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Why Gadi Eisenkot is rejecting the haredi political embrace that once helped Netanyahu win

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Yitzhak Yosef’s embrace – and Eisenkot's effort to distance himself from it – reflects Israel's shifting political landscape.

JULY 17, 2026|ByHERB KEINON

Amid reports that the Shas Party could be willing to sit with him in government, Yashar Party head Gadi Eisenkot did not rule out that option entirely. Here, Eisenkot attends the Sagi Laws for Equality Confrence at the Peres Center in Jaffa earlier this week.

President of the Supreme Court Isaac Amit arrives for a hearing on petitions alleging flaws in the legislative process of the Communications Bill at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 13, 2026.

High Court names nine-justice panel to hear petitions on law halting arrest of haredi draft dodgers

The dispute comes after a succession of increasingly forceful High Court judgments on inequality in military service and the government’s failure to enforce the existing draft law.

JULY 16, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Attorney General of Israel Gali Baharav-Miara attends a ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7.

Netanyahu coalition passes controversial law weakening attorney-general's authority

The bill passed in its final second and third readings by a 65-51 vote and is considered to be one of the key pieces of legislation that the coalition has been pushing to pass.

JULY 15, 2026|ByKESHET NEEV, SARAH BEN-NUN

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

Election season in Israel: Important dates to note before voters head to the polls - explainer

Election season in Israel has officially begun, and the 25th Knesset will become the first time since 1988 that elections have been held after a full four-year term.

JULY 13, 2026|BySHIR PERETS

Israeli ministers call for relocation of northern Gaza civilians to combat Hamas

A group of 27 Israeli ministers and MKs urged Prime Minister Netanyahu to implement a plan relocating northern Gaza civilians to combat Hamas.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024ByELIAV BREUER

Palestinians walk next to a destroyed Mosque from an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 9, 2024

Finance Committee begins debate over 2024 budget amendment

The Knesset Finance Committee reviewed a new spending bill by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, aiming to allocate NIS 3.4 billion for war-related issues.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024ByELIAV BREUER

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on June 10, 2024.

Women’s voices will be catalysts for change - opinion

As the DNC in Chicago highlighted the powerful voices of Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey, and more, the contrast in Israel’s political landscape revealed a critical gender imbalance.

AUGUST 28, 2024ByYAEL YECHIELI

The writer speaks during a committee discussion in the Knesset about the demand for equality in Israeli politics.

Israel to hold annual commemoration of October 7 events amid deep divisions - opinion

Israel's new annual commemoration of October 7 has sparked controversy, highlighting deep national divisions as differing views on the events persist.

AUGUST 26, 2024BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev holds a news conference to address the issue of the planned state ceremony commemorating the October 7 massacre, and the controversy surrounding it, in Jerusalem last week.

Smotrich advances extra-budgetary war funds despite Finance min professional warning

Finance Minister Smotrich seeks approval for a NIS 3 billion fund to cover war expenses, sparking internal tension over Israel's budget management.

AUGUST 25, 2024ByEVE YOUNG

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the the The 10th Katif Conference for National Responsibility. August 5, 2024.

What will Israel’s right-wing camp look like in the next election?

The spell that Israel’s longest-serving prime minister has cast on Israeli politics for two decades seems to have ended.

AUGUST 23, 2024ByELIAV BREUER

THEN-PM Naftali Bennett and then-justice minister Gideon Sa’ar in the Knesset in 2022. Could the two join forces to form a new right-wing party?

Coalition leaders begin summer recess with political gains, but without hostages - analysis

Stuck in the middle of these political vicissitudes are the families of the 115 remaining hostages, dead and alive.

JULY 25, 2024ByELIAV BREUER

Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir attends a conference called "Israel's return to the Temple Mount", at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on July 24, 2024.

Ben-Gvir 'totally failed' to curb 'internal threat of Arab Israelis,' Smotrich says

Smotrich said the "internal threat of Arab Israeli's" could not be ignored as he described what he viewed as a multi-pronged Iranian effort to counter Israel.

JUNE 30, 2024ByELIAV BREUER