Debate

Netanyahu must agree to debate Eisenkot as it's only way for voters to get answers - editorial

Israel needs those answers to understand how its leaders would prevent another catastrophe. Accountability also requires examining the decisions of the military and intelligence establishments.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud election campaign event ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot

Eisenkot challenges Netanyahu to televised debate, US tourist arrested outside IDF's Kirya complex

(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

'Right thing for Israeli democracy': Eisenkot challenges Netanyahu to televised debate

Mayor of Toronto Olivia Chow participates in the 2026 Toronto Pride Parade on June 28, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario.

Toronto debate on antisemitism takes place with mayors absence


Would Sanders, Bloomberg or Warren move the US embassy back to Tel Aviv?

"What I happen to believe is that right now – sadly, tragically, in Israel, through Bibi Netanyahu – you have a reactionary racist who is now running that country," Sanders said.

Democratic 2020 US presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talks as former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg looks on in the seventh Democratic 2020 presidential debate in Iowa, January 14, 2020.

Dems take aim at Sanders' electability at S. Carolina Democratic debate

Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders quickly came under attack from his rivals on Tuesday as seven candidates competing to take on U.S. President Donald Trump in November debated in SC

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates debate in the tenth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at the Gaillard Center in Charleston

Gantz: Netanyahu will have a debate with 333 witnesses in his own trial

"This confrontation is a spin that comes immediately after a date was set for Netanyahu's trial - I will not cooperate with this spin," he stated.

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz announces he failed to form a government and returns the mandate to President Reuven Rivlin hours before midnight deadline

Gantz refuses debate challenge, says it’s a spin diverting from PM’s trial

Netanyahu: He won't debate me, because he's a leftist

On their way to Washington: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz

Why Gantz should have said yes to debate - analysis

Netanyahu delivered what could have finally been that game changer on Tuesday night when he challenged Gantz to a debate. But Gantz deliberately dropped the ball.

Benny Gantz (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

Why Democrats are leaving out Israel while debating the Mideast

On a frigid winter night in an auditorium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, six Democratic presidential candidates talked for 30 minutes on Tuesday about the Middle East.

DEMOCRATIC 2020 US presidential candidates (from left) billionaire activist Tom Steyer, Senator Elizabeth Warren, former vice president Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders, former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar participate in the seventh Democratic 2020 presidential debate a

Elizabeth Warren told Bernie Sanders he called her a liar on national TV

Sanders disputed that claim before and during the debate but Warren insists it's true.

FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as billionaire activist Tom Steyer listens after the seventh Democratic 2020 presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., Jan. 14, 2020

Democrats debate tensions with Iran, nuclear deal

"Right now... we have a president who is lying again and could drag us into a war that is even worse than the war in Iraq."

Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during the sixth 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates campaign debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 19, 2019.

Israeli debate team wins world championships for third time

The winning duo made history as the first Israeli team of women to win the competition, comprised of Hadar Goldberg and Maya Saveliev from the Open University Debate Team.

Right to Left: Hadar Goldberd, Maya Saveliev

Israeli debate team defeats best universities in the world

The team competed against some of the best universities in the world, including Oxford University and Harvard University.

Israeli debate world championship Roy Shulmann makes a speech at the World Universities Debate Championship, 2019