Elections

Israel must prepare its Joshua Generation for the post-Netanyahu era - opinion

Israel has become a military, technological, and economic powerhouse. Yet as its strategic strength has reached historic heights, its international legitimacy has increasingly come under attack.

THE KNESSET during a meeting on December 24, 2025.
Yousef Jabareen attends Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2026.

Arab parties’ Joint List deal collapses as Tibi rejects proposed Knesset slate

Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman attends the Herzliya conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, June 30, 2026.

Israel is undermining election oversight without a state comptroller - opinion

People at polling station during the Likud party internal elections in Tel Aviv, July 27, 2026.

Netanyahu ally predicts half of Likud lawmakers will lose seats, 'watch Knesset on TV'


Civil rights association demands end to initiative preventing citizens from returning to Israel

The association’s action followed reports that senior Transportation Ministry officials were considering measures intended to prevent Israeli citizens living abroad from arriving on charter flights.

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

Upcoming election 'most consequential' in history, Democrats MK Lazimi tells ‘Post’ - interview

Lazimi received the second slot on the Democrats' list after the internal primaries took place, during which more than 97,000 registered members of the party cast their ballots.

MK Naama Lazimi attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 8, 2026.

Michigan's Senate race tests pro-Israel Jews' loyalty to Democratic Party

The state’s upcoming US Senate primary is making many deeply uneasy. Many a Jew in the mitten state is pulling for pro-Israel centrist US Rep. Haley Stevens to win on Aug. 4. 

Abdul El-Sayed campaigns for the U.S. Senate at the Michigan Democratic Nominating Convention in Detroit, Michigan, April 19, 2026.

Bennett meets 30 women's orgs. leaders, pledges policy overhaul for women ahead of elections

He met with the women leaders to help shape the Together Party’s policy on women, which he said would be led by MK Meirav Cohen and Liran Avisar Ben Horin.

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett gives a press conference in the Knesset, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

Tisha B'Av is not just about mourning but preserving the Jewish people - opinion

The Jewish people face a period of profound tumult. Elections loom in both Israel and the United States. Debates over security, democracy, and the balance of power have grown bitter.

An ultra-Orthodox jew prays at the Westen Wall July 17, 2002 on Tisha B'Av

The story that traps us: Why Israel's and Palestine's elections need a new conversation - opinion

The coming elections may open a political door unlike any we have seen for a generation.

An elderly Palestinian man fills out his ballot before casting his vote at a polling station during municipal elections in the West Bank city of Hebron on April 25, 2026.

Thank goodness: The 25th Knesset has ended its days - opinion

All one can say is that hopefully the 26th Knesset will be less chaotic, less embarrassing, and more productive than the outgoing Knesset.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.

A-G warns outgoing government against irreversible decisions before elections

The attorney-general cited concerns identified in High Court rulings that a government operating during an election period may prioritize “narrow party interests” over the public interest.

Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 9, 2026.

Likud loses ground as poll shows opposition gains, resistance to legislative blitz - poll

A new poll found 49% would back the anti-Netanyahu bloc, compared with 36% for Netanyahu’s bloc, while 12% remain undecided and 3% support neither camp.

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

AIPAC removes donation options for House Democrats who voted to cut aid to Israel on site

While the Democrats were still listed as “pro-Israel” members of Congress on AIPAC’s political donations page, the option of donating to them was unavailable. 

AIPAC, the cornerstone of pro-Israel advocacy in the United States for decades, is increasingly concerned about which candidates to support in upcoming elections.