Israel Elections

Gantz willing to make agreement with Netanyahu as 2026 elections approach - analysis

In an interview earlier, Gantz said he does not rule out sitting with Netanyahu in a unity government. “It’s time to abandon the ‘anybody but Bibi’ idea and shift to ‘anybody but extremists."

Benny Gantz (Blue and White) at the Knesset in Jerusalem. December 22, 2025.
Israel Elections: A polling station in Jerusalem, as Israelis vote in their general elections, on March 23, 2021.

February 2024 local elections plagued by widespread financing irregularities, report reveals

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

How Israel's migration figures are liable to affect the next election results - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony for the 70th cohort of military combat officers, at an army base near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, October 31, 2024

Netanyahu to decide election date after US trip, citing problems passing draft law - report


Netanyahu-led coalition would lose majority if elections held now - poll

If elections were held today, the Likud would receive less than 30 mandates, while Benny Gantz leads suitability ratings for the position of Prime Minister.

 Leader of the National Unity Party MK Benny Gantz speaks during a faction meeting of the National Unity Party at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2023

On this day: First ever election to the Knesset held in 1949

David Ben-Gurion won the elections and became Israel's first prime minister and Chaim Weizmann became Israel's first president.

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

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.

Will the Ukraine War end in 2023?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: 2022 will be remembered for the blows it dealt Russian imperialism, Western populism, and Iranian Islamism.

 UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelenskiy awards a Ukrainian service member at a position in the frontline town of Bakhmut, in Donetsk region, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, on December 20.

Israel's Netanyahu has multiple battles ahead to regain control

INSIDE POLITICS: Benjamin Netanyahu had a tough time forming an Israeli coalition. He still has multiple political challenges ahead.

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU has formed a government but it will not be one that is easy to manage.

Jpost at 90: Inside an Israeli newsroom on Election Day

Ninety years after The Jerusalem Post newspaper was launched, how would its founder view coverage of Election Day 2022?

 ‘THE JERUSALEM POST’ newsroom: active and interesting.

Israel's US friends need to stop worrying about election results - opinion

Israel is in no great moral existential danger. We have not become a nation other than what you believe or aspire us to be.

 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.

Israel's Netanyahu sets Wednesday deadline for gov’t formation

Likud, Otzma Yehudit find common ground as talks to form a new government continue

 Israeli designate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament the 25th Knesset in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022.

Zehava Galon to resign as head of Meretz after election downfall

Meretz earned 3.14% of the vote, below the electoral threshold of 3.25%. It needed just 3,800 more votes to pass that line.

 Head of the left wing Meretz party Zehava Gal-On leaving after a meeting with Labor leader and Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid at Lapid's home in Tel Aviv on September 10, 2022.

The Israel we know is not the Israel Thomas Friedman knows - opinion

Thomas Friedman’s much-forwarded New York Times lament for Israel’s soul – “The Israel We Knew is Gone” – has demoralized the Jewish world.

 ISRAEL IS more than Smotrich-Ben-Gvir – much more, says the write