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

West Bank Palestinians are watching the Israeli elections closely

Palestinians once considered elections in Israel pivotal to their future, but that is no longer the case.

MARCH 17, 2021ByMOHAMMAD AL-KASSIM/THE MEDIA LINE
Palestinians walk past closed shops during a lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tubas in the West Bank March 15, 2021.

Debate unlikely despite Netanyahu agreeing to Lapid challenge

Lapid warns right-wing coalition would make Netanyahu a hostage.

MARCH 16, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and alternate Prime Minister, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid

Israel Elections: Can we trust another 'rotation' government? - Analysis

The rotation idea didn’t work and failed to provide Israel with the stability it so badly needs. And if it didn’t work last time, why imagine that it will work next time?

MARCH 14, 2021ByHERB KEINON
INFLATABLE COSTUMES depict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main coalition partner, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, at a demonstration in Jerusalem in August.

Election survey: 87% of Israeli Arabs support entering or supporting gov't

Whether enough Jewish parties would be willing to sit with Arabic parties in order to form a government however, remains a different question altogether.

MARCH 14, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
An Israeli Arab casts her ballot at a polling station inside a church in the northern town of Reineh, March 17, 2015.

71% of Russian speakers feel inadequately represented in gov't - poll

"Many stigmas still accompany us and Russian speakers are not adequately represented in most sectors of the Israeli economy."

MARCH 14, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein addresses Russian parliament in Moscow, June 28, 2017

Merav Michaeli: We will probably recommend Lapid as prime minister

Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman said that the public must stop "sitting on the couch at home and complaining" and come out and vote to switch the government.

MARCH 13, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, the only female current Knesset party leader running in the upcoming elections, speaks at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem, on Sunday.

Likud MK claimed that Labor and Meretz lists deny the Holocaust

The Meretz Party sent Ploskov a letter demanding she and the Likud publish a formal retraction of her statement, threatening to sue for slander and violation of election propaganda law.

MARCH 11, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
MK Tali Ploskov

Short on representation, political parties rush to celebrate Women’s Day

Two weeks ahead of elections, candidates pledge change while Labor leader Merav Michaeli remains the only woman chairing a political party.

MARCH 9, 2021ByURI COHEN/THE MEDIA LINE
MERAV MICHAELI prepares to don a mask at a Labor Party polling station in Tel Aviv on January 24.

Remembering women’s rights on Int'l Women’s Day - and everyday

Women face uphill climb to equality in the MENA region.

MARCH 8, 2021ByTARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE
People dance and sing during a demonstration to mark International Women's Day in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece, March 8, 2021.

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.