Elections
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.
Likud postpones primaries to August amid debate over Netanyahu’s influence on party list
As Supreme Court's term nears its end, three major Trump rulings are due
Cracking Israel's 'bro code': Can Netanyahu survive the podcast era? - opinion
As Israel enters election season, Netanyahu's opponents face a math problem
POLITICAL AFFAIRS: To understand the universe, you have to understand math. The same, it turns out, is true of Israeli politics.
Bennett-Lapid's Together drops seats as Eisenkot makes gains, Likud becomes largest party - poll
Before Bennett and Lapid merged, their separate lists held 31 seats combined, making the current decline even steeper, a loss of 9 mandates compared to their previous numbers.
30 years after Netanyahu’s victory in 1996: How the comeback marvel changed Israel - opinion
Netanyahu’s victory in 1996 remains one of the greatest political comebacks in Israel.
Netanyahu’s coalition moves to ban Ra'am from future elections over terror links - report
The initiative stems from a legal battle to designate the Southern Faction of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Ra’am’s parent movement, as a terrorist organization.
Knesset dissolution first reading vote set for Monday, election date yet to be determined
Opposition coordinator MK Meirav Ben-Ari (Yesh Atid) pushed for progress on the Knesset dissolution bill, which proposes determining the election date in the committee debates.
Ex-UN ambassador Erdan says he's working to establish new right-wing party, sees himself as PM
The remarks came amid recent reports that senior figures on Israel’s political right have been holding talks on forming a new “statesmanlike” right-wing party, informally referred to as “Likud B.”
Second Authority chair, council members ask High Court to reject petitions against appointments
Dr. Yifat Ben Hay-Segev and council members argued that petitions against their appointments are politically driven and legally unfounded.
Likud MK Galit Distel-Atbaryan says she will not run in party primaries, next Knesset elections
Before her current role, Distel-Atbaryan held the position of Israel’s public diplomacy minister, which she resigned from one week after the October 7 massacre.
Israel and the Middle East are one election away from peace - opinion
Under a different Israeli government, many things that appear impossible today could suddenly become politically possible.
Religious Zionist Party crosses threshold, strengthening coalition even as Likud weakens - poll
The poll also examined three scenarios in which Together, Yashar!, and Yisrael Beytenu would run as a single joint list, with the strongest results coming from Eisenkot leading the trio.
