 4, 2013 |
The reported Israeli attack on an arms convoy in Syria plays into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hands to form a government with Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid and the ultra-Orthodox parties, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Friday, Feb 1, 2013 |
Yair Lapid, the chairman of Yesh Latid, must seize this historic opportunity and impose a real plan for drafting the ultra-Orthodox into the army, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 |
Yair Lapid, leader of Yesh Atid and the big winner in the Israeli elections, succeeded where Labor leader Shelly Yachimovich failed, by accurately capturing the frustrations and hopes of centrist voters, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 |
Veteran Knesset Member Binyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer talks about his frustration and anger over the election results and the missed opportunities by Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich in a special interview with Mazal Mualem. |
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Friday, Jan 25, 2013 |
Mazal Mualem reviews five lessons learned from the Israeli elections. |
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Sunday, Jan 20, 2013 |
Mazal Mualem presents the 2013 model of Israeli elections, where the digital world has driven out the old world of billboards and speeches on town squares. |
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Friday, Jan 18, 2013 |
Rabbi MK Haim Amsalem, one of the real surprises of the Israeli elections, explains to interviewer Mazal Mualem why he rebelled against his mother party, Shas, and called on rabbinical college students to enlist in the army. |
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Monday, Jan 14, 2013 |
The new generation of young Israeli political stars will be tested in the current campaign and beyond, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 |
Mazal Mualem reports on the first night of campaign election ads and observes slogans, a sharp right turn and the absence of "peace." |
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Wednesday, Jan 9, 2013 |
Mazal Mualem interviews Tzipi Hotovely, who represents the new wave of religious right Likud members who believe strongly in Greater Israel. |
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Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 |
Shelly Yachimovich, leader of the Labor Party, declared that she will not join a Likud-led government, in a last-minute attempt to win back her leftist electorate, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Monday, Jan 7, 2013 |
In recent years, President Shimon Peres kept on believing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would adhere to his vision of peace, while the Prime Minister steps away from his Bar Ilan speech and gets closer to his right wing electorate, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Friday, Jan 4, 2013 |
The ultra-Orthodox Shas Party is stirring up the ethnic issue again in the Israeli election campaign, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 |
Israel's center-left parties have failed to unite, paving the way for Netanyahu to win a third tenure in the Prime Minister's office, argues Mazal Mualem. |
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Friday, Dec 28, 2012 |
The upcoming Israeli elections are dominated by a strong ''turning to the right'' phenomenon, which sweeps not only the center-right wing, but even the Left Israeli Labor party, writes Mazal Mualem. |
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