Yesh Atid

State budget offers 'no good news,' will likely pass Knesset vote, says MK Beliak - interview

If the state budget is not approved in all three readings by the end of March, when the fiscal year closes, the Knesset will automatically dissolve, and elections will be called.

MK VLADIMIR Beliak attends a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on December 31, 2025.
A man lights a cigarette with fire from a burning picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as Israelis rally in support of the nationwide protests happening in Iran, in Holon, Israel, January 14, 2026.

Majority of Israelis favor joint US-Israel action against Iran - poll

An illustrative image of a reporter for Army Radio (Galei Tzahal) taken in 2019.

Growing contradictions at the heart of Israel’s liberal camp - opinion

Opposition head Yair Lapid arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court on a petition against the transfer of funds to ultra-Orthodox educational institutions, January 8, 2026

Millions transferred to haredi schools without Knesset approval, state admits to court


Will primaries bring democracy into Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid faction? - analysis

Lapid correctly stated that democratization is a necessary step in Yesh Atid’s maturation as a ruling party. But is the party actually democratic?

 Head of the Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 19, 2023.

Likud Ministers visit, endorse convicted criminal for local elections

Yisrael Beytenu MK Yulia Malinovsky tied the endorsement to the wave of crime that plagues the country.

 Israel's Justice Minister Yariv Levin holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 4, 2023.

Yesh Atid announces primaries in December

Ben Barak, who was the former head of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, stated that he welcomed Lapid's decision to hold elections for the party chairman.

 Head of the Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 19, 2023.

How a leak killed President Isaac Herzog's judicial reform compromise

The report caused a new wave of dismissals and condemnations from within both the coalition and the opposition.

 Benny Gantz addresses the crowd, September 5, 2023

Coalition, opposition parties vow not to sit together on municipal councils

The municipal elections, which are held on October 31 this year, hold significant impact on Israelis. Opposition and coalition parties have told their candidates not to sit together.

 An Israeli municipal elections voting box.

Israel's leaders must pursue a unity government - editorial

As the country heads for a showdown, now is the time for creative, responsible thinking on the part of our elected leaders.

Reuven Rivlin, Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu meet on September 23, 2019.

Can a unity government save Israel from crisis? - analysis

Last month, it was the National Unity Party's Matan Kahana who said he would not rule out the possibility of a national unity government. On Monday, it was Stern. Might there be others?

 Premier candidates: Benny Gantz, Benjamin Netanyahu and Yair Lapid.

Yesh Atid MK defies Lapid, calls for unity government with Netanyahu

Elazar Stern's faction leader and opposition head Yair Lapid said that a unity government with Netanyahu's Likud would "ruin the country."

 Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid seen with MK Elazar Stern at a press conference in Tel Aviv

Likud ‘rebels’ extend olive branch, await opposition response - analysis

Gantz and Lapid denied any intention of joining a unity government with Netanyahu, with Lapid saying that he was not going to bail Netanyahu out and help pave his way to a meeting in Washington

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves his Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, June 14, 2023.

Yesh Atid petitions High Court to convene Judicial Selection Committee

The altering of the Judicial Selection Committee has been a key component of the judicial reform from the outset.

 THE HIGH Court of Justice has been a paper tiger in everything concerning the Netanyahu bloc’s interests, says the writer