Knesset members

Israeli elections: American Jews should wait before declaring a winner - opinion

A party’s place in Israel’s election results tells only part of the story. American Jews must also focus on challenges in their own communities.

Naama Lazimi, a Member of Knesset and candidate in The Democrats party primaries, is seen at her campaign headquarters on the day of the party’s primary election in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2026.
People at polling station during the Likud party internal elections in Tel Aviv, July 27, 2026.

Israel’s election system puts coalition deals ahead of voter choice - opinion

Naftali Bennett (L), Gadi Eisenkot, Avigdor Liberman.

Agudat Yisrael support, Arab parties, or new elections: Post-vote scenarios facing Israel

OPPOSITION LEADER Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attend an election event for the joint list “Together” ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, central Israel, May 12, 2026.

Undecided voters should take a closer look at Bennett’s B’Yachad - opinion


Thank goodness: The 25th Knesset has ended its days - opinion

All one can say is that hopefully the 26th Knesset will be less chaotic, less embarrassing, and more productive than the outgoing Knesset.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.

Yuli Edelstein attacks Likud over draft legislation, plans new Zionist right-wing framework

“Hundreds of thousands of reservists who see what is happening feel as though they have been slapped in the face. It cannot be that this exacts no political price. What, is everyone blind?” he said.

MK Yuli Edelstein attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, December 9, 2025.

Why Gadi Eisenkot is rejecting the haredi political embrace that once helped Netanyahu win

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Yitzhak Yosef’s embrace – and Eisenkot's effort to distance himself from it – reflects Israel's shifting political landscape.

Amid reports that the Shas Party could be willing to sit with him in government, Yashar Party head Gadi Eisenkot did not rule out that option entirely. Here, Eisenkot attends the Sagi Laws for Equality Confrence at the Peres Center in Jaffa earlier this week.

High Court names nine-justice panel to hear petitions on law halting arrest of haredi draft dodgers

The dispute comes after a succession of increasingly forceful High Court judgments on inequality in military service and the government’s failure to enforce the existing draft law.

President of the Supreme Court Isaac Amit arrives for a hearing on petitions alleging flaws in the legislative process of the Communications Bill at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 13, 2026.

‘Direct danger to Israel’s health’: Medical schools deans fight bill pushing for gender segregation

The proposed bill “is a direct danger to the health of the citizens of Israel,” the deans wrote in a public letter shared on Monday.

Doctors at BGU’s Medical School, Assuta Ashdod (Illustrative).

Netanyahu a ‘burden to Trump,' dismantled US-Israel ties, Liberman tells ‘Post’ - interview

“Trump wants to distance himself from him [Netanyahu]. The relationship has become a burden, and it is already hurting him in the upcoming US midterm elections," Liberman said.

Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026

Likud MK Kallner opposes criminal arrests for haredi draft evaders, backs economic sanctions

Kallner, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, told 103FM that he does not think arresting yeshiva students is 'the right way.'

An Israeli soldier guard as young men gathered during a demonstration by Ultra-Orthodox Jews against Israel's military draft on June 17, 2026 outside the Beit Lid military base in Kfar Yona, Israel. The conscription of young ultra-Orthodox men into the military, from which they were long exempt.

HRF files complaint against MKs over alleged 'incitement to genocide' ahead of Netherlands trip

The complaint calls on Dutch authorities to investigate the two MKs over "public incitement to genocide."

MKs Ram Ben Barak (L) and Moshe Solomon (R).

Let voters have a say in who they vote in to Knesset - opinion

The adoption of a ‘semi-open ballot’ in Israel enjoys broad support across the political spectrum, both among civil society organizations and among the members of Knesset and their parties. 

Illustrative: A voting box in the an Israeli election in 2015.

Likud sets July primaries while Netanyahu weighs impact of candidates on election outcome

According to a knowledgeable source, Netanyahu has come to terms with the idea of primaries, meaning that he is not currently working to cancel them.

Likud lawmakers react as they attend a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, December 8, 2025