Last updated September 25th 2016
Are you looking for information on which parties to vote for? Are you looking for events where you can see politicians in action? Then carry on reading…
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English Election Guides:
- Kol Oleh’s Website – this is pretty comprehensive and gives history about the parties, plus their views on key political issues such as the economy, education, peace etc.
- Haaretz – good starting point, links to party websites etc
- JPost Guide for the politically perplexed – short but educated
- Wikipedia entry on opinion polls for the 2015 election
- JStreet Website – controversial American advocacy group with pro-peace agenda
- Tel Aviv Internationals Olim Election Guide – basic read
English Language News Sources (newspapers, blogs, tv radio):
- Times of Israel – election section here
- Jerusalem Post – election section here
- Ynet News (part of Yediot Aharanot) – election section here
- Haaretz (need to pay) – election section here
- Israel Today (part of Yisrael Hayom) – election section
- +972 Magazine
- TLV1 Radio
- i24 News
Events:
- Tuesday 24th February 2015: Tel Aviv International Salon, Presents: Naftali Bennett, Chairman of Bayit Yehudi (Tel Aviv International Salon)
- Sunday 22nd February 2015: A conversation with Mr Shimon Peres (Kol Oleh)
- Sunday 15th February 2015: Meet the Candidates – Round Robin Style 2015 (Kol Oleh)
- Friday 13th 2015: Tel Aviv International Salon, Presents: Afternoon Conversation with Tzipi Livni (Tel Aviv International Salon)
- Thursday 5th February 2015: Michael Oren (Kulanu) discusses Israel US relations (Mati Gill)
- Monday 2nd February 2015: Tel Aviv International Salon MK The Great Debate “Israel Navigating Peace & Security” (Tel Aviv International Salon)
- Monday 2nd February 2015: Yesh Atid Super Bowl Party with Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid)
- Monday 19th January 2015: Ask Dov Lipman (MK Yesh Atid) (Michael Bassin)
- Sunday 21st December 2014: Yair Lapid, Chairman of Yesh Atid (Tel Aviv International Salon)
And some interesting events in Hebrew:
- Monday 9th February 2015: The Real Estate Investment Club hosts Two Yesh Atid Candidates
- Sunday 8th February 2015: Yael German (Yesh Atid) talks about Marijuana Legalization
- Friday 6th February 2015: Round Table MK Debate about LGBT Issues