Elections

The world is watching Israel’s election while ignoring the Palestinian one - opinion

Global media is closely scrutinizing Israel's election while overlooking Palestinian elections that could empower Hamas or Marwan Barghouti and reshape the region.

YASSER ABBAS attends the results announcement of Fatah’s Eighth General Conference, in Ramallah, May 18.
Members of the Likud party gather at a polling station for the primary elections of their party ahead of the country’s national elections, in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026.

Israeli citizens abroad push to gain voting rights for upcoming elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive to cast their vote at a polling station in Jerusalem, August 17, 2026

Israel’s next government must save the country before it is too late - opinion

THE ‘ALTALENA’ burns off Tel Aviv in June 1948. Its wreckage may lie beneath the Mediterranean, but the political battle over what happened aboard it has never been buried.

Middle Israel: Netanyahu is digging up the Altalena to bury his own record - opinion


Judge blocks Trump-backed USPS mail-voting rules ahead of November elections

During the 2024 election, the USPS says it processed nearly 100 million ballots, and about 30% of voters nationwide cast ballots by mail, according to the states.

U.S. postal service trucks sit parked at the post office in Del Mar, California

Netanyahu calls for Otzma Yehudit and RZP to unite, Ben-Gvir signals his opposition

"Only a large Otzma Yehudit, together with Smotrich and Ofer Winter running together, only in this way can a fully right-wing government be formed," Ben-Gvir said.

(L-R): National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich seen in the Knesset plenum, December 29, 2022

Abdul El-Sayed and Jamie Raskin sidestep Hasan Piker, and Israel, in Michigan campaign stops

Questions about Piker, and how close the movement he represents may come to remaking the Democratic Party’s values, hang over Michigan’s Senate race.

(L-r) Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, joins Maryland U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin and Michigan U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell for a town hall in Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 26, 2026.

Israel elections: Netanyahu needs a war to win - opinion

If Israel goes to elections while fighting another war, the political terrain changes.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive to cast their vote at a polling station in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026, as party members vote in the Likud primary elections to determine the party’s Knesset list ahead of the Israeli general elections.

Democratic-led states renew challenge to Trump plans to restrict mail-in voting

"This new policy will just create confusion, unnecessary costs, and unacceptable risks for voters going into Election Day, and my office is going to court to stop it," NYAG Letitia James said.

 A woman in polling station, voting in a booth with US flag in background

Israeli citizens abroad still have a stake in Israel and its future - opinion

Israeli citizens living abroad have every right to vote, and returning to Israel to do so reflects their enduring ties and responsibility to the Jewish state.

(Illustrative) A man casts his ballot at a voting station on the morning of the municipal elections, in Ashdod, February 27, 2024

A new Right? Winter’s People of Israel could secure six seats, at expense of Smotrich's RZP - poll

Although the Religious Zionism Party also received six seats, it would fail to cross the threshold to enter Knesset, according to the Wendesday poll.

Ofer Winter speaks during his party announcement event on August 25, 2026.

Yair Netanyahu criticizes Winter's new party as reports emerge over connection with PM

Netanyahu claimed that the new party would lead to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu losing the upcoming election to Gadi Eisenkot.

 Yair Netanyahu (L) and Sara Netanyahu listen to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speech at The 80th session of The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26, 2025 in New York City.

Anti-AIPAC, anti-Israel platforms take center stage as progressive wins Oklahoma Democratic primary

Like many progressives in the current election cycle, N'kyila Thomas repeatedly vowed during her campaign to reject funds from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobby.

N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas, a progressive who won the Democratic Senate primary in Oklahoma this week.

El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker as Jewish Democrats question his Israel stance

If not necessarily a sharp pivot, El-Sayed’s words, coming from a strident Israel critic in his own right, still represented an acknowledgement that his biggest campaign surrogate poses problems.

Hasan Piker looks on as U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed delivers a stump speech in Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 7, 2026.