Eylon Levy

Before October 7, Israel was stuck in a paradigm that nearly killed it. Amcha Yisrael's @FleurHassanN wants to flip that old thinking on its head:

A reminder for observers ahead of Israel’s October 27 elections: In Israel, you don’t have to be the leader of the biggest party to be Prime Minister. If you don’t even need to be the leader of the biggest party in your bloc. You just need to have the strongest hand during

Groceries in Israel are expensive because of tariffs on imports. Yashar wants to slash tariffs and subsidize farmers directly to protect and work the land. Candidate Shaul Meridor:

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A Jewish Museum just opened in Baghdad. A city that was one-third Jewish in the early twentieth century till Iraq’s Jews were purged, most escaping to Israel. Now it’s a monument to a lost civilization. As an Iraqi Jew, when can I visit? x.com/jackyhugi/stat…

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Is this a world first in political campaigning? Naftali Bennett is inviting Israelis to add him to their family WhatsApp groups to personally convince them just before the vote. The campaign says it’s really him, not an AI bot or campaign staff. Has this been done anywhere? x.com/naftalibennett…

Terror attack in Judea: Five injured, two critically, when two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a checkpoint near Hebron. Terrorists killed by troops in a reported 20-min gun battle.

Channel 16’s final election poll, with a massive sample: 🔵 Complete collapse for Likud, down from 32 in the 2022 elections to 17 🔵 52 seats for Netanyahu’s coalition, 50 for Zionist opposition, 14 for Arabs, 4 for “non-aligned” party 🔵 Two parties still at 3.25% threshold

What's kosher in New York should be recognized as kosher in Israel. The government must push Shas' corrupt kashrut inspectors out of the picture.  Former PM @naftalibennett wants to cut the pork (or "gefilte fish") from Isralei politics.

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This is critical to understanding the connection between Antizionism and Antisemitism. Jewish children are not having "you're so rich!" or "you have big noses!" shouted at them, but "You're genocidal babykillers!" x.com/LBC/status/211…

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Watch the Israel Electioncast: youtube.com/watch?v=RujyUS…

🗳️ Update: Likud pulls out of the Israel Electioncast series Two months ago, I started planning an election podcast. I invited candidates from all the party lists for an interview about policy. They’d pick three policy areas from their manifesto, and I’d challenge them. We

יש לי פודקאסט חדש, והפעם לא באנו להסביר - באנו לפלג. כי יש דברים חשוב שנתווכח עליהם, בכבוד אבל בנחרצות, כי לציבור הישראלי מגיע שהמדינה הזו תאריך ימים ושכולם יישאו בנטל. פרק 4 המלא של ״באנו לפלג״ עם @ozbinnun @Lee_malach @BarakHer בתגובה הראשונה

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Key stats on the unsustainable and worsening Haredi tax burden, via @IDIisrael: ▪️ Haredim represent 14% of the Jewish working-age population but accounted for only 4% of tax revenues. That means the average Haredi pays only 28% of the direct taxes paid by non-Haredi Jews. x.com/eylonalevy/sta…

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@LisaLiel הבנתי שאת שרופה על משה פייגלין, אבל רשימת הציונות הדתית קיבלה ראיון אחד כמו כולם, ו- @rothmar הציג את העמדה הזו בכבוד.