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Israel’s election is being cast as a historic showdown - but four trends tell a different story

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: From rivalries within political blocs to polls that shape voter choices and coalition red lines, four trends reveal the challenges facing Israel’s next government.

OCTOBER 23, 2026|ByHERB KEINON

‘Politicians should leave room for compromise before the election, rather than making absolute promises they may have to abandon afterward for the good of the country.’ Will the challenge of building Israel’s next coalition government fall to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Gadi Eisenkot?

Palestinians hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron October 16, 2000.

On this day: Second Intifada triggered following Ariel Sharon's visit to Temple Mount

In total, more than 1,000 Israelis were killed by Palestinian terrorist attacks, which included suicide bombings, shootings, stabbings, and car ramming.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2026|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026

Will Israel's 2026 election represent Liberman’s swan song? – opinion

The chair of Yisrael Beytenu still has one more goal to achieve before he bids farewell to his illustrious political career.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2026|ByORI WERTMAN

'My Israeli Journey': Shaul Mofaz recounts battles, politics, and family - review

My Israeli Journey one of the most accurate, non-academic records of the years in which Mofaz served in the IDF and in his post-army service to his country.

MARCH 21, 2026|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Israel grants legal status to 19 West Bank settlements, including two vacated in 2005 disengagement

The move follows government approval on Wednesday for the construction of 764 housing units across three settlements in the West Bank.

DECEMBER 16, 2025ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM, REUTERS

An Israeli flag flutters, with Ma'aleh Adumim is visible in the background, in the West Bank, August 14, 2025.

How the Second Intifada built the walls that failed on October 7 - analysis

Ariel Sharon’s Temple Mount visit sparked the Second Intifada, reshaping Israel’s security - and setting the stage for October 7.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

ARIEL SHARON visits the Temple Mount in 2000.

The Gaza Disengagement: Sharon's strategic mistake and its cost – opinion

Ariel Sharon’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza created an opportunity for Hamas to rise, leading to devastating consequences for both Israelis and Palestinians.

AUGUST 9, 2025ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

THEN-PRIME MINISTER Ariel Sharon addresses the cabinet at a meeting in 2004, ahead of a vote on approving a Gaza pullout. Let’s not forget a key cause of our ongoing disaster – Sharon’s 2005 ‘disengagement’ from Gaza, the writer charges.

It began in Neveh Dekalim: How the Gaza Disengagement led to judicial reform

For Religious Zionists, who link Torah, people, and land, the state’s bulldozers felt like a theological betrayal.

AUGUST 1, 2025ByZVIKA KLEIN

A GIRL is evacuated from Neveh Dekalim, Aug. 2005.

Love among the yurts, and the charm of 'Too Much': What to watch on TV in Israel

Check out the series, movies and shows hitting Israel's screens this week.

JULY 18, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

Lebanon’s long overdue reckoning - opinion

Hezbollah’s claims about Israel's colonial ambitions in Lebanon do not stand the test of Israel-Lebanon’s history.

JULY 10, 2025ByROBERT RABIL

HEZBOLLAH LEADER Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers an address earlier this year. Recently he affirmed that ‘liberation is a duty, no matter how long it takes.’

We need to talk about the two state solution - opinion

Establishing a Palestinian state has been a feature of Israeli rhetoric since the 1990s, and the majority of prime ministers have expressed willingness to agree to it, under certain conditions.

MARCH 4, 2024ByELIE PODEH