Israel Elections
Head of Rabbis for Human Rights Avi Dabush to run in Democrats Party primaries
The left-wing Democrats Party is composed of the Labor and Meretz parties, which merged in 2024. Dabush is expected to run for one of the reserved Meretz slots on the party’s list.
Reservists Party vows to form Zionist government, discusses potential alliance with Gantz
Opposition bloc continues to hold 61 seat majority as Bennett's party gains on Likud - poll
One month of war uncertainty leaves Israel’s political map unchanged - poll
Israel must not let election results undermine foreign policy - opinion
The world Netanyahu faces at the end of 2022 is very different from the one he knew as prime minister two or three years ago.
Many Ben-Gvir voters were Bennett voters. Why are they seen as racist? - opinion
Why are those Yamina voters in the 2021 elections, who were then perceived as kosher and legitimate for many in the center-left bloc, now seen as messianic, nationalist and racist?
What does the success of the religious Right mean for Israel's future? - opinion
Haredim, combined with an already nationalist and traditional Israeli population, have largely silenced the left-wing parties in Israel today.
Letters to the Editor November 7, 2022: Blame game
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
The election results and what we should expect - opinion
Within a week or two, we shall be much the wiser about the makeup of Israel’s 37th government, and within several months we shall know whether the fears of what it may seek to do are justified.
Grapevine November 4, 2022: Ben-Gvir – a new political star
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Israel's Herzog to meet with party heads to pick MK to form gov't
Unlike similar meetings conducted by Herzog's predecessor, these consultations are expected to proceed very quickly as it is already known Benjamin Netanyahu will likely get the mandate.
Only a 'matter of time' until next assassination in Israel - Gantz
Defense Minister Benny Gantz went off script and lashed out at the Right's conduct during the Israeli election campaign.
How Israel's elections will influence the US midterms - opinion
Israel has just shown the West that its citizens were more than capable of expressing themselves clearly and unambiguously. This is the message that needs to be internalized in America.
Deliver us from our electoral mess
If democracy is truly about noise, then the Jewish state has been nothing short of cacophonous of late and for all the wrong reasons.
