Israeli Election

Former PMs Bennett, Lapid hold press conference, launch unified party for Knesset elections

Space has been left for Yashar! leader Gadi Eisenkot to join the former prime ministers' merger as well, Bennett’s office told The Jerusalem Post.

|ByKESHET NEEV, JAMES GENN
Former PMs Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid arrive at the launch of their Knesset joint party list, April 26, 2026.
Israelis attend a protest against the current Israeli government and the war in Tel Aviv, April 11, 2026.

Likud no longer the largest party in Knesset in latest election poll

At the start of Operation Roaring Lion, Likud held a six-seat lead over Bennett. Since then, however, Likud has lost three seats while Bennett has gained three.

|ByMOSHE COHEN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A GOVERNMENT many assumed could not survive October 7 has, for now, endured. Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the vote on state budget in the Knesset, on Sunday.

By claiming total failure, Israel's opposition hurts itself - and helps Netanyahu

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: The opposition’s critique of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government may be undermining its own credibility.

|ByHERB KEINON
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu giving a press conference, March 19, 2026.

Netanyahu seeks to avoid snap vote as Iran war gives no boost in polls

Nearly four weeks into a war that has so far failed to achieve the toppling of Iran's clerical rulers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly looking to stave off early elections.

|ByREUTERS

Lapid: Replacing Netanyahu more important than being PM

Gantz ready for Sa'ar, Bennett to be PM.

MARCH 7, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK Yair Lapid speaks during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling on him to quit, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on April 19, 2020.

Israel’s election generates no coverage, interest in US

There has been almost no coverage of the upcoming Israeli election in American media. In other words, the election has generated no interest.

MARCH 6, 2021ByMICAH HALPERN
WORKERS MAKE preparations ahead of the election at the Central Elections Committee’s logistics center in Shoham last month.

Pfizer CEO postpones Israel visit due to 'COVID-19 restrictions'

Bourla was set to land in Israel on Monday for a series of meetings, only 15 days before Israel's next election, which prompted many to criticize the visit as election propaganda.

MARCH 4, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla introduces US President Joe Biden as the president toured a Pfizer manufacturing plant producing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Kalamazoo, Michigan, US, February 19, 2021.

Israel Elections: F-35s, soybeans and politics - what the US gave Israel

Israel heads to the polls again, with parties taking cues from the latest American election.

MARCH 3, 2021ByMIKE WAGENHEIM / THE MEDIA LINE
Drive-by voting in the Israeli election amid the coronavirus pandemic 2021

Haredi impunity and autonomy: Tantamount to insurrection?

‘We will violate the laws of the state’

FEBRUARY 26, 2021ByVIVIAN BERCOVICI
A typical street scene in the bustling modern-day shtetl of Jerusalem's Mea She'arim neighborhood.

Is Naftali Bennett the new kingmaker?

Does Sa’ar have a chance of being Israel’s prime minister? Perhaps, but it might just depend on Naftali Bennett.

FEBRUARY 23, 2021BySTEVE LINDE
NAFTALI BENNETT – his character holds a truly promising advantage: he doesn’t hate.

Israel Elections: Netanyahu needs Yamina, Gantz falls below threshold

Yamina, with 12 seats, would be the eventual kingmaker. The party has not yet committed to sitting under a Netanyahu-led government again.

FEBRUARY 22, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Gideon Sa'ar, Naftali Bennett, or Benjamin Netanyahu: Who is Israel's next prime minister?

Remaining apolitical is like dancing at Orthodox wedding - opinion

Mostly that’s a good thing. We didn’t always enjoy freedom of speech as a people and perhaps now we’re making up for lost time.

FEBRUARY 20, 2021ByANDY GOLDSMITH
Ultra orthodox Jews wear shtreimels to a traditional religious wedding ceremony in Jerusalem.

Israel Elections: Yamina candidate Abir Kara is ready to step up

Abir Kara understands the unsung, hard-working Israeli everyman.

FEBRUARY 18, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN, ZEV STUB
Yamina candidate Abir Kara exchanges fist bumps with party head Naftali Bennett

Likud alliance with Religious Zionist party is unholy - editorial

This is bad for the country and particularly for our democracy.

FEBRUARY 13, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A large ad for Otzma Yehudit with the caption "Only [Party leader] Itamar Ben Gvir will save Bibi." Bibi is how many Israelis refer to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu