Yoaz Hendel

Two neighbors, four seats, and the one that decides Israel's next government - analysis

Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel, neighbors in a Judean Hills moshav, may hold the four seats that determine who becomes Israel’s next prime minister.

Yoaz Hendel, head of the Reservists' Party and a former minister, holds a press conference outside Kibbutz Retamim in the central Negev Desert, southern Israel, in February, 2026.
Reservists Party leader Yoaz Hendel presents national PTSD recovery plan after October 7, May 10, 2026.

'Abandoning values': Yoaz Hendel accuses Religious Zionist Party of encouraging mass draft evasion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset vote, July 16, 2026.

Netanyahu's Likud falls to lowest position since June 2025 as Eisenkot reaches new heights - poll

Yoaz Hendel (L), Chili Tropper.

Hendel: Tropper alliance won’t rule out Netanyahu, will prioritize Zionist principles - interview


Hendel: The legal system must be changed to restore order in the South, Galilee

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut said that attacks on the judiciary endanger democracy and judges themselves.

 A stolen pistol is seen during a Border Police raid on a Bedouin village

Cyber, communications chiefs: Telecom. industry must boost cyberdefenses

"Cyber has no borders, and therefore this kind of collaboration which we promote with the Communications Ministry has added value."

 Cyber attack

Hendel announces reform of ultra-Orthodox kosher phones market

The reform, which will go into effect on July 31, was approved by Minister Yoaz Hendel after a round of consultations in the Communications Ministry.

 KOSHER PHONES: Fiefdom of a sort?

Social media posts should be monitored to counter terror - Hendel

Israel may try to follow UK placing liability on online media for terror content.

 Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel speaks at the Jerusalem Post London Conference on March 31, 2022

Fiber internet is coming to 330 Israeli cities, towns and villages

The attention being given to Haredi cities could be monumental in terms of enabling the ultra-Orthodox community to join the workforce.

Bezeq workers lay fiber optics lines in Metulla.

Ministers take hours to condemn West Bank settler violence

Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel first minister to condemn the settler violence against left-wing Israeli activists and Palestinians.

 Israeli soldiers stand guard between Jewish settlers and Palestinians from the West Bank village of Burqah on December 23, 2021.

Israel’s postal service is going private

Relinquishing control over the Israeli Postal Company will save the government hundreds of millions of shekels.

 Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman (L) is seen with Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel. The two have agreed upon a format to privatize the Israeli Post Company.

Will the government succeed in breaking up Haredi autonomy in Israel?

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov

 Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel

Breaking Israel's haredi autonomy via kosher phones - interview with Yoaz Hendel

How the Communications Minister became the unexpected leader of the fight for equality under law, and haredi society’s public enemy No. 1.

 Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel

Price of Israeli landline phone service to drop by 40%

Landline phone service in Israel will become about 40% cheaper over the next two years.

 Landline home phone (Illustrative)