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MK Elazar Stern leaves Yesh Atid party, announces he will resign from Knesset

Stern has been a member of the Yesh Atid party since 2015, and has previously served as the Intelligence Minister in 2021-2022.

MK Elazar Stern speaks during a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, July 13, 2026.
MK Boaz Bismuth, chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, September 17, 2025.

Netanyahu halts meetings on haredi draft bill, sparking opposition fury

  MK Elazar Stern attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 26, 2024.

Guy Lerer, Channel 13 to pay NIS 410,000 in damages to Elazar Stern for defamation, court rules

 Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid seen with MK Elazar Stern at a press conference in Tel Aviv

Yesh Atid MK defies Lapid, calls for unity government with Netanyahu


Regev fires back at Yesh Atid MK for saying she slept her way to the top

At a Knesset debate on Monday, Stern called out Regev, claiming that he "knows how she advanced in the army."

Culture Minister Miri Regev holds up #YouToo sign, condemning Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern.

Historic anti-Pay for Slay bill passes into law

The law passed in its final reading by a vote of 87 to 15, with the support of MKs from every faction, except for Meretz and the Joint List.

The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee votes on a bill meant to discourage the Palestinian Authority from continuing to pay terrorists

To waver or not to waiver on terrorism

Congress is trying to stop PA pay for slay, now it’s time for the Israeli government to get serious, too.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during his meeting with Britain's Prince William in Ramallah, June 27, 2018

Victory begins at home

The Israel Victory Project’s new approach to the decades-old Israel Palestinian conflict has garnered support both in Israel and the US; on July 4, its ideas will be presented to the public.

CONGRESSMAN BILL JOHNSON, one of the co- chairs of the Congressional Israel Victory Caucus,  signs the joint declaration with Knesset Israel Victory Caucus co-chairs MKs Oded Forer and Avraham Neguise, and Prof. Daniel Pipes (in the background), at a joint meeting of the CIVC and the KIVC in Congres

Bill to punish Palestinians for pay-for-slay scheme heads to final vote

“This bill fixes a historic injustice,” Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern, who proposed the bill, said. “This is a bill that will reduce terrorism.”

Palestinian gunmen in Shuafat carry weapons during a funeral march for a Palestinian terrorist, shot dead by police after stabbing two Israelis in Jerusalem’s Old City

Yesh Atid asks Court to change law so Gantz can run

The law, which was passed in 2007, has prevented IDF chiefs of staff and other generals from going straight from the army to the Knesset like many of their predecessors.

Benny Gantz

Israel’s Tango between Religion and State

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MK Stern calls on Bennett ‘to use all his political power’ to resolve crisis

No progress by rabbinate since April on creating criteria for certifying overseas rabbis.

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Fighting for the future of religious life in Israel

MK Elazar Stern discusses the future of religious life in Israel, the importance of its liberalization, and the dangers of alienating Diaspora Jewry.

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'Israel is home to all Jews;

MK Elazar Stern on the future of religious life in Israel, the importance of religious liberalization, and the threat of alienating Diaspora Jewry.

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