Israel Elections

Netanyahu abandoned Israel's security for personal deals with Trump, Liberman claims - interview

Liberman says Netanyahu is prioritizing personal legal interests over national security and rejects any future coalition with ultra-Orthodox parties.

Avigdor Liberman speaks at the Knesset, May 11 2026.
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attend an election event for the join list "Together" ahead of the upcoming elections, alongside their wives, Lihi Lapid and Gilat Bennett, in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 12, 2026.

'Beginning of end of worst gov't in history': Opposition heads react to Knesset dissolution bill

OPPOSITION LEADER Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attend an election event for the joint list “Together” ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, central Israel, May 12, 2026.

Bennett calls to dissolve Knesset, form constitution at kick-off party event with Lapid

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel, 12 March 2025

Herzog urges negotiations toward plea deal in Netanyahu criminal trial


Sa'ar-Gantz party split – here are the winners and losers

While Netanyahu thus received a lifeline for the short-term, political energy is now at a new level and public pressure for an election is likely to increase.

 Gideon Sa'ar & Benny Gantz

Ehud Barak to Foreign Affairs: Israel has a leadership vacuum

Former prime minister, Ehud Barak, explains Netanyahu's failures since the beginning of the war and calls both the voters and Lapid, Gantz, and Eisenkot to call for early elections.

 Ehud Barak addresses a protest against the government.

Israel's Left needs to unify like their right-wing counterparts - comment

Ultimately, however, if there is anything to be taken away from the municipal elections this week, it is that the Left needs to learn the strategy of unity if they wish to succeed.

 REELECTED JERUSALEM Mayor Moshe Lion celebrates victory, early Wednesday morning. Whether it be Jerusalem, Netanya, Ra’anana, Bat Yam, Holon, Ashdod, Tiberias, Safed, Arad, Elad, or many more, right-wing parties enjoyed a sweeping win across the country, the writer notes.

For the first time in Israel, a transgender woman was elected as a city council member

Weinberg, 65, will be serving as a city council member in the town of Kiryat Tivon, southeast of Haifa. She is a mother of two and also a grandmother.

 The Ruth lookout in Kiryat Tivon.

Best activities for the day of the elections for the local authorities

Woodwork in Golan, paintball in Ma'ale Adumim, support at Dizengoff Center, Ben-Gurion barracks visit, plus post-vote entertainment recommendations.

 Ben Gurion Barracks

Elections for local authorities: all the activities that await you

Experience nature trips, visits to national parks, and workshops as you spend local election day with the whole family from north to south.

 Tel Amal Wall and Tower

Israel Politics: Polls remain steady, leaving Smotrich out of Knesset

The poll shows that this week there were slight deviations of one seat among some of the parties, but no change between the blocs.

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

Municipal Elections – a Basic Guide

Elections for local authorities, first scheduled for October 31, were postponed twice due to the October 7 massacre and subsequent nation-wide draft of hundreds of thousands of reservists.

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

Former Netanyahu confidant: Israel's PM has changed, it's time for elections

In this interview with Netanyahu's former media adviser, Shai Bazak discusses his opinions on the prime minister's policies, the Israel-American partnership, and antisemitism abroad.

 Shai Bazak

'JPost' election poll: New party of IDF reservists shakes up Israeli politics

According to the poll, a reservists’ party headed by Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) would win eight seats.

 How many seats would a new party of reservists receive, if headed by: