Elections
Likud breaks Iran war decline, gains one seat, as Together continues downward trend - poll
Since the merger between Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, the joint party has lost 10 seats in about two months and has declined this week to just 18 seats.
Editor's Notes: Gadi Eisenkot is Netanyahu’s nightmare opponent - comment
Likud MK: Netanyahu expected to work 'behind closed doors’ for influence over list - interview
How to influence the Israeli and Palestinian elections for peace - opinion
Keir Starmer defies calls for resignation, vows to stay in role as Labour leader
Keir Starmer resists calls for resignation after Labour's disappointing local elections, insisting he will stay on as leader and focus on governing.
Supermajority of Israeli Arab students support non-security-linked national service, study finds
A new study reveals that 75% of Israeli Arab 12th-grade students support volunteering for non-security national service. There is also strong backing for Arab parties joining the next coalition.
Lapid says more party mergers to come soon ahead of elections, as Liberman calls for constitution
Lapid made the remarks at the Guidelines for Jewish-Democratic Policy conference, held at the Judaism and State Policy Center of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Arab-Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad weighs new party bid with ex-Jerusalem deputy mayor - exclusive
Haddad is aiming to translate his social media support into real influence within Jerusalem's political apparatus.
'My ambition is to change the country': AOC downplays likelihood of 2028 White House run
“What’s funny is they assume my ambition is a title or a seat,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said. “My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go."
Keir Starmer vows to fight on despite Labour’s heavy losses in local elections
Keir Starmer pledges to fight on despite Labour’s losses in local elections, but doubts over his leadership grow.
Pauline Hanson cashes in on Trump-like populism as it surges in Australia
Australia’s political landscape shifts as Trump-like populism rises. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation attracts wealthy donors, signaling a major change in the country’s conservative movement.
Bennett, Eisenkot, Liberman merger could secure 61-seat coalition without Arab parties - poll
Under the three-party alliance scenario, the opposition bloc would reach 61 seats, compared with 49 for Netanyahu’s coalition and 10 for the Arab parties.
Zehut party leader to run in elections on joint list with ex-Otzma Yehudit chair
The party said the alliance was born out of the understanding that the faith-based nationalist public in Israel currently "needs a strong political home."
British Greens battle antisemitism scandal as Jewish leader Zack Polanski targets local elections
If Zack Polanski delivers the gains to the Green Party’s local leadership that polls have indicated are possible, he will instantly become one of the highest-profile Jewish progressives in the world.
