Elections

New right-wing parties keep failing to unseat Likud - opinion

Many have tried unsuccessfully to challenge Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud from the Right, but a more realistic goal would be to take votes away from Naftali Bennett.

FEBRUARY 23, 2026|ByORI WERTMAN

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening of the government meeting on January 4, 2026.

Participants at the Gesher Syms Leadership Institute retreat in Paphos, Cyprus.

Israel is sliding into tribal politics, and we’re letting it happen - opinion

In an election year defined by contempt, I saw in a Gesher retreat in Paphos how dialogue can still hold Israeli society together.

FEBRUARY 23, 2026|ByMOSHIK AVIV

MK Matan Kahana attends a National Unity faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 26, 2025.

Former MK Kahana says Iranian missile threat is equivalent to nuclear threat, 'like Hiroshima'

According to Kahana, the Iranian missiles have a warhead of about half a ton of explosives, and "if you take 30,000 such missiles, it is equivalent to the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima."

FEBRUARY 23, 2026|By103FM

The Knesset building, home of Israel's legislature, in Jerusalem, on November 14, 2022 (Illustrative).

Semi-open ballot: The path to fixing Israel’s electoral system - opinion

Rare bipartisan push in the Knesset could finally give Israeli voters real influence over who represents them and not just which party does.

FEBRUARY 22, 2026|ByASSAF SHAPIRA

Final phase of Myanmar's election underway, military-backed party set to win

Myanmar opened polling stations for the final phase of a junta-led election, with low turnout, ongoing fighting, and a military-backed party poised to consolidate power.

JANUARY 25, 2026ByREUTERS

Election Commission officials count ballots at a polling station during Myanmar's general election in Yangon, Myanmar, December 28, 2025; illustrative.

Benny Gantz is reclaiming relevance in politics because Israel wants unity - opinion

Israel needs unity and renewed common purpose. Gantz is the politician who most credibly embodies that aspiration. That is why his campaign is gaining traction.

JANUARY 23, 2026ByALON TAL

Head of Blue and White party MK Benny Gantz speaks during press conference in Tel Aviv on August 23, 2025.

With new players and old alliances, Israel’s post-October 7 political map takes shape

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Two significant political developments played out this week as Israel moves towards elections. Gadi Eisenkot and Yonatan Shamriz took the reflectors with key announcements.

JANUARY 23, 2026ByHERB KEINON

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

Arab parties sign commitment to re-establish joint list ahead of Israel's elections

The bloc, once made up of the four Arab parties, began to break apart ahead of the 2021 elections after Ra’am left the alliance.

JANUARY 22, 2026ByKESHET NEEV

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

Could Bennett, Lapid, and Eisenkot topple Netanyahu in Israel's next election? - analysis

Eisenkot has proposed creating a unified list for the upcoming elections with former prime minister Naftali Bennett and Opposition leader Yair Lapid.

JANUARY 21, 2026ByKESHET NEEV

Gadi Eisenkot and Yesh Atid leader MK Yair Lapid seen on November 1, 2025

Guard dogs or state security? Malawi faces unusual post-election dispute

The German Shepherds, valued at $2,300 each, were brought out of the Lilongwe palace beginning three days after the election and finishing only the day before Mutharika’s inauguration on October 5.

JANUARY 21, 2026ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER