Itamar Ben-Gvir
Likud weighs reserving slot for Smotrich as RZP risks falling below electoral threshold
Senior Likud figures are discussing whether bringing Bezalel Smotrich onto the party's slate could help preserve religious-Zionist support if his party struggles to clear the electoral threshold.
HRF claims Ben-Gvir canceled UN police summit visit over legal complaints
A political jungle: What international media will get wrong about Israel's 2026 election - opinion
Liberal Jewish groups plan UN protest against possible Ben-Gvir visit
Grapevine, May 26, 2026: Crossing redlines
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
The battle over the narrative - opinion
Perhaps we ought to stop being so self-righteous when we are called upon to look at ourselves.
Hanged effigies of Trump, Netanyahu paraded through Montreal by anti-Israel groups
The effigies drew outrage from Canadian politicians and Jewish community groups, angered by footage of an effigy of a figure with a white kippah.
Did Israel win the Iran war? The Jerusalem Dispatch hosts aren't so sure
Fishing nets against Hezbollah drones, a JCPOA rerun, and Netanyahu's election scramble. The Jerusalem Dispatch on whether Israel actually won the Iran war.
Ben-Gvir pushes to intensify fighting in Lebanon, opposition calls Iran deal ‘disaster'
Ben-Gvir said that he was calling on Netanyahu to phone US President Donald Trump and "make it clear that the State of Israel is not willing to accept" Hezbollah's drone attacks.
Why ICC going after Smotrich is a bigger deal than going after Netanyahu - analysis
Without major changes in Israeli policy, the arrest warrant against Smotrich could be Israel's darkest legal hour, with cascading consequences the likes of which cannot be foreseen.
Herzog calls out 'brutalization' in Israeli society, Ben-Gvir says he is 'not fit to be president'
Among the examples of the ongoing and spreading violence, Herzog cited the increasing murder rate among Arab Israelis, as well as the violence caused by "a lawless mob in Judea and Samaria."
The war exposed Israel’s broken politics, resilient society - opinion
The war showed the strength of Israeli society and the growing weakness of its political institutions.
Ben-Gvir's harassment of GSF activists was wrong, and gave critics what they wanted - editorial
Since October 7, Israel has been fighting not only a military war, but also a political and diplomatic one. A government minister who repeatedly sabotages that effort is a liability.
Spanish police filmed beating Gaza flotilla activists as Jerusalem jabs back at Madrid
Israel demanded answers from Madrid over the treatment of the activists, days after Spain summoned Israel’s representative over Ben-Gvir’s controversial video taunting detained flotilla members.
