Israeli Election

'Bibicoin will destroy Israel': Eisenkot slams Netanyahu's crypto plan for alternative funding

Eisenkot's campaign video claimed that the alternative system would generate "an economy like North Korea and Iran," and result in "the end of high-tech, the end of healthcare, the end of security."

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, days before Israel’s general elections, October 22, 2026.
Election campaign billboards featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot and Likud party chairman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders are displayed along a roadside in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections.

Netanyahu bloc falls to 48 seats as opposition reaches 54, days before election - poll

Ballot papers of various political parties are displayed at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 14, 2026

Shin Bet removes social media accounts to block foreign interference in upcoming election

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Ofer Winter.

Winter vows to block haredi draft ultimatum to Netanyahu, says People of Israel will stay in race


Israel's struggle for religious freedom in a Jewish theocracy

The struggle for religious pluralism in general in Israel is not a hot item politically – only when a certain powerful minority can wag the dogs of the party in power.

 A rock fell on the egalitarian section at the Western Wall shortly after the end of the fast of Tisha Be’av on July 22, 2018.

The hidden stakes of Israel’s fifth election - opinion

This anyone-but-Bibi caucus is the reason why Israel faces its fifth election in four years.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett glances at Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar during a debate in the Knesset plenum, earlier this year.

Gideon Sa'ar's journalist wife resigns over election coverage limitations

Geula Even-Sa'ar resigned from Kan over the ethics committee deciding that she had a conflict of interest and couldn't present her show.

 Then-Likud parliament member Gideon Saar and his wife Geula attend an event with Saar supporters after losing in the elections for the Likud leadership, in Or Yehuda, January 2, 2020.

Israel Elections: Using settlement activity as a campaign tactic

The Nahala Movement campaign is an effort to focus the attention on the settlements, and to bring the spotlight back on the issue of a Palestinian state.

 Settlers from the Nahala Settlement Movement beginning to march from the Gush Etzion junction on their way to establish illegal outposts on Wednesday,  and, on the right, Israeli and Palestinian detractors protesting the action.

Counting days to the next Israeli election - editorial

Just a couple of weeks into the current campaign, and already both the silliness and the nastiness of election campaigns are shining bright.

 Ministers gather for a Knesset cabinet meeting on July 10th 2022.

Israel Elections: What are essential attributes of a good leader? - opinion

Interestingly enough, in just a few verses in our weekly portion (Numbers 27:15-17), we have four different answers to that question.

DAVID BEN-GURION: ‘I’m the prime minister of 2.3 million prime ministers,’ he told JFK.

Ahead of Israeli elections, keep politics civil - editorial

Lower your mud-slinging hands, politicians; let us keep to tarbut hadiun (discussion culture) and see, for once, a respectful election.

 WHO WILL greet Biden? Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid or Benjamin Netanyahu?

Knesset dissolution bill passes initial reading

Vote passes 110-0 • Coalition threatens to bring forward bill barring criminal defendant from forming gov’t

 A vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset, at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on June 22, 2022

Comptroller criticizes three-fold cost rise in overseeing elections

The budget for oversight of polling stations tripled over the past three elections,

Israel Elections: A polling station in Jerusalem, as Israelis vote in their general elections, on March 23, 2021.

Bill to let Israelis vote overseas submitted by departing MK

Currently, Israel limits voting abroad to diplomats and emissaries of Zionist institutions, who vote in embassies and consulates. Regular citizens and students abroad don't get to vote.

Illustrative: A voting box in the an Israeli election in 2015.