Elections 2022

Israel's electoral system only harms the country - opinion

The ballots cast by a mere 700,000 voters will now dictate the policies and conduct of the Israeli government in the years to come vis-a-vis its 10 million citizens and, indeed, the entire world.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting, this past Sunday. Prime ministers who head large parties are required to succumb to policies that do not tally with the desires or needs of most citizens, says the writer.
 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid sit at the center of the front row, with MK Benjamin Netanyahu behind them, in a Knesset inauguration photo earlier this month. Herzog emphasized that Israelis are exhausted from infighting.

Israel elected a far-right government: Where does it go from here? - opinion

 SHAS PARTY members await a meeting with President Isaac Herzog at his official Jerusalem residence on Nov. 9, as Herzog began consulting political leaders regarding the formation of a new government.

Three Ladies, Three Lattes: The election and us

 Far-right Israeli lawmakers Itamar Ben Gvir, center, and Bezalel Smotrich, right, attend the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament, at the Knesset, or parliament, in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022.

There is still place for optimism despite Israel's election results - opinion


Yesh Atid MK on Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir: Hitler also rose to power democratically

National Unity's Sharren Haskel claims Gantz can bring in Likud defectors • Arab list asks for support of Jewish Left amid threshold fears

 L: Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir. R: Likud leader, former-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Bezalel Smotrich, radical views do not represent religious Zionists - opinion

The idea that mainstream national religious rabbis would support a Meir Kahane follower would have been unthinkable only three years ago.

MK BEZALEL Smotrich addresses the Knesset plenum. The unusual state of Israeli politics has highlighted the attraction of its extremities, says the writer

Yair Lapid to 'Post': Centrism will win through hope and optimism

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Extremists cannot run the country, and ‘a vote for Ben-Gvir is a vote against the IDF,’ Yair Lapid warns in a wide-ranging interview.

 PRIME MINISTER Yair Lapid: Extremists are good at marching and shouting, but they’re not very good at running countries

Still no coalition likely, reveals final poll before Tuesday vote

Kara: Shaked offered me to quit for ministerial position • Netanyahu would use Ra’am ‘from outside’ – Gafni.

 Workers prepare ballot boxes for the upcoming Israeli elections, at the central elections committee warehouse in Shoham, before they are shipped to polling stations, October 12, 2022.

My Word: The Lions’ Den, bullets and ballots

The IDF operations send an important message of deterrence: Terrorists hiding in “safe houses” are not safe.

 PALESTINIANS ATTEND the funeral of five terrorists belonging to the Lions’ Den group who were killed by Israeli forces in Nablus on October 25

Israel is going to vote for its future on Tuesday - comment

This election is about the type of country we want to have when celebrating three-quarters of a century of statehood and dreaming about the centenary.

 Arab women walk by a Bezalel Smotrich campaign poster in downtown Jerusalem on October 26, 2022.

Israel Elections: Bibi bloc teeters on edge of 61 seats - final polls

A number of polls found that Netanyahu may manage to form a majority government after the upcoming elections.

Head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud Party election event in the Maale Adumim neighborhood of Jerusalem, October 27, 2022.

The final Israel countdown

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov.

 Workers prepare ballot boxes for the upcoming Israeli elections, at the central elections committee warehouse in Shoham, before they are shipped to polling stations, October 12, 2022.

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

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

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?

 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.