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Netanyahu's Likud falls to lowest position since June 2025 as Eisenkot reaches new heights - poll
A new Maariv poll shows Likud at its weakest level since June 2025, while Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar reaches a record 23 seats and Bennett maintains his lead over Netanyahu in the prime ministerial race.
New haredi party launches, aiming to secure spot in Knesset ahead of elections
Why Gadi Eisenkot is rejecting the haredi political embrace that once helped Netanyahu win
Netanyahu's coalition falls to 48 seats, opposition gets 62 seats after legislative blitz - poll
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.”
Haredi conscription debate threatens long-standing Israeli coalitions - opinion
Ultra-Orthodox parties face mounting political backlash as Israel’s war strains the reserve system and coalition stability.
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."
Haredi parties may push elections as Netanyahu loses leverage - analysis
The political alliance that was once considered Netanyahu’s most stable anchor, his exclusive political asset, can no longer be taken for granted.
'May God kill, destroy the judges,' Yitzhak Yosef denounces ruling restricting Western Wall prayers
Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef criticizes the High Court’s decision restricting Passover prayers at the Western Wall, calling the judges "heretics" and "Shabbat desecrators."
Knesset passes law expanding powers of Israel’s rabbinic courts to arbitrate civil matters
Under the law, rabbinical courts may act as arbitrators only with the consent of all parties.
Shas fills local rabbi posts with loyalists, sidelining community choice - opinion
Shas moves quickly to fill rabbinic vacancies, sidelining candidates who fit their cities.
Knesset advances bill granting Chief Rabbinate authority over Western Wall prayer
The bill passed by a margin of 56-47 and will now be discussed in Knesset committee meetings. It will still need to undergo three more plenum readings to become a law.
Knesset panel advances bill to expand rabbinical courts’ power over civil matters
Critics have warned of the bill's democratic implications, including those involving women's rights, which may deepen the rift between the haredi and secular communities.
High Court: Israeli gov't must explain why it funds haredi schools without core studies
The order, issued in a petition filed by Hiddush, demands that the Education and Finance ministries explain why state funding is not conditioned on the teaching of core-curriculum subjects.
