Israel/Politics

Israel: Netanyahu criticizes Lapid’s UN speech ‘full of weakness, defeat’

'Lapid endangers our future and our existence both on the Palestinian issue and on the Iranian issue'

Analysis: Yair Lapid’s gamble on the world stage

Speeches on the most important stage in the world do not change international reality, but they have an effect

Israel: Meretz petitions to disqualify Idit Silman from elections

Silman's placement in the Likud party is a 'gross violation of the law'

Populist TikTok influencer causes stir in Israeli politics

Campaign against exorbitant rent thrown into disarray by revelation party leader is a property owner

Israel elections: Liberman tries to disqualify Balad chief

'Sami Abou Shahadeh is an existential danger to the State of Israel'

Israel’s Herzog to promote unity government - report

‘The system must be stabilized, because the Israelis are tired of these endless election cycles’

Israel: Netanyahu bloc 1 seat short of majority in Knesset - poll

The recent Joint List split was expected to boost opposition bloc's chances to form the next govt

Explainer: Israel’s political parties leading up to 2022 elections

The major players you need to know leading up to the fifth round of elections

Israel: Arab Joint List breaks up ahead of general election

Move increases possibility the faction won't clear electoral threshold in November

Israel elections: Party registration ends Thursday night

Final hours could see party shakeups and potential last-minute mergers

Israel elections: Party registration kicks off

Parties must submit candidate lists by Thursday deadline of 10 pm for November's election

Israel: Joint List parties agree on united run

The number one spot on the list will go to Hadash head Ayman Odeh

Israel: Netanyahu close to forming coalition - poll

Likud remains the largest party in Israel, receiving 32 seats in the parliament, according to the poll

Israel: Minister drops out of elections following party split

'In five election campaigns, I tried to lead the voice of the stately right in the State of Israel'

Israel elections: Yesh Atid publishes candidates list

At a campaign event in Tel Aviv, Lapid says 'we managed to stop the nuclear agreement with Iran'

Report: Israel's Labor told by leader to 'attack' Lapid

'If Lapid is so worried - on the contrary, let him unite with Meretz. Who is stopping him?' the message says

Israel: Yamina head agrees to run Jewish Home party

'We’ll work together to form a broad, right-wing and stable government,' Ayelet Shaked says

Israel: Far-right lawmaker calls to ban Arab political parties

'They are the first to lead the hostile discourse against Israel and against its right to exist'

Israel: Avigdor Liberman announces party list for November election

According to recent polls, Yisrael Beitenu can count on securing five seats in Israeli parliament

Explainer: A timeline of Israel’s elections 2019-2022 (Part 2)

A brief history of the election cycles from the creation of the March 2020 government to election number five

Report: Netanyahu promises to fund ultra-Orthodox schools regardless of curriculum

He allegedly offered to match the state funding for schools that do not teach Israel's secular core curriculum

Israeli elections: Yamina, Jewish Home to run on joint ticket

Merger was approved Sunday night with signing ceremony due to take place on Monday

Explainer: A timeline of Israel’s elections 2019-2022 (Part 1)

A brief history of the election cycles from April 2019 to the creation of the March 2020 government

Israel: Liberman compares Netanyahu to Goebbels, Stalin

‘These words are false, scandalous and an insult to the memory of the Holocaust’