Politics

Editor's Notes: Documentary filmed weeks before Oct. 7 essential viewing for elections years later

We know what talking about each other instead of talking to each other costs in a way no generation of Israelis has ever known. We cannot afford to learn it twice.

Dismantles anti-Israel propaganda: Soul of a Nation
Yoav Segalovitz, former deputy public security minister attends Internal security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on November 8, 2021

MK Yoav Segalovitz announces resignation from Knesset, departure from Yesh Atid party

US President Donald Trump gives thumbs-up as he walks from Marine One to board Air Force One, July 31, 2026; illustrative.

Trump clashes with Hegseth over munition shortages, slams 'communist' El-Sayed

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on at a House Judiciary Select Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee hearing, examining the Missouri v. Biden case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2023.

US Health Secretary RFK Jr.: 'I don't have a gag reflex, I'll literally eat anything'


Mahmoud Abbas's election promise won't bring democracy to Palestinians - opinion

It would be naïve to assume that Mahmoud Abbas’ announcement of elections is a sign of democratization

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah (L) and Hamas politburo member Khalil al-Hayya.

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.

Israel First Party can unite Netanyahu, Eisenkot to govern together, Haskel tells 'Post'

Haskel said that she would consider alliances with those who see themselves as able to be part of a broad Zionist government and would be willing to sit in a government with Netanyahu.

MK Sharren Haskel speaks to The Jerusalem Post, July 28, 2026.

High Court maintains freeze on law limiting enforcement against haredi draft dodgers

The interim order issued on Tuesday followed a hearing held just a few hours earlier, during which the nine-member panel heard from the different sides represented in the case.

The Supreme Court convenes to maintain the freeze on the law limiting enforcement against haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft dodgers, July 28, 2026.

Under Netanyahu, Meir Kahane’s doctrine has contaminated Likud - opinion

The Left convinced themselves and others that the gun tucked into Arafat's belt would no longer be used for killing, that he now carried an olive branch, and that he had abandoned his grand vision...

 Rabbi Meir Kahane at a New York news conference, Aug. 31, 1984.

US Senator McConnell discharged from hospital but not yet 'cleared' to return to work

“I’m still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors’ orders," McConnell said in a statement.

Senator Mitch McConnell and Secretary Elaine Chao on Sunday, July 26, 2026.

Likud approves expanding Netanyahu’s control over party list, allowing him to secure top slots

The vote also comes after Likud’s top internal court rejected a Netanyahu-backed provision that would have allowed the party to cancel its Knesset primaries in the event of a security escalation.

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

A-G asks High Court to freeze law separating police investigations unit from prosecution

The A-G warned that the law would create a “political prosecution unit” capable of intimidating police officers, investigators, prosecutors and journalists.

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

Knesset to High Court: Judicial-selection overhaul does not justify striking down Basic Law

Under the current system, the committee includes three Supreme Court justices, two ministers, two MKs, and two representatives of the Israel Bar Association.

Opposition members of Israel's Knesset leave during a preliminary vote to establish a political commission of inquiry, December 24, 2025; Illustrative.

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.