Opposition

Turkey lurches into political crisis with crackdown on opposition - analysis

Clashes erupted at CHP headquarters in Ankara after a court removed opposition leader Ozgur Ozel, raising fears of a deeper political crisis as Erdogan tightens his grip.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Turkish Court Rules To Remove Opposition Party Head ANKARA, TURKEY - MAY 22: Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel, speaks to the media at CHP headquarters on May 22, 2026, in Ankara, Turkey.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a Jerusalem Day event, May 14, 2026; illustrative.

Over half of Israelis want PM Netanyahu to retire from politics, not run in Knesset election - poll

Poll: 55% of Israelis want Netanyahu to step down, as the coalition drops to 49 seats and the opposition strengthens to a majority.

|ByMOSHE COHEN
MARYAM RAJAVI – clad in colorful hijab – at an event in Ashraf-3 camp, a MEK base in Manza, Albania, 2019.

Iran's 'fake opposition': The controversial campaign to legitimize the MEK

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, one of its most controversial opposition groups, has evolved from a student-led Marxist movement to an exiled organization advocating for regime change.

|ByJONATHAN FELDSTEIN
Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar! party, speaks during the launch of a book in Herzliya, central Israel, April 26, 2026

Eisenkot calls on opposition to secure 'Zionist' majority against Netanyahu

Eisenkot said he reached out on Monday to the parties he described as the “Hope Bloc” follwing the political merger of former prime ministers Bennett and Lapid.

|ByKESHET NEEV

Gantz: Willing to back reasonableness bill if PM agrees to consensus on the rest

Members of both the opposition and coalition rejected Gantz's statement.

JULY 19, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
National Unity head Benny Gantz speaks during a press conference in the Israeli parliament, Jerusalem, on July 19, 2023

Kreuzer elected as coalition representative on Judicial Selection Committee

Justice Minister Yariv Levin set to face growing pressure to convene the Judicial Selection Committee.

JULY 12, 2023ByELIAV BREUER, MICHAEL STARR
A vote for representatives for the judicial selection committee at the plenum of the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 12, 2023.

Protesters, opposition rally around Attorney-General after political attacks

"There is no democracy without an Attorney-General," said the 8200 protest, made up of alumni of the 8200 signal intelligence unit.

JULY 10, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
LEFT: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu RIGHT: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara

National Unity launches campaign to return to talks at President's Residence

The campaign included a video describing what National Unity claimed were the government's upcoming steps regarding judicial reform.

JULY 10, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
MK Benny Gantz attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting on the planned judicial reform, at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on June 25, 2023

Seeking compromise: The way forward after reasonableness clause bill - analysis

The best option for the country now teetering again on the brink of turmoil is for the coalition and the opposition to return to talks.

JULY 9, 2023ByHERB KEINON
President Isaac Herzog leads the first round of judicial reform negotiations in the President's Residence in Jerusalem on March 28, 2023

Israelis, Jews around the world together against reforms - opinion

According to many recent polls, this sinister reform is supported by not more than 40% of Israelis, but it intends to make irreversible changes to Israel’s democracy.

JULY 4, 2023BySARA DOBNER
HEBREW UNIVERSITY students in Jerusalem’s Givat Ram neighborhood protest the proposed judicial reform, in March.

A tale of five balloons: Netanyahu’s version - opinion

Netanyahu poo-pooed all the alleged warnings of the four first opposition leaders, and invented Abbas’s quote - what color is Netanyahu’s balloon, and when will it burst?

JULY 3, 2023BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset last week, as Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana looks on.

There's no way to do Israeli judicial reform without broad consensus - editorial

The need to reform the judiciary is a matter of broad agreement in Israel. The overwhelming majority of Israelis want to see the coalition and the opposition reach agreement via negotiation.

JUNE 22, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Protests against the judicial reform at Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv, May 27, 2023.

Liberman: Opposition, coalition colluded on judicial selection panel vote

Lapid accused Netanyahu of trying to freeze the judicial reform to mollify the US and anti-reform protestors.

JUNE 17, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend the special plenary session opening the winter session of the Knesset, on October 23, 2017.

Netanyahu chose 'war against democracy,' Israeli protest leaders say after Knesset vote

Talks on the reform were set to collapse after the vote on the Judicial Selection Committee was pushed to a repeat vote in a month.

JUNE 14, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Thousands of Israelis gather in Tel Aviv in protest following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, on March 26, 2023.