Yoaz Hendel

Bereaved family members chosen for Reservist Party leadership after internal elections

Among the bereaved family members chosen for the party’s leadership was Sandra Alon, mother of Sgt. Tomer Keren, who was killed in combat while serving during the Israel-Hamas War.

Yoaz Hendel, head of the Reservists’ Party, speaks during the party’s launch event ahead of the 2026 general elections, at Kibbutz Ma'ale HaHamisha near Jerusalem, November 19, 2025.
Former Minister Yoaz Hendel attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, January 15, 2026.

'Rafah Crossing opening paves way for Hamas to rebuild': Reservist Party leader tells 'Post'

Knesset members attend a plenum hearing, October 29, 2025; illustrative.

Despite turbulent week, demand for commission of inquiry, bloc map remain stable - poll

Opposition lawmakers seen at the Knesset, October 27, 2025

Opposition holds 61-seat edge despite coalition drama, 'Maariv' poll finds


Israel to crack down on social media companies to tackle offensive content

The plans will put responsibility on social media companies to deal with offensive and illegal content and create more transparency for users.

Is Israel winning the social media war?

Is this the end of mass-text cannabis hawking?

Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel established a new regulation that aims to significantly reduce the proliferation of cannabis-touting spam texts.

cannabis background macro close up

Israel Elections: Ayelet Shaked fights on despite low polling numbers

In a picture that went viral on Sunday night, Shaked is seen sitting in an empty chair in a conference room, with her eyes half closed and jaws clenched, portraying exhaustion.

 Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked at The Jerusalem Post's London conference on March 31, 2022.

Communications Ministry announces next step in postal service’s massive reform

A wider array of available digital services, more package delivery options and better customer service may mean Israel’s postal system may not suck forever.

Israel Postal Company mailbox

Israel elections: The fall from grace of Ayelet Shaked, once seen as potential PM

Although her party is currently polling at less than 2% of the vote, Shaked continues to benefit from media coverage and attention that are disproportionate to her actual public standing and support.

 AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN poster of Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, this week in Jerusalem.

Netanyahu has finally removed 'liberal' from Likud's identity - opinion

It is time to remove “Liberal” from the party name. Today, the Likud stands for one thing and one thing only: how to keep its leader out of court and jail.

 Head of the Likud Party Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem this week.

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.

Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel drops out of election as lists consolidate

Hendel initially parted ways with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked from their Zionist Spirit Party just four days before the deadline to submit electoral lists for the 25th Knesset.

 Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, September 12, 2022

Israel elections: Ayelet Shaked to spearhead Jewish Home list

The interior minister joined forces with the faction she left along with former prime minister Naftali Bennett back in 2018.

 An election campaign poster of Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, in Jerusalem, September 12, 2022

Netanyahu is the problem, not the solution -Yoaz Hendel

"For the past three years there has been political chaos," Hendel said at the Jerusalem Post's New York conference.

 Israeli minister of Communications Yoaz Hendel at a conference with supporters in Shoham on July 12, 2022.