Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel's opposition weighs minority coalition as Bennett, Liberman reject Arab support

Gadi Eisenkot is considering a minority government if the opposition wins 58 or 59 seats, but Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Liberman insist on a Zionist majority.

Election campaign billboards featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot and Likud party chairman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders are displayed along a roadside in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections.
Dan Illouz.

Choosing conviction over party lines, Dan Illouz leaves Likud in bid to shape Israel’s future

ZIMBABWE PRIME MINISTER Robert Mugabe meets with US president Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office, 1983.

Would ousting Netanyahu cure Israel's chronic public relations failures? - opinion

Women prepare a makeshift memorial in tribute to Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on a street after he was killed in an Israeli and US strike, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2026.

Counterterrorism operations in West Bank begin, Saudi Arabia intercepts missile from Yemen


Vance downplays choice not to support Netanyahu, says won't endorse 'any more foreign candidates'

"I'm going to be focused on the midterm elections here in the United States of America," Vance told reporters.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President JD Vance meet at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem last month. US politics has transformed Israel into a volatile symbol of domestic partisan identity, the writer asserts.

Eisenkot can bring unity after years of division under Netanyahu, Meridor tells 'Post' - interview

Meridor told the 'Post' that Netanyahu had prioritized his own political interests and electoral base over the needs of the country, deepening divisions within Israeli society.

Yashar candidate Shaul Meridor

'Not Ben-Gvir': Next defense minister should come from Likud, Netanyahu tells ‘Post’

"It's gonna be our government. We decide what the policy is,” Netanyahu told The Jerusalem Post. He did not name a candidate for defense minister.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with The Jerusalem Post, October 21, 2026.

Why Netanyahu is making the Iranian regime’s overthrow a personal promise - analysis

Netanyahu's argument was that any agreement or accommodation leaving the regime in power would leave it determined to pursue a nuclear bomb and rebuild its network of proxies surrounding Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks to The Jerusalem Post, October 21, 2026.

'All the enemies of Israel want me to lose,' Netanyahu tells 'Post' in pre-election day interview

PM threatens to respond with force and might if Iran makes a “big mistake,” claims Tehran was “on the verge of atomic bombs” • Full interview to be published Thursday

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with The Jerusalem Post, October 21, 2026.

Replacing Netanyahu is not enough. Israel needs a strategy for ending the conflict - opinion

Israel does not need another government that manages the conflict until the next explosion.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a reception marking the opening of the Colombian Embassy in Jerusalem, held at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, October 14, 2026.

Netanyahu orders Iranian regime's downfall, Katz warns 'Iran will burn' at IDF cadets' graduation

Speaking at the IDF officer cadets' graduation ceremony, Netanyahu declared regime change in Iran a military objective, while Defense Minister Katz warned that "Iran will burn" if it attacks Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu giving a speech at the IDF Combat Infantry Officer's Course graduation ceremony, October 21, 2026.

Netanyahu is destroying Israel’s bipartisan support in the US - opinion

The golden age of wall-to-wall bipartisan support for Israel is ancient history, and Netanyahu deserves much of the credit.

 US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the entrance of the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 7, 2025.

Smotrich presses Ofer Winter to drop Knesset run in exchange for Defense Ministry appointment

The finance minister additionally stated that he would offer Winter a directorate for haredi (ultra-Orthodox) enlistment and integration into the workforce. 

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, July 1, 2026.

Iran's Baloch minority want Israeli strikes to continue until regime falls, activist tells 'Post'

According to Iran Human Rights, at least 108 Baloch individuals were executed in Iran in 2024, accounting for 11% of all recorded executions.

An Iranian woman walks next to an anti-Israeli mural on a street in Tehran, Iran, May 18, 2026.