Israel Elections
Israel braces for rainy Election Day, but can bad weather affect voter turnout?
Showers are expected on Election Day, but turnout figures going back to 1949 show that the weather has never decided who shows up at the ballot box.
After Netanyahu meets police chief, Israel's elections chief warns against vote interference
Dimona's former Netanyahu loyalists turn to Eisenkot as battle for final undecided voters heats up
Eisenkot leads Netanyahu but deadlock looms, election polls show two days before Israelis vote
Liberman unveils Yisrael Beytenu's election list with Rafi Ben Shitrit second, Sharon Sharabi sixth
Yisrael Beytenu is polling around ten mandates, with the complete list detailing 25 people who would enter the Knesset in case the party earns enough votes.
'I am going to an Arab party, they aren't coming to me': Segalovitz explains Ra'am move - interview
The former senior police commander will run second on Ra’am’s slate and join its parliamentary faction rather than become a formal party member.
Chili Tropper's Zionist Home splits from Yoaz Hendel's Reservists, joins Eisenkot's Yashar
“We both chose to try to serve the public through the political arena as well,” they said. “In some cases together and in all other cases separately, but with a very similar ideological outlook.”
Religious Right: Slowly but surely, Israel’s right-wing is becoming the religious bloc - opinion
The Israeli Right that formed them was largely secular, nationalist, and security-minded. The Israeli Right replacing it is increasingly religious and messianic.
New blood wanted: Israeli politics needs an infusion of unpolluted leaders - opinion
I eagerly await the day, perhaps in the 2028 or 2030 elections, when the current crop of politicians will have passed – and that means everybody from Netanyahu to Lapid and Gafni.
Israel’s next political upheaval will come from the Right - opinion
The Israeli Right is not merely wasting votes. It may be wasting the makings of an entire government. The tragedy begins when each concludes that being qualified for first makes third unacceptable.
High Court arrangement bypasses Sohlberg authority dispute for now; petition to resume Wednesday
The committee's decision will not necessarily be the final legal word. The High Court will resume hearing the petition on Wednesday at 8 a.m., after the parties update it on the committee’s decision.
Israel teaches students how to vote, but not how to make an informed political choice - opinion
Israel’s schools already teach students that voting matters. The harder lesson is how to reach a decision worth owning.
Ofer Winter slams rabbi who said it was against Jewish law to vote for party with Arab-Israeli
The Tzohar Rabbinical Organization rejected Aviner’s interpretation, saying leading halachic authorities had already ruled that Jews may vote for non-Jewish candidates for the Knesset.
'Not a slip of the tongue': Golan says Sara Netanyahu's Oct. 7 comments are part of planned moves
"It's not a slip of the tongue. I simply see what's happening on the networks, what elements within the Likud, within the coalition, have been saying about me since October 7," he told Maariv.
