Knesset

Knesset dissolution first reading vote set for Monday, election date yet to be determined

Opposition coordinator MK Meirav Ben-Ari (Yesh Atid) pushed for progress on the Knesset dissolution bill, which proposes determining the election date in the committee debates.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir with Member of Knesset Ofir Katz at a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, May 27, 2026.
DIRECTOR GENERAL of the Zionist Council Oz Haim.

Yesh Atid appoints Zionist Council head Oz Haim to Knesset, replacing MK Toporovsky

A plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, May 27, 2026.

Knesset advances ultra-Orthodox daycare subsidy bill after haredi threat to back Oct. 7 probe

Justice Minister Yariv Levin, MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionist Party), and MK Yulia Malinovsky hold joint press conference in Knesset ahead of upcoming vote on bill to publicly prosecute Oct. 7 terrorists, Sunday May 10, 2026.

Levin tells High Court advancing permanent district court appointments not realistic pre-elections


Bennett warns Netanyahu over draft evasion, IDF manpower issues during Knesset visit

Former PM Naftali Bennett sharply criticized Netanyahu over the IDF manpower crisis, draft evasion, and the outgoing government’s controversial draft bill.

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett gives a press conference in the Knesset, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

Was Ahmadinejad in the running to be reinstated?

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. 

THEN-IRANIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends a UN General Assembly meeting on rule of law in 2012.

Coalition's bill to dissolve Knesset passes preliminary reading amid crisis over haredi draft bill

Passage of the bill would begin the process to move the election date forward slightly from October 27.

Knesset members are seen speaking with eachother as the coalition’s bill to dissolve the Knesset passed its preliminary reading on May 20, 2026 in the Knesset plenum.

IDF warns of urgent manpower shortage as haredi draft bill debates resume amid coalition crisis

The renewed dissensions came amid the crisis in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition with the ultra-Orthodox parties over the legislation.

Brig.-Gen. Shai Tayeb is seen speaking  as Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee discusses advancing the controversial haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft bill on May 20, 2026.

Knesset panel advances contentious bill to split role of attorney-general ahead of first reading

The bill was approved by the committee in a unanimous vote, with nine in favor.

Members of the  Knesset's Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee vote on the measure

Avi Maoz: Chief Rabbinate control over prayer is the only way to protect Western Wall - interview

The bill seeks to grant the Rabbinate authority to determine prayer arrangements at the Western Wall. It also proposes that the Chief Rabbinate would be considered the representative of Judaism.

MK Avi Maoz, leader of the far-right Noam Party, speaks with the Jerusalem Post on May 17, 2026.

End the haredi kingmaker era or watch the state unravel - opinion

Across the political spectrum, the public will not forget how the haredi political machine conducted itself during this war.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen walking past haredi lawmaker Yitzhak Goldknopf, at the Prime Minister’s Office in 2023.

Lapid warns Likud MKs backing haredi draft bill from Netanyahu pressure will ‘not fall under radar'

He said that in the past two days, Netanyahu and his office have been exerting a massive pressure campaign on coalition MKs to convince them to support the draft legislation. 

Opposition leader Yair Lapid at faction press conference in the Knesset, Monday, May 17, 2026.

Netanyahu's coalition 'massively pressuring' MKs to vote for haredi draft bill, Haskel tells 'Post'

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.”

Deputy Minister MK Sharren Haskel attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, December 2, 2025.

Former interior minister Moshe Arbel announces his resignation from Knesset

Arbel thanked Deri and the other members of Shas "for their trust and guidance over the years" and said it was "a great privilege that fell to me to learn from you up close."

Moshe Arbel.