Israeli Election

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
Israelis attend a protest against the current Israeli government and the war in Tel Aviv, April 11, 2026.
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
A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

New generation of Israeli voters more traditional, right-wing, poll shows - analysis

A new poll reveals that 75% of first-time Israeli voters identify as right-wing, signaling a significant shift in the political landscape.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Herzog at the polling booth excites massive media focus

Video crews and stills photographers had gathered outside the school well before 7:30 a.m. although the president was not scheduled to arrive till 8:30.

NOVEMBER 1, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the ballot box on Israel's November 2022 elections.

70% of Israeli-Arabs 'certain' or 'think' they will vote, poll finds

The actual vote is expected to be approximately 50%, expert says.

OCTOBER 27, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
An Israeli Arab stands behind a voting booth before casting her ballot at a polling station in the northern town of Umm el-Fahm March 17, 2015. Millions of Israelis turned out to vote on Tuesday in a tightly-fought election, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing an uphill battle to defeat a

Rightist party seeks to amend Law of Return, create state-funded diaspora schools

This right-wing party wants to amend Israel’s Law of Return and establish state-funded schools for diaspora Jews in Israel. Would this change Israel as we know it?

OCTOBER 27, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Head of the Religious Zionist Party MK Bezalel Smotrich speaks next to Head of opposition Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting with the opposition parties at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, on June 28, 2021.

Israel Elections: Upcoming vote is crucial to save the courts from Likud - opinion

The Likud aim is authority without limits and power without limitations. Such governance will endanger the foundations of our young republic and shall strip us from the defenses of our liberties.

OCTOBER 21, 2022ByZE'EV B. BEGIN
THE WRITER speaks at a New Hope election campaign event in Rishon Lezion, last year.

Israel has been through 4 years of social corrosion and it's not yet over

It is one thing to have to go through this once every four years. Now imagine you are an Israeli and this has been your environment for four years straight. Four long years.

OCTOBER 20, 2022ByYAAKOV KATZ
Time to decide who you want to stand here.

President Herzog to Israeli parties: 'Denounce incitement and violence'

Israel's President Isaac Herzog sent a letter to all party leaders on Thursday, regarding the upcoming elections.

OCTOBER 20, 2022ByANA BERSKY/MAARIV
President of Israel Isaac Herzog speaking at opening of World Union of Jewish Studies Congress

Iran's nuclear weapons are Lapid's top priority -opinion

Lapid is convinced that if Iran acquires nuclear weapons, it will use them.

OCTOBER 20, 2022BySALEM ALKETBI
Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 22, 2022.

Israel's Yoaz Hendel: Meet the outgoing politician who's still a good man - analysis

Israeli Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel's announcement that he is temporarily leaving politics shows that decency, integrity and getting things done are not enough.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022ByHERB KEINON
Yoaz Hendel, Minister of Communications, at a Knesset cabinet meeting on July 10th 2022.

Israel Elections: Who should I vote for? - opinion

As we head into our fifth election in just three years, with only Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid having been able to form a working government, who do we vote for to break this logjam?

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022BySTEWART WEISS
‘For united we stand, divided we fall; and if our backs should ever be against the wall, we’ll be together, together, you and I’ – Brotherhood of Man, 1969

Shaked agrees to deal with Habayit Hayehudi

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has agreed to a deal that will see her lead right-wing party Habayit Hayehudi in the upcoming election to the Knesset, Israeli media reported early Tuesday morning.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Interior Minister and head of the Zionist Spirit Ayelet Shaked, and the Minister of Communications Yoaz Handel hold a press conference in which they reveal Amitai Porat, number 3 of list of the Zionist Spirit on August 21, 2022 at Hamacabia Village in Ramat Gan.