Yuli Edelstein

Israel cannot afford another election: Why Netanyahu, Eisenkot must consider unity - opinion

Hopefully, October 27 will produce a clear winner. If it does not, Israel’s political leaders will have to decide whether their refusal to sit together matters more than the country.

(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
(L-R clockwise) Itamar Ben-Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich, Arye Deri, Gideon Sa'ar, Yair Lapid, Avigdor Liberman, Yuli Edelstein.

No. 15: Netanyahu's key partners and challengers shaping Israel's future

Former Beit Shemesh mayor and Unity Party member Aliza Bloch in an interview with 'The Jerusalem Post.'

Israel 'abandoned' haredi students, education reform needed, Aliza Bloch tells 'Post' - interview

Jews return to the former settlement of Ganim in the northern West Bank, which was evacuated in 2005 as part of Israel’s Disengagement Plan, August 13, 2026.

MKs attend reestablishment of West Bank settlement of Ganim, 21 years after disengagement


Russian-born oligarch calls for new liberal coalition to 'protect Israel'

Nevzlin has owned a 20% stake in Haaretz and is the father-in-law of Likud MK Yuli Edelstein.

 Leonid Nevzlin is seen at the memorial ceremony to former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin on October 23, 2007

Oslo Accords: Israel's failures and lessons learned, 30 years later

No peace prospect between Israelis and Palestinians is currently on the table, but much will depend on how political uncertainty in the Palestinian arena plays out.

 THE 1993 OSLO Accords between Israel and the PLO were signed in Washington, with a beaming president Bill Clinton presiding over the White House ceremony

A Likud Rebel's undelivered speech - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Well done, Yuli. Now go outside and tell the rest of the world what you just told me. Do that, and you will not just feel great –  you will be great.

 YULI EDELSTEIN talks to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during the Knesset vote on the reasonableness standard last week.

Will Israel agree to a US-Iran agreement? - opinion

It appears that there is a growing inclination within Israeli circles toward accepting a framework of understanding between Washington and Tehran.

 DEFENSE MINISTER Yoav Gallant arrives for a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee with committee chairman MK Yuli Edelstein, earlier this year.

Israeli MKs publicly accuse Russia of blowing up Kokhovka dam

MKs Yuli Edelstein and Ze'ev Elkin wrote a letter to Ukraine's Zelensky, condemning the attack on the dam which they blames Russia for.

 A satellite image shows the Nova Kakhovka Dam and hydroelectric plant before its collapse, in Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine June 5, 2023

Knesset members relaunch Christian Allies Caucus in Israeli parliament

The cohort includes MKs who have been involved in previous years as well as new recruits. It's co-chaired by MKs Edelstein and Haskel and consists of representatives from various parties.

 The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus launched this week in Israel's 25th Knesset

Israel must balance deterrence, quiet to fight terror - Edelstein

His words stood in stark contrast to the many provocative statements made by coalition partners like Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

 Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 12, 2023.

Should Israeli politicians vote with their conscience over party? - opinion

Amid the battle cry of saving our democracy from what is called the autocratic or dictatorial endgame of this judicial reform plan, there is an ongoing argument about the very essence of democracy.

 MK YULI Edelstein (right) presides over a session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee at which National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir briefed committee members on the affairs of his ministry, last month.

US opposes Israeli bill to repeal Disengagement in northern Samaria

The Knesset approved the repeal of the 2005 Disengagement Law in its second and third readings.

 Visitors walk by the water tower on the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh on August 27, 2019.

Israelis protest in front of UTJ's Moshe Gafni's house in Bnei Brak

Despite calls by Gafni to his supporters not to arrive and confront the protesters, dozens of Bnei Brak residents came to the scene.

 Protests in front of Moshe Gafni's house in Bnei Brak, March 14 2023.