Israel Elections

Likud sets July primaries while Netanyahu weighs impact of candidates on election outcome

According to a knowledgeable source, Netanyahu has come to terms with the idea of primaries, meaning that he is not currently working to cancel them.

Likud lawmakers react as they attend a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, December 8, 2025
A plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, May 27, 2026.

As Israel inches closer to elections, will the region see a silver lining, or concern? - analysis

Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas.

Netanyahu’s coalition moves to ban Ra'am from future elections over terror links - report

 MK Galit Distal-Atbaryan arrives to a Likud party meeting at the Knesset. December 3, 2023.

Likud MK Galit Distel-Atbaryan says she will not run in party primaries, next Knesset elections


For the first time in Israel, a transgender woman was elected as a city council member

Weinberg, 65, will be serving as a city council member in the town of Kiryat Tivon, southeast of Haifa. She is a mother of two and also a grandmother.

 The Ruth lookout in Kiryat Tivon.

Best activities for the day of the elections for the local authorities

Woodwork in Golan, paintball in Ma'ale Adumim, support at Dizengoff Center, Ben-Gurion barracks visit, plus post-vote entertainment recommendations.

 Ben Gurion Barracks

Elections for local authorities: all the activities that await you

Experience nature trips, visits to national parks, and workshops as you spend local election day with the whole family from north to south.

 Tel Amal Wall and Tower

Israel Politics: Polls remain steady, leaving Smotrich out of Knesset

The poll shows that this week there were slight deviations of one seat among some of the parties, but no change between the blocs.

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

Municipal Elections – a Basic Guide

Elections for local authorities, first scheduled for October 31, were postponed twice due to the October 7 massacre and subsequent nation-wide draft of hundreds of thousands of reservists.

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

Former Netanyahu confidant: Israel's PM has changed, it's time for elections

In this interview with Netanyahu's former media adviser, Shai Bazak discusses his opinions on the prime minister's policies, the Israel-American partnership, and antisemitism abroad.

 Shai Bazak

'JPost' election poll: New party of IDF reservists shakes up Israeli politics

According to the poll, a reservists’ party headed by Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) would win eight seats.

 How many seats would a new party of reservists receive, if headed by:

Netanyahu must come up with a clear strategy for Israel's future - editorial

We urge Prime Minister Netanyahu to decide on a clear and solid agenda for the future. The lack of direct, frequent communication between key Israeli leaders during such a critical period is alarming

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 7, 2024.

Early elections in Israel: Yes or no? - opinion

Even though he rejects early elections, Netanyahu is already electioneering, while seeking to deny his opponents the moral right to do the same.

 ‘AS I LISTENED to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s news conference last Thursday, I was convinced that despite the ongoing war with Hamas, we urgently need new elections,’ says the writer.

Benny Gantz's faction shows cracks as Israel's war gov't in danger of collapse

The different opinions in Benny Gantz's National Unity party have ministers Gadi Eisenkot and Chili Tropper on one hand and Gideon Sa'ar on the other.

National Unity leader Unity Benny Gantz and MK Gadi Eisenkot meet with farmers and hear about the topic of "protection," October 3, 2023