Politics

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.

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

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.

|ByHERB KEINON
People attend a demonstration against anti-Semitism at the Place de la Bastille after three teenagers aged 12 to 13 were indicted in Courbevoie, accused of rape and anti-Semitic violence against a 12-year-old girl, in Paris, France, June 20, 2024

France's Law Committee adopts controversial bill to combat 'renewed forms of antisemitism'

Critics of the bill have argued that it could criminalize ambiguous statements, irony, slogans, or political framing, and that it blurs the line between antisemitism and criticism of Israel.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A man walks near fallen cables at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Israel to shut down UNRWA's water, electricity after demolition of HQ, Eli Cohen tells 'Post'

Israel's energy minister: “In principle, the law was passed about two weeks ago. Warning letters have already been sent to properties that we identified as belonging to UNRWA.”

|ByKESHET NEEV

Likud MK Gotliv defies court order, leaks identity of senior police official under investigation

Senior police chief detained in PID probe for breach of trust. Likud MK Tally Gotliv openly violated a court gag order to name the officer, calling the investigation a "witch-hunt."

NOVEMBER 13, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
MK Tally Gotliv arrives for a court hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem on June 2, 2024

Mamdani’s win is the warning sign - opinion

It’s tempting to pin the blame on one candidate, but the reality is significantly more uncomfortable.

NOVEMBER 10, 2025ByMICHAEL J. SALAMON, LOUIS LIBIN
NEW YORK CITY Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani: What should trouble us most is how many are willing to back someone who openly mocks Jewish holidays, cheers for the Intifada, and tacitly supports antisemitic protests on university campuses, say the writers.

Prosor: Germany’s Left has crossed the red line on antisemitism

Israeli ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor, warns that left-wing antisemitism is the most dangerous form of antisemitism.

NOVEMBER 9, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Demonstrators hold banners as they take part in a May Day protest in Berlin, Germany, May 1, 2024. The banners read: "Freedom for Palestine" and "Long live the revolutionary first of May. Expropriate corporations, disarm warmongers, smash capitalism".

Liberal Zionists push back on Yesh Atid’s World Zionist Organization withdrawal

Global chair of World Zionist Organization, Kenneth Bob, criticizes Yesh Atid’s decision to quit the World Zionist Organization.

NOVEMBER 9, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Yesh Atid, opposition leader Yair Lapid, November 3, 2025.

Scandals in Israel’s military, politics, and judiciary raise the question: Are we sick? - opinion

Scandal has rocked the nation this week as corruption and nepotism reveal cracks in the system and further turmoil and division in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 7, 2025ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
FAMILY AND friends of Col. Asaf Hamami during his funeral in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday, behind a flag bearing his likeness.

Is this next election cycle our last chance to save Israel’s future?

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Professor Dan Ben-David, a leading economist, warns that Israel’s future depends on urgent education reforms, with the next election potentially its last chance.

NOVEMBER 7, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Israel has ‘the worst education system in the developed world,’ according to Prof. Ben-David. Here, President Isaac Herzog greets students at the opening of the school year in September at Rambam Religious School in Kiryat Shmona.

Israeli politicians sound alarm over Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral win

“New York’s Jewish community deserves leaders who protect them, not target them,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel told The Jerusalem Post.

NOVEMBER 5, 2025ByKESHET NEEV
A special plenary session marking 30 years since the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem, November 3, 2025.

Zionism's future lost in backroom deals at World Zionist Congress- opinion

What was once the beating heart of Jewish political imagination – the place where our people charted their collective destiny – has devolved into a cheap political bazaar.

NOVEMBER 5, 2025ByFLEUR HASSAN NAHOUM 
DELEGATES, OBSERVERS, staff, and others associated with Kol Israel gather at the World Zionist Congress last week. The Zionist institutions should be forums for visionary debate, says the writer.

Katz appoints former Defense Ministry legal advisor Itai Ophir as IDF's top attorney

In a surprising move, Israel Katz appoints Itai Ophir as IDF chief lawyer, following Tomer-Yerushalmi’s resignation after the leaked video incident and amid ongoing legal controversy.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Attorney Itay Ophir

Global tension is reshaping alliances, and Israel is positioned to shape global stability - opinion

What is Israel's role in this new era? What are the trends and drivers?

NOVEMBER 4, 2025ByCOL. (RES) RYAN GITY
Russian soldiers, who were involved in the country's military campaign in Ukraine, march in columns during a parade on Victory Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025.