Opposition

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

A final Maariv poll shows the opposition widening its lead, with Eisenkot ahead of Netanyahu and 60% of Israelis favoring a unity government.

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.
Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, with party members following the announcement of the results of The Democrats party primaries ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2026.

Yair Golan vows to replace Netanyahu, backs coalition with Arab party Ra'am - interview

 Likud MK Boaz Bismuth leads a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, January 27, 2026

Bismuth warns Israel’s enemies may attack on Election Day as Knesset defense committee meets

Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, speaks during an election campaign rally in Haifa, September 23, 2026

Israel's opposition will not defeat Netanyahu by focusing on October 7 - opinion


Israelis split on whether gov't achieved its war goals in fight against Hamas, poll finds

Nearly half of survey respondents (45%) said that the government is partially meeting the war goals. Another 8% responded that it was fully meeting them.

 Israel's military operates in the Gaza Strip during a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, on November 27, 2023

Katz to FADC: My bill will bring tens of thousands of haredim into IDF

Katz said that over seven years, his bill would succeed at integrating tens of thousands of haredim into the military. Opposition MKs accused him of ignoring the IDF's needs.

 Defense Minister Israel Katz and MK Yuli Edelstein at the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 14, 2025.

Benny Gantz willing to discuss judicial appointments outline with gov't ministers

The National Unity leader is the first among opposition leaders to express a willingness to discuss the proposal to change the composition of the Judicial Appointments Committee.

National Unity chairman MK Benny Gantz holds a faction meeting in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, December 9, 2024

Israeli opposition makes slight gain, holds majority over Netanyahu's coalition - poll

According to the survey, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition earned just 48 seats.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former prime minister Naftali Bennett. (Illustrative)

Russian dissident Gorinov gets three more years in prison for 'justifying terrorism'

The defense said the other inmates had tried to provoke Gorinov into making political comments during secretly recorded conversations.

 Moscow city councillor Alexei Gorinov holds a placard reading "Do you still need this war?" as he stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia July 8, 2022

Likud emerges as largest party in new Channel 13 poll, public split on Gaza war

Additionally, the majority of the public supports a hostage deal instead of a continuation of the war in Gaza.

 Netanyahu in the Likud faction meeting

Bennett overtakes Netanyahu: New poll shows Likud slipping amid political shift - poll

“After weeks of upward movement, Likud’s rise has been halted, dropping two seats to 24,” the poll indicates.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Naftali Bennet

Germany's Scholz vows tougher asylum rules after suspected Islamist attack

The attack puts pressure on Scholz as his Social Democrats, alongside their Green and Free Democrat coalition partners, bruised from months of quarreling, are trailing in the polls.

 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German Federal Government Spokesman and Head of the Federal Government's Press and Information Office Steffen Hebestreit attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023.

Netanyahu leads Gantz as coalition gains ground in new poll

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu maintained a slight lead over Benny Gantz in favorability for the prime minister role.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's residence in Jerusalem on April 26, 2023

Opposition strikes down coalition law after Otzma Yehudit absent from plenum

Israel's government removed the next three bills from the plenum's agenda after realizing they no longer had a majority.

 Yesh Atid MK Yair Lapid speaks at the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, on August 14, 2024