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Bennett doubles down on mandatory haredi enlistment, blames current gov't for lack of IDF soldiers

"Draft evasion is costing the lives of our soldiers," the former prime minister said during an interview on Radio 103FM.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN
Naftali Bennett at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit Tel Aviv overnight, causing heavy damage, March 1, 2026.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, February 17, 2026

Ex-PM Bennett slams Likud MKs for not opposing haredi draft bill, breaking coalition discipline

“The reservists are being abandoned because they don’t have a lobby in Likud. The mark of disgrace for abandoning IDF soldiers will be branded on every coalition member,” Bennett said.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their vote during the elections for the Likud Central Committee, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, November 25, 2025

Likud Party accuses A-G, police of being 'deep state,' conducting 'illegal, targeted witch hunt'

The statement claimed that members of “the Israeli deep state and its operatives” are attempting to intimidate Likud ministers, Knesset members, and senior officials.

|ByANNA BARSKY
TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev once stated: 'What is a public broadcaster worht if we cannot control it?'

Railway to nowhere: How Miri Regev, Likud politics stalled Israel’s role in IMEC corridor - opinion

A regional rail project that could generate billions has been stalled by a narrow Likud power struggle.

|ByNIMROD DWECK

Netanyahu appoints Shelly to be PMO Director-General, Fuchs as Cabinet Secretary

PM Netanyahu appointed two trusted officials to important non-ministerial positions in the new government.

DECEMBER 29, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
PM Netanyahu at the swearing-in ceremony of the new government in the Knesset, December 29 2022.

Depth of distrust between Netanyahu and coalition partners on display - analysis

Four laws are being fast-tracked through the Knesset's legislative process, using the incoming coalition's Knesset majority.

DECEMBER 20, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Likud Head MK Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 19, 2022.

President Herzog grants Netanyahu 10 more days to form coalition

Herzog awarded Netanyahu a ten-day extension to the initial 28 days, which expires on Sunday at midnight.

DECEMBER 9, 2022ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog presents a letter to MK Benjamin Netanyahu, giving him a mandate to try to form a government coalition, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, on Sunday

United Torah Judaism signs coalition agreement with Likud

The Likud has now signed partial agreements with Otzma Yehudit, the Religious Zionist Party, Noam and UTJ – but not Shas.

DECEMBER 7, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
United Torah Judaism MKs Yitzchak Goldknopf and Moshe Gafni sign a coalition agreement with Likud, December 6, 2022.

Avi Maoz is alienating even Likud members

National unity, if it ever arrives, will have to wait for a much later phase and very different circumstances.

DECEMBER 5, 2022BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
MK AVI Maoz attends a discussion in the Knesset plenum, last month.

Likud begins process to replace Knesset speaker

Breakthrough in negotiations between the Likud and the Religious Zionist Party announced.

NOVEMBER 29, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Head of the Religious Zionist Party MK Bezalel Smotrich speaks next to Head of opposition Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting with the opposition parties at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, on June 28, 2021.

Netanyahu gives crash course in Machiavellian politics - analysis

Smotrich is now on the receiving end of what the Center-Left has called the "poison machine" – and, despite his experience, he is still taken aback.

NOVEMBER 24, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
MK BENJAMIN NETANYAHU appears at his book launch event in Jerusalem on Monday

Coalition talks stalled as factions quarrel in new Knesset

Netanyahu met with Arye Deri and Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday, with Deri continuing to insist on the Finance Ministry.

NOVEMBER 16, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE, SHIRA SILKOFF
Far-right Israeli lawmakers Itamar Ben Gvir, center, and Bezalel Smotrich, right, attend the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament, at the Knesset, or parliament, in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022.

Ben-Gvir, Smotrich will coordinate negotiations for gov't positions

Remaining a united bloc will allow Smotrich to negotiate for the top cabinet positions, namely defense, justice, or finance minister.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Then-head of the National Union party MK Betzalel Smotrich and attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir attend Otzma Yehudit party's election campaign event in Bat Yam on April 06, 2019.

Netanyahu uses empty voting centers photos from 2019 to encourage voting

The message shared by the Likud leader stated that right-wing voting percentages were down used photos from the 2019 elections to illustrate his point.

NOVEMBER 1, 2022BySHIRA SILKOFF
RIGHT: Photo from the September 2019 elections shared by then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. LEFT: The same image is shared again by Netanyahu, only this time he claimed it to be from November 2022.