Coalition

Haskel told The Jerusalem Post that over the weekend, “phone calls were made to almost all coalition members in order to check their positions and pressure them to vote on the conscription law.”

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

On Tuesday, Rabbi Dov Lando, the spiritual leader of the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Degel Hatorah faction, gave a green light to work toward dissolving the Knesset “as soon as possible.”

The glass ceiling is more political than societal, despite the persistence of racism and mistrust among some Israeli Jews.

The bill, which would give ministers and the government far broader control, would apply to a long list of senior posts, including any post requiring government approval.

When we breakdown the data, what looks like national unity turns out to be two markedly different understandings of the war, imagined by two different publics.

Bennett asks us to support him once again to implement better leadership, but when he had the chance, he did nothing substantial.

Israeli Arabs are simply no longer a monolith - a growing sub-sector has emerged, especially in mixed cities, that is culturally quite “Israeli.”

Coalition sources told Walla the commissioner is “susceptible to pressure,” which is why he has not dismissed Doron.

Israel needs unity and renewed common purpose. Gantz is the politician who most credibly embodies that aspiration. That is why his campaign is gaining traction.