Israeli Election

Israel’s Oct. 7 reckoning will be decided at the ballot box - opinion

Decisions about accountability and the next phase of regional diplomacy rest with Israeli voters, not investigative panels.

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset plenum on Monday. The obsession over one man has paralyzed the system, the writer asserts.

Next elections, Israel's politics of boycott against Netanyahu must end - opinion

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich addresses a news conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem earlier this month. That Smotrich is not an economist, and is quite ignorant of current economic theory and practice, is no secret, says the writer.

Coalition rises as Religious Zionist Party crosses threshold following hostage deal - poll

 Former minister Yoaz Hendel at the emergency conference of the IDF reservists movement in Tel Aviv, on June 24, 2024.

Yoaz Hendel’s Reservists Party to run in elections, citing October 7 failures


Iran's nuclear weapons are Lapid's top priority -opinion

Lapid is convinced that if Iran acquires nuclear weapons, it will use them.

 Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 22, 2022.

Israel's Yoaz Hendel: Meet the outgoing politician who's still a good man - analysis

Israeli Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel's announcement that he is temporarily leaving politics shows that decency, integrity and getting things done are not enough.

 Yoaz Hendel, Minister of Communications, at a Knesset cabinet meeting on July 10th 2022.

Israel Elections: Who should I vote for? - opinion

As we head into our fifth election in just three years, with only Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid having been able to form a working government, who do we vote for to break this logjam?

 ‘For united we stand, divided we fall; and if our backs should ever be against the wall, we’ll be together, together, you and I’ – Brotherhood of Man, 1969

Shaked agrees to deal with Habayit Hayehudi

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has agreed to a deal that will see her lead right-wing party Habayit Hayehudi in the upcoming election to the Knesset, Israeli media reported early Tuesday morning.

 Interior Minister and head of the Zionist Spirit Ayelet Shaked, and the Minister of Communications Yoaz Handel hold a press conference in which they reveal Amitai Porat, number 3 of  list of the Zionist Spirit on August 21, 2022 at Hamacabia Village in Ramat Gan.

US is sending mixed messages on Israel’s security in the West Bank - analysis

Not only is the US trying to intervene in the rules of engagement, but it is trying to tell Israel where to station its soldiers.

 People light candles during a vigil in memory of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an Israeli raid, outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 16, 2022

A quarter of Israelis still unsure who to vote for, poll finds

More than twice as many coalition voters in 2021 say they will change blocs than opposition backers.

 A voting box in the last Israeli election in 2015

Cyberthreats, foreign intervention loom over upcoming Israeli election

Foreign countries and non-state players are attempting to affect the outcome of upcoming elections in Israel by spreading conspiracy theories and lies on social media.

An Israeli flag is seen in the background as a man casts his ballot for the parliamentary election

Nonprofit sending empty food baskets to politicians to highlight poverty

Nonprofit Pitchon-Lev said that people living in poverty are practically invisible to politicians and that aid and support for these people are not discussed by lawmakers or political parties.

Pitchon-Lev sends empty food baskets to politicians in order to highlight the issue of poverty in Israel.

Can Bedouin spirits sway Israel’s election?

There are 146,000 eligible Bedouin voters, enough to swing a national election in Israel’s razor-thin coalition math, depending on voter turnout.

 Former MK Said al-Harumi

Israel's struggle for religious freedom in a Jewish theocracy

The struggle for religious pluralism in general in Israel is not a hot item politically – only when a certain powerful minority can wag the dogs of the party in power.

 A rock fell on the egalitarian section at the Western Wall shortly after the end of the fast of Tisha Be’av on July 22, 2018.