Israel political situation

Arab Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad joins Winter's People of Israel, aims to be hasbara minister

Haddad argued that public diplomacy is inseparable from Israel's national security, saying he aimed to be Israel’s next public diplomacy minister and the first Arab member of the security cabinet.

Arab Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad joins the Amcha Yisrael Party on August 25, 2026.
Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat casts his vote at a polling station during the Likud party’s internal elections in Jerusalem, July 27, 2026; illustrative.

Economy Minister Barkat hires private investigators to ensure there is no fraud at Likud primaries

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli president Isaac Herzog attend a state ceremony reburying Shimon and Rivka Herzl, the grandparents of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern political Zionism, alongside their grandson on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem.

Who will succeed Netanyahu? Likud members back Ohana as party primaries loom - poll

 President Isaac Herzog poses with the 37th government of Israel, December 29, 2022.

I do not want Israel to have a Zionist government. It needs a democratic one - opinion


Who is Tal Gan-Zvi, Bennett's outgoing bulldozer chief of staff?

Over the last 10 years, Gan-Zvi was the bulldozer who led and pushed through the reforms that Bennett outlined.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Chief of Staff Tal Gan-Zvi

Bennett's chief of staff Tal Gan-Zvi steps down in latest sign of coalition trouble

Gan-Zvi has been at Bennett’s side since 2012. “He was the ultimate loyalist,” one former colleague said.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Chief of Staff Tal Gan-Zvi

Does passing budget guarantee Lapid will be PM? - analysis

Could recent political developments see Likud return to power in as little as two years?

 Foreign Minister Yair Lapid seen during a memorial ceremony marking 26 years since the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on October 18, 2021.

Israeli society threatened by partisanship - editorial

Yitzhak Rabin’s murder was supposed to have served as a cold-water-in-the-face wake-up call that how we relate to one another needs to drastically change. 

Israelis gather at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv for a remembrance ceremony marking 25 years since the assassination of late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, held on November 7, 2020.

Can Israel calm the storm brewing over Jerusalem? -analysis

This is the time for Israel to be smart, not only right.

Palestinians protest during an anti-Israel protest over tension in Jerusalem, in Gaza City, April 24, 2021.

Israel left in limbo as political deadlock left unresolved - analysis

None of the sides reached an agreement on how to share power and form a government in initial talks.

Israel Elections: A polling station in Jerusalem, as Israelis vote in their general elections, on March 23, 2021.

What will Palestinian elections mean for Israel?

Palestinian elections at this time could conceivably be a time of renewal, a time for stock-taking and new thinking.

CAN THEY work together to form a coalition? Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid in the Knesset in 2013.

Protesters go political: 'Democratic Party' launches at Balfour protest

"Starting Saturday - the social upheaval becomes a political force."

Founder of the 'Democratic' party Prof. Ehud Shapiro announces the launch of the party during Saturday's protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Balfour Street, Jerusalem on Saturday, January 9, 2020.

WATCH LIVE: 4th Jewish Interactive Media Summit kicks off

The Jerusalem Post's health correspondent Maayan Hoffman joins a panel of experts to talk world disasters and antisemitism

4th Jewish Interactive Media Summit

IDF releases teen imprisoned for refusing to enlist

"We have all grown up in a world where we have been taught to fear and to distance ourselves from the other side, but I believe there is another way to face the complex reality in which we live."

Conscientious objectors Yasmin Ricci-Yahav (Left) and Maya Brand-Feigenbaum (right)