Israel political situation

Eisenkot rejects Bennett’s offer to unite parties, says he won’t serve as ‘number two’

“I believe in myself, I know the kind of leadership I bring, and I see myself as a very strong candidate,” Former IDF chief of staff and leader of the Yashar! Party Gadi Eisenkot told N12.

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett seen with Gadi Eisenkot during a march in support of the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the IDF, from the entrance of Jerusalem to the Knesset, January 15, 2026
Israeli anti-government protesters hold placards and flags during a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv in November. Some 83% of the public say they are worried about Israel’s internal social tensions.

Without trustworthy leadership, resilience alone cannot keep Israel whole

Opposition members of Israel's Knesset leave during a preliminary vote to establish a political commission of inquiry, December 24, 2025.

Knesset passes preliminary vote on political probe into October 7

President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of a stock market ticker board.

Tel Aviv stock market rises after Netanyahu's bombshell pardon request


Israel's Labor largely unaffected after Michaeli's resignation, election poll shows

While the votes for Labor almost doubled since last week, they would still not get enough to cross the threshold.

 Labor party leader MK Merav Michaeli holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2023.

Jarring voices of internal division rise again - analysis

The October 7 massacre made Israel's internal divisions seem ridiculously trivial by comparison.

 Israelis protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 4, 2023.

Israel's political identity crisis: Right divided, left reevaluating

Israel’s right is moving away from Netanyahu as the left is reevaluating its worldview.

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cabinet minister Benny Gantz during a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023.

Judicial Selection Committee to convene for first time this year

According to his agenda, the justice minister intended for the committee to discuss sub-committees within it and determine rules for the committee's procedure.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv Levin during a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on September 10, 2023.

Lapid calls for new Likud-led gov't without Netanyahu, extremists

Lapid explained that he didn't think Netanyahu could remain prime minister because the public had lost faith in him socially and for security.

 Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 26, 2023.

Israel and the US are both divided nations - opinion

There are unsettling parallels between what is happening in Washington and Jerusalem.

 OUSTED US House speaker Kevin McCarthy walks back to his office after a motion to end his leadership passed on Tuesday.

Gov't: High Court is destroying Israeli democracy with incapacitation hearing

Religious Zionist Party MK Simcha Rothman joined Karhi in saying that the government won't accept a ruling to strike down the law.

 SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut is flanked by other justices at the High Court hearing on the reasonableness standard law, last week.

Likud to expel activist who told Ashkenazim to burn in hell

“Ashkenazim, may you burn in hell. Not for nothing did six million die. I’m proud. If only six million more would burn,” Zarka stated.

 Prime Minis4er Benjamin Netanyahu and leader of the Likud party speaks with Miki Zohar during a Likud party meeting in the Israeli parliament on January 25, 2016

'Banana republic': Right-wing activists protest High Court's top justice

Protestors brought crates of bananas to protest the "banana republic" powers of the court.

 Right-wing Israelis attend a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on March 30, 2023.

Israel sorely needs reliable information on judicial reform effects - analysis

Eight months into Israel’s toxic debate over the judicial overhaul plan, it is emerging that in some cases honest information is being kept from the public and the decision-makers.

Anti-judicial reform demonstrators protest against the judicial reform in Haifa, on July 20, 2023.