Elections
Hungary’s Orban concedes as Magyar’s Tisza wins big
Preliminary results, with 53.45% of votes counted, projected Magyar's Tisza party winning 136 seats in Hungary's 199-member parliament, compared with 56 seats for Orban's Fidesz.
Bennett's 'repair team' reveals the lesson he learned from Lapid, his own scars - analysis
Bennett brings in two ex-gov't officials as first two members of election list
Hungarians vote in landmark election closely watched by EU, Russia, US
Voices from the Arab press: Netanyahu pardon debate and Israel's political tensions
A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.
Can Naftali Bennett be trusted after betraying his promises? - opinion
Bennett asks us to support him once again to implement better leadership, but when he had the chance, he did nothing substantial.
Amit Segal claims Netanyahu offered him fourth spot on Likud list, 'any ministerial role' in 2022
Segal shared in the video that rather than a ministerial position, he had suggested to Netanyahu that Israel “needs to make some kind of judicial reform.”
New right-wing parties keep failing to unseat Likud - opinion
Many have tried unsuccessfully to challenge Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud from the Right, but a more realistic goal would be to take votes away from Naftali Bennett.
Israel is sliding into tribal politics, and we’re letting it happen - opinion
In an election year defined by contempt, I saw in a Gesher retreat in Paphos how dialogue can still hold Israeli society together.
Former MK Kahana says Iranian missile threat is equivalent to nuclear threat, 'like Hiroshima'
According to Kahana, the Iranian missiles have a warhead of about half a ton of explosives, and "if you take 30,000 such missiles, it is equivalent to the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima."
Semi-open ballot: The path to fixing Israel’s electoral system - opinion
Rare bipartisan push in the Knesset could finally give Israeli voters real influence over who represents them and not just which party does.
Bennett addresses leaked recording controversy: 'Ben-Gvir has no place in my government'
The change from the recording's phrase "I do not boycott" to the X post "There is no place for him in my government" is not just a semantic change; it represents a shift in Bennett's stance.
Naftali Bennett's big comeback: Can the ex-PM return from political hiatus to topple Netanyahu?
POLITICAL AFFAIRS: The ex-PM claims to have a plan to “fix Israel’s biggest problems in all areas,” sharing the details with English-speaking olim at a recent event in Tel Aviv.
In Israel, Arab citizens are not heading to the polls in droves - opinion
Many believe that the chaos in Israel's Arab society will encourage the silent majority within it to come out and vote in order to bring about change.
