Coalition

Ahead of October 27: How a new government could change Israel’s course - opinion

Given current daunting national challenges – domestic, regional, and international – it is worth examining the positions and likely policies of those who could soon form the next government.

MK Naama Lazimi attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 8, 2026.
MK Naama Lazimi attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 8, 2026.

Upcoming election 'most consequential' in history, Democrats MK Lazimi tells ‘Post’ - interview

A plenum session and a vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026.

Israel's government knew the risks of haredi draft evasion – and ignored them - opinion

Members of the Lebanese army secure the area near the site of an Israeli strike, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 23, 2025

Israel sets election date for October 27, Netanyahu government to complete full term


Uproar over bill intended to increase religious party's control over rabbinical establishment

The bill in question would effectively give the Chief Rabbinate power to elect these rabbis instead of the local authorities themselves.

 ASHKENAZI CHIEF Rabbi David Lau (left) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef: The silence of our two chief rabbis is thunderously indicative of the abject state of these once meaningful and relevant positions, the writer argues.

Gantz exit, haredi draft bill heralds end to ‘together we will win’ - analysis

Not a recipe for success: Israel has gone from "together we will win", to “we will win with a hard Right and haredi coalition.”

 Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz, head of National Unity, and opposition lawmaker Gideon Saar look on as lawmakers gather at the Knesset plenum to vote on a bill that would limit some Supreme Court power, in Jerusalem July 24, 2023.

Shelving contentious law on local rabbis signals unity discourse is not all talk - analysis

The reason Likud MKs gave for opposing the bill: not wanting to raise issues now that would split the country.

 MK ARYE DERI leads a parliamentary faction meeting of his Shas party, in the Knesset, last month.

Gantz, Sa'ar clash with rest of coalition over legislative veto power

Conflict arose within the government after the coalition announced that it would proceed with a bill proposal that Gantz and Sa'ar vetoed.

 Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz, head of National Unity, and opposition lawmaker Gideon Saar look on as lawmakers gather at the Knesset plenum to vote on a bill that would limit some Supreme Court power, in Jerusalem July 24, 2023.

Israeli government silent on Gallant's IDF haredi draft ultimatum

Some haredi leaders from the Sephardic Shas party have expressed their support for haredi men who are not studying in yeshivot to join the IDF.

Haredi men protest outside the draft office in Jerusalem on November 28.

Israel's emergency government close to collapse as Gaza war continues - analysis

The question is no longer whether an election will take place in 2024, but rather when in 2024.

 Minister Benny Gantz addresses a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv this week.

Israel election poll: Netanyahu rises after High Court verdicts, al-Arouri killing

The slight jump in popularity for Netanyahu and his party comes after senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri’s assassination in Beirut, as well as two dramatic rulings of Israel’s High Court.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a government conference at Hakirya base in Tel Aviv on December 31, 2023

Netanyahu’s government marks year anniversary amid Israel-Hamas War

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: One-year anniversaries are typically occasions when governments boast about all their accomplishments, but these are far from normal times.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu last year: It all seems so long ago – especially Netanyahu talking about the quietest security decade in Israel’s history.

Netanyahu acts like a political novice as Knesset grows frustrated - comment

The growing alliance with Smotrich disrupts budgets, frustrates Likud, and tests Biden's patience. Netanyahu, once a seasoned politician, is acting like a political novice.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on December 16, 2023

Is Israel's emergency government falling apart?

National Unity MK Matan Kahana addresses the emergency government amid the ongoing war

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in the Knesset plenum on December 6, 2023