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Editor's Notes: Israel turned right after Oct. 7, Bennett turned left - comment

The cultural tide has turned harder than the political class wants to admit, and it has turned in a direction Bennett’s new vehicle was not built to ride.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
Bennett saw what Israelis wanted. He chose the opposite. Then-prime minister Yair Lapid with alternate prime minister Naftali Bennett at a government cabinet meeting in 2022.
Yair Lapid, leader of the opposition in the Israeli government joins a rally supporting the Israeli military draft and calling for ultra-Orthodox Jews to enlist for military service, in Jerusalem on January 15, 2026.

Lapid slams government for advancing controversial legislation during wartime, harming unity

The government has been advancing a law it claims will conscript haredim into the IDF. “They promised us, they told reporters that they would only bring laws related to the war,” Lapid said.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Opposition leader MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 9, 2026

Lapid says Netanyahu falsified security protocols to deflect Oct. 7 blame, urges investigation

“The recommendations of Ronen Bar and Herzi Halevi came following particularly urgent and serious intelligence warnings about Hamas preparing for combat in Gaza,” Lapid said.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Yair Lapid and Gadi Eisenkot embrace at draft law protests in Jerusalem on January 15, 2026.

Gadi Eisenkot pushing for unified list with Bennett, Lapid to rival Netanyahu's Likud

Eisenkot’s office confirmed his proposal to the rival party leaders to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, after it was initially reported on N12. 

|ByKESHET NEEV, TOBIAS HOLCMAN

QUIZ: How well do you know Israeli politics?

As Israel heads to its third election in 12 months we ask: How well do you know your Israeli politics, parties and leaders?

FEBRUARY 2, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IF IT takes another round of elections to get the Likud to act, let it be.