Israeli politics

Yashar party's Shaul Meridor says Ofer Winter opposed ground operation in Gaza

Shaul Meridor claims Ofer Winter secretly lobbied cabinet members and Netanyahu against the Gaza ground invasion, alleging a contrast with his hawkish public image.

Shaul Meridor (L) and Gadi Eisenkot (R), April 28, 2026.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, votes in Likud party primary elections ahead of Israel’s general election in October, in Jerusalem, Monday, August. 17, 2026.

Israel's Right has judged everyone else. Now it must judge itself - opinion

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

Netanyahu's US trips: $13,000 for hair and makeup, $500 smoking fee, $125 traffic ticket

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with opposition head Yair Lapid, June 17, 2025

Lapid calls on Netanyahu to convene defense budget committee, release NIS 11b. to IDF


Poised to become Israel's youngest MK, Yonatan Shalev wants the October 7 generation to lead

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Israel's potential youngest Knesset member, Yonatan Shalev, speaks on why he believes Naftali Bennett is the man to lead Israel out of its polarization.

Together party member Yonatan Shalev sits down in The Jerusalem Post studio, July 28 2026.

Noam Party rebrands itself ahead of elections, Maoz calls to 'strengthen right-wing bloc'

The party, led by MK Avi Maoz since its founding in 2019, opposes homosexuality, the LGBTQ community in general, and pushes for expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

 Noam head Avi Maoz speaks during a function meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 30, 2023.

Israelis deserve accountability from government, opposition before heading to the polls - editorial

Before Israelis vote on October 27, the government and the opposition must fully disclose wartime decisions, US commitments, and failures since October 7.

(Illustrative) A man casts his ballot at a voting station on the morning of the municipal elections, in Ashdod, February 27, 2024

Beyond the haredi draft: What’s really at stake for Israel’s future - opinion

It would be a national mistake if many make one of the most consequential political decisions of their lives based primarily on anger over a single issue, without considering the much broader impact.

 ‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

What would Menachem Begin say about democracy’s state in today’s Likud? - editorial

As Likud faces an internal battle over primaries and party control, questions are emerging over whether the movement remains true to Menachem Begin’s democratic vision.

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU walks in front of a poster of Menachem Begin at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

Two neighbors, four seats, and the one that decides Israel's next government - analysis

Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel, neighbors in a Judean Hills moshav, may hold the four seats that determine who becomes Israel’s next prime minister.

Yoaz Hendel, head of the Reservists' Party and a former minister, holds a press conference outside Kibbutz Retamim in the central Negev Desert, southern Israel, in February, 2026.

One people cannot survive under two laws: What pushed Israel's deputy FM to resign - opinion

What I taught my daughter on Tisha B’Av – and why I resigned from the government.

Sharren Haskel speaks to the media as she announces her resignation as deputy foreign minister, at the Knesset, on July 14, 2026.

'We want them to feel at home': RZP has done 'a great deal' for olim, Smotrich tells 'Post'

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich tells The Jerusalem Post why new immigrants should support the Religious Zionist Party in the upcoming election.

Finance Minister and Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich at the primary count, Jerusalem, July 26, 2026.

Israel must choose the Declaration of Independence

The coming elections offer Israelis an opportunity not merely to choose another government but to reaffirm the national commitment to the values on which the state was founded

Prof. Uriel Reichman, founding president and chairman of the Board of Reichman University

Between the straits: On Tisha B’Av, Israel must confront its own internal fanaticism - opinion

This year, we will fast and observe the customs of our national day of mourning. We will go through the motions, yet the conclusion is unavoidable: we have forgotten.

Yair Golan addresses the crowd at the Democrats Party primaries in Tel Aviv on July 20, 2026.