Yesh Atid

Naftali Bennett adds four female candidates to B’Yachad slate, bringing total women on list to 17

Those added to the list included Esti Ayalon Kubo, the former head of Israel's economic delegation to China.

Naftali Bennet with the new female candidates.
OPPOSITION LEADER Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attend an election event for the joint list “Together” ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, central Israel, May 12, 2026.

A 'unity' government would block the reforms Israel desperately needs - opinion

The nine-member panel at the High Court of Justice looks on as the hearing opens in Jerusalem.

High Court appears poised to strike down law freezing haredi draft enforcement

MK Ron Katz attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 25, 2024.

Yesh Atid MK Ron Katz resigns from Knesset, Arab Israeli educator to take his spot


Smotrich passed the state budget, and all it cost was his party - poll

The Religious Zionist Party, led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, fell below the electoral threshold with just 2.6% support.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025

Israeli High-Tech headquarters on Shin Bet vote: 'We will shut down economy'

Israeli High-Tech Headquarters, Histadrut Chief and Israeli politicians react to the High Court of Justice's dismissal of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar.

Protesters gather in Jerusalem near the High Court of Justice. March 19, 2025.

Netanyahu accuses 'leftist deep state' of undermining right-wing leaders

"When a strong right-wing leader wins an election, the leftist Deep State weaponized the justice system to thwart the people's will."

 A screenshot of a post by the official Prime Minister of Israel X account which was then later deleted, March 19, 2025.

Can Lapid's 'new deal' save Israel's economy from crisis? - analysis

Lapid highlighted the country's deficit, warning of the dangers of it ballooning out of control and sending Israel's interest on debt repayment soaring even higher.

Opposition head Yair Lapid at the Knesset. January 21, 2025.

Turning the Shin Bet into a political battleground would be a detriment to all of Israel - opinion

When an agency with extraordinary powers becomes a partisan battleground, democracy itself is at risk.

 SHIN BET head Ronen Bar attends a state ceremony this past October at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, marking a year since the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023. The Shin Bet has failed in its mission to protect Israel’s citizens and openly admits to this failure, says the writer.

Oslo Symposium 2025 strengthens Israel-Norway relations against antisemitism

Norway’s increasing support for Palestinian initiatives and its stance following the October 7 terrorist attacks had deepened the divide between the two nations.

 (L-R) Himanshu Gulati,  MK Shelly Tal Meron, and Sylvi Listhaug at the Oslo Symposium 2025.

Agudat Yisrael accused of instructing yeshiva students to evade IDF draft sanctions

Recordings published in Ynet last week revealed that Agudat Yisrael party officials were instructing yeshiva students to open fictitious small businesses.

 Police officers in Bnei Brak, Israel use water cannons as haredi Orthodox Jewish men block a main highway to protest efforts to allow the state to draft Haredi yeshiva students into military service, June 2, 2024.

Rolling the dice: Knesset committee approves Idan Roll's secession from Yesh Atid

The law’s purpose is to deter MKs from switching sides during a given Knesset for opportunistic reasons, i.e. to prevent “political bribery.”

(L-R) Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid

Lapid: A deal is possible, Hamas is uninterested in torpedoing it, I offered a political safety net

Lapid has said he would provide a safety net for a deal, echoing statements from Mansour Abbas in the face of opposition to a deal from Smotrich.

 Yair Lapid speaking at a faction meeting, January 13, 2025.

Idan Roll resigns from Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid faction, forms 'National Majority' party

The move was not a total surprise since Roll had expressed his dissatisfaction with the party line on a number of occasions since October 7.

(L-R) Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid