Elections 2022

Religious identity remains Israel's strongest political divide, new IDI study finds

While the relationship between religion and political affiliation remained largely stable compared to the previous election, the study identified several notable shifts between 2021 and 2022. 

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
A voting box in the last Israeli election in 2015
Israeli journalist Amit Segal speaks during the Jabotinsky conference in Jerusalem, December 23, 2024.

Amit Segal claims Netanyahu offered him fourth spot on Likud list, 'any ministerial role' in 2022

Segal shared in the video that rather than a ministerial position, he had suggested to Netanyahu that Israel “needs to make some kind of judicial reform.”

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting, this past Sunday. Prime ministers who head large parties are required to succumb to policies that do not tally with the desires or needs of most citizens, says the writer.

Israel's electoral system only harms the country - opinion

The ballots cast by a mere 700,000 voters will now dictate the policies and conduct of the Israeli government in the years to come vis-a-vis its 10 million citizens and, indeed, the entire world.

|ByLIOR AKERMAN
PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid sit at the center of the front row, with MK Benjamin Netanyahu behind them, in a Knesset inauguration photo earlier this month. Herzog emphasized that Israelis are exhausted from infighting.

Israel elected a far-right government: Where does it go from here? - opinion

The people have voted, and Netanyahu will form his government in due course. 

|ByWALTER BINGHAM

LGBTQ Israelis fear setbacks as homophobic parties win a place in Netanyahu’s coalition

LGBTQ Israelis are unsettled by what members of PM Benjamin Netanyahu's newest coalition government have said about LGBTQ peoples in the past.

NOVEMBER 15, 2022ByORLY HALPERN/JTA
Members of the LGBTQ community and supporters participate in a demonstration against a Knesset bill amendment denying surrogacy for same-sex couples, in Tel Aviv, July 22, 2018.

Netanyahu backs off from presenting gov’t this week

President Isaac Herzog will award Benjamin Netanyahu the mandate to form a government on Sunday.

NOVEMBER 11, 2022ByELIAV BREUER, SHIRA SILKOFF, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Newly elected Israeli president Isaac Herzog with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli pariament on the day of the presidential elections, in Jerusalem, June 2, 2021.

How did Israeli-Arabs react to Benjamin Netanyahu's election victory?

The Jerusalem Post spoke to two experts on the Israeli-Arab population in an attempt to understand the citizens' thoughts and feelings about the incoming coalition and government.

NOVEMBER 10, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Joint List party chairman Ayman Odeh visits the home of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin, in the east Jerusalem Neighborhood of Beit Hanina, May 11, 2022

UTJ MK: We will cancel harmful anti-haredi 'decrees' of previous gov't

Consultations with Herzog continue for the second day * Ram Ben Barak challenges Lapid for Yesh Atid leadership, then backs down.

NOVEMBER 10, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
MK Yitzhak Goldknopf of the United Torah Judaism Party arrives for a meeting with Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the President's residence in Jerusalem on November 10, 2022, as Herzog began consulting political leaders to decide who to task with trying to form a new government.

Beyond election tribes and tribulations -opinion

As a result of the endless election cycle in Israel, we have seen an increase in tension between different groups and the strengthening of the walls that separate them.

NOVEMBER 10, 2022ByNIR BRAUDO
VOTING TAKES place on Election Day, last week

Israel, Brazil and US elections show democracy is thriving - analysis

Considering the fact that many of the world’s most powerful countries don’t have free and fair elections, the fact hundreds of millions went to the polls is important. 

NOVEMBER 9, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

Losing sleep? Elections may be to blame - study

While conventional wisdom suggests these highly anticipated events, such as elections, can cause stress and disrupt well-being, little research has been published exploring this relationship.

NOVEMBER 9, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Israeli parliament members during a plenum session on the state budget at the assembly hall in the Israeli parliament, September 2, 2021.

Netanyahu to receive mandate to form Israel's gov't from Herzog on Sunday

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman accused the Noam party leader Avi Maoz of wanting to "form a unit for racial purity in the Prime Minister's Office."

NOVEMBER 9, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Chairman of the Electoral Comittee and Supreme Court judge Yitzhak Amit presents the official results of the elections to Israeli president Isaac Herzog, at the President's residence in Jerusalem, on November 9, 2022.

Herzog to begin consultations over mandate to form government

The formation of Israel's next coalition will officially begin this afternoon as President Isaac Herzog will begin his consultations with the parties.

NOVEMBER 8, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Israeli president Isaac Herzog at a memorial service marking 27 years since the assasination of late Israeli Prime Minsiter Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022.

What led to Ben-Gvir, Smotrich's leap in the election? - analysis

Ben-Gvir and Smotrich's Religious Zionist party had far more voters in the election last week than in previous elections.

NOVEMBER 8, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Then-head of the National Union party MK Betzalel Smotrich and attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir attend Otzma Yehudit party's election campaign event in Bat Yam on April 06, 2019.