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


Run as you can

Will Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat run for another term?

Tourism Minister Yariv Levin

Confidence in elected, appointed officials decreasing for Israeli public

Some 53% of all Jewish respondents agreed with the statement that “the religious population is gradually taking control of the state.”

An Israeli casts her ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station

Barak emerges from the recycling bin

Barak quoted an unknown poll that suggested he could beat Netanyahu.

Former prime minister of Israel Ehud Barak

Revised nation-state bill deals with Jewish-democratic imbalance concerns

Some worry that in its current version, the nation-state bill could put religious law ahead of the laws passed by the Knesset.

Special committee to pass the Basic Law: Israel, the Nation-State of the Jewish People committee chairman Amir Ohana (Likud) , Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Tourism Minister Yariv Levin

Here and There: From Whence Cometh the Enemy?

Are we doing enough to equip our Jewish students for what they may face on campus? The answer is a resounding “No.”

A MAN holds two flags as demonstrators at a 2014 pro-Palestinian rally march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City

12 ‘New Likudniks’ booted from party

According to the Likud’s administration, the 12 members booted from the party got their membership through “fraud and deception.”

Likud ballots

One-on-one with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat

'In Jerusalem' in conversation with Jerusalem's mayor.

Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat

Netanyahu vows to complete term, lead Likud to 'big victory' in next elections

Netanyahu, according to senior political officials, believes that he and his wife Sara enjoy a tremendous amount of support among large parts of the public.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Is Netanyahu already on the campaign trail?

With every clap of the crowd, his rivals on the Right and Center hear his possible demise.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tours south Tel Aviv

Netanyahu and Gabbay: Eclipsing expectations?

Netanyahu is laboring despite his probes, while Gabbay labors despite Labor.

Netanyahu and Gabbay