Israel political situation

Without trustworthy leadership, resilience alone cannot keep Israel whole

A society can endure war; but without faith in its leadership and a steady moral compass, resilience alone cannot keep Israel whole

Israeli anti-government protesters hold placards and flags during a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv in November. Some 83% of the public say they are worried about Israel’s internal social tensions.
Opposition members of Israel's Knesset leave during a preliminary vote to establish a political commission of inquiry, December 24, 2025.

Knesset passes preliminary vote on political probe into October 7

President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of a stock market ticker board.

Tel Aviv stock market rises after Netanyahu's bombshell pardon request

Defense Minister Israel Katz over a backdrop of Army Radio building.

Israel Katz's closure of Army Radio an 'attack on free press,' journalists and opposition say


Grapevine: An anniversary missed

It is a particularly significant anniversary year because the New York-born Elkins was for 17 years the BBC’s voice from Jerusalem, and this year marks the half-century of the reunification of Jerusalem.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, late former president Shimon Peres and French President François Hollande. Interpreter Gisele Abazon stands behind Peres and Hollande.

Analysis: No political gain to be found

MKs across spectrum had little to spin out of Amona evacuation.

Evacuation of Amona

Is Bibi still a virgin?

The Jerusalem Post

GRAPEVINE: And soon the movie...?

Interviewed on Israel Radio, Dalia Dorner, retired Supreme Court justice said that the law does not require Netanyahu to resign, but that he has a moral obligation to do so.

Former Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Ari Rath dies at 92

Lawmakers slam Right for criticizing soldiers’ response

MK Michaeli: They did what their officer ordered them to do and are now are being called cowards.

Funeral held for soldiers killed by terror attack in Jerusalem

Former Justice, Finance Minister Yaakov Neeman dies at 77

Neeman was a fixture in governments led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Yaakov Neeman

Lapid's Yesh Atid surpasses Netanyahu's Likud in new poll

Yesh Atid, headed by former journalist Yair Lapid, currently holds 11 seats in the Knesset, while the Likud retains the largest faction in parliament with 30.

Yair Lapid

Next Likud Knesset race could see Katsav vs Sharon

Gilad Sharon, Ariel Sharon's son, and Lior Katsav, Moshe Katsav's brother, are both rumored to be joining Likud ranks.

Celebrations at the Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 17, 2015

Arab MK Ghattas stripped of immunity in terrorist phone smuggling affair

Police found 12 cellphones and 16 SIM cards on two Palestinian security prisoners in the Ketziot Prison in the Negev after Ghattas had visited them.

MK Bassel Ghattas

Analysis: When back-scratching backfires

For Netanyahu to keep his coalition together and obtain the political stability he needs to be able to function.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 3