Israel political situation

Following petition, Elections Committee orders removal of Netanyahu video pending final ruling

The video includes an excerpt from remarks Netanyahu made during a multi-front situational assessment with the IDF’s senior command forum.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks outside his office at the Knesset, June 3, 2026.
United Torah Judaism leader MK Yitzhak Goldknopf at Knesset House Committee debating Basic Law: Torah Study, Sunday June 28, 2026.

Defense Ministry backs 90-freeze on haredi draft evader arrests as Israel faces coalition crisis

Mohammad Barakeh attends a press conference at the protest tent of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, in front of the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on November 3, 2019.

Former MK, Hadash leader Mohammad Barakeh arrested, banned from WB, police say

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett attends a conference at the Academic College in Tel Aviv, January 7, 2026.

'New Covenant': Bennett outlines plan to 'build Israel from scratch' in every major area of life


Protesters go political: 'Democratic Party' launches at Balfour protest

"Starting Saturday - the social upheaval becomes a political force."

Founder of the 'Democratic' party Prof. Ehud Shapiro announces the launch of the party during Saturday's protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Balfour Street, Jerusalem on Saturday, January 9, 2020.

WATCH LIVE: 4th Jewish Interactive Media Summit kicks off

The Jerusalem Post's health correspondent Maayan Hoffman joins a panel of experts to talk world disasters and antisemitism

4th Jewish Interactive Media Summit

IDF releases teen imprisoned for refusing to enlist

"We have all grown up in a world where we have been taught to fear and to distance ourselves from the other side, but I believe there is another way to face the complex reality in which we live."

Conscientious objectors Yasmin Ricci-Yahav (Left) and Maya Brand-Feigenbaum (right)

Why coalition ministers protest against themselves

The ministers are calling to crack down on terror, but what they are really doing is signaling to their base.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a cabinet meeting, December 9th, 2018

Top Jewish Democrat: Netanyahu, Dermer wrong to defend Trump on antisemitism

Ron Klein came to Israel to meet with government leaders and opinion settlers.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion airport on May 23, 2017

Member of Knesset demands recall of Dermer for ignoring Keyes warning

Karin Elharar says ambassador should "pay the price" for his silence.

Ron Dermer, Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. speaks to members of the news media after meeting with U.S. President Elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S

U.S. Jewish activist detained at airport over previous West Bank visits

Weinberg-Connors arrived in Israel with the intention of making aliyah at a later stage. A-1 visas are only granted to those who are eligible to make aliyah according to the Law of Return.

Julie Weinberg-Connors

Whitewashing far-right parties in the Middle East

The decision to remove “right” and “left” from the political landscape of the greater Middle East is partly an Orientalist way of othering the region

Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attend his election rally in Istanbul, Turkey, June 23, 2018

Likud polls at record high after Trump decision

Survey finds 62% of Israelis back quitting Iran deal

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud party meeting last year. (Reuters)

The serving elite or the self-serving elite

Even members of Knesset, the people’s representatives, are no longer expected to be outstanding leaders with exceptional skills.

CHILDREN PARTICIPATE in technology-related activities during Scientists’ Night at the University of Haifa in 2016