Israeli Election

Without Netanyahu, Likud expected to fall below 20 seats, poll shows

Among opposition voters, 42.4% said Likud would receive 10-20 seats without Netanyahu, while 37.7% said it would fall below 10 seats. Only 8.3% said Likud could still reach 30 or more seats.

|ByMIKI LEVIN
‘THOSE WHO lionize Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will portray the operation as an unmitigated success; those who loathe them will dismiss it as a total failure. The sober truth lies in between.’ Here, Netanyahu speaks to the media in Jerusalem in March.
Former PMs Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid arrive at the launch of their Knesset joint party list, April 26, 2026.

Former PMs Bennett, Lapid hold press conference, launch unified party for Knesset elections

Space has been left for Yashar! leader Gadi Eisenkot to join the former prime ministers' merger as well, Bennett’s office told The Jerusalem Post.

|ByKESHET NEEV, JAMES GENN
Israelis attend a protest against the current Israeli government and the war in Tel Aviv, April 11, 2026.

Likud no longer the largest party in Knesset in latest election poll

At the start of Operation Roaring Lion, Likud held a six-seat lead over Bennett. Since then, however, Likud has lost three seats while Bennett has gained three.

|ByMOSHE COHEN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A GOVERNMENT many assumed could not survive October 7 has, for now, endured. Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the vote on state budget in the Knesset, on Sunday.

By claiming total failure, Israel's opposition hurts itself - and helps Netanyahu

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: The opposition’s critique of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government may be undermining its own credibility.

|ByHERB KEINON

Remembering women’s rights on Int'l Women’s Day - and everyday

Women face uphill climb to equality in the MENA region.

MARCH 8, 2021ByTARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE
People dance and sing during a demonstration to mark International Women's Day in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece, March 8, 2021.

Lapid: Replacing Netanyahu more important than being PM

Gantz ready for Sa'ar, Bennett to be PM.

MARCH 7, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK Yair Lapid speaks during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling on him to quit, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on April 19, 2020.

Israel’s election generates no coverage, interest in US

There has been almost no coverage of the upcoming Israeli election in American media. In other words, the election has generated no interest.

MARCH 6, 2021ByMICAH HALPERN
WORKERS MAKE preparations ahead of the election at the Central Elections Committee’s logistics center in Shoham last month.

Pfizer CEO postpones Israel visit due to 'COVID-19 restrictions'

Bourla was set to land in Israel on Monday for a series of meetings, only 15 days before Israel's next election, which prompted many to criticize the visit as election propaganda.

MARCH 4, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla introduces US President Joe Biden as the president toured a Pfizer manufacturing plant producing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Kalamazoo, Michigan, US, February 19, 2021.

Israel Elections: F-35s, soybeans and politics - what the US gave Israel

Israel heads to the polls again, with parties taking cues from the latest American election.

MARCH 3, 2021ByMIKE WAGENHEIM / THE MEDIA LINE
Drive-by voting in the Israeli election amid the coronavirus pandemic 2021

Haredi impunity and autonomy: Tantamount to insurrection?

‘We will violate the laws of the state’

FEBRUARY 26, 2021ByVIVIAN BERCOVICI
A typical street scene in the bustling modern-day shtetl of Jerusalem's Mea She'arim neighborhood.

Is Naftali Bennett the new kingmaker?

Does Sa’ar have a chance of being Israel’s prime minister? Perhaps, but it might just depend on Naftali Bennett.

FEBRUARY 23, 2021BySTEVE LINDE
NAFTALI BENNETT – his character holds a truly promising advantage: he doesn’t hate.

Israel Elections: Netanyahu needs Yamina, Gantz falls below threshold

Yamina, with 12 seats, would be the eventual kingmaker. The party has not yet committed to sitting under a Netanyahu-led government again.

FEBRUARY 22, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Gideon Sa'ar, Naftali Bennett, or Benjamin Netanyahu: Who is Israel's next prime minister?

Remaining apolitical is like dancing at Orthodox wedding - opinion

Mostly that’s a good thing. We didn’t always enjoy freedom of speech as a people and perhaps now we’re making up for lost time.

FEBRUARY 20, 2021ByANDY GOLDSMITH
Ultra orthodox Jews wear shtreimels to a traditional religious wedding ceremony in Jerusalem.

Israel Elections: Yamina candidate Abir Kara is ready to step up

Abir Kara understands the unsung, hard-working Israeli everyman.

FEBRUARY 18, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN, ZEV STUB
Yamina candidate Abir Kara exchanges fist bumps with party head Naftali Bennett