Elections 2022

Religious identity remains Israel's strongest political divide, new IDI study finds

While the relationship between religion and political affiliation remained largely stable compared to the previous election, the study identified several notable shifts between 2021 and 2022. 

 A voting box in the last Israeli election in 2015
Israeli journalist Amit Segal speaks during the Jabotinsky conference in Jerusalem, December 23, 2024.

Amit Segal claims Netanyahu offered him fourth spot on Likud list, 'any ministerial role' in 2022

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting, this past Sunday. Prime ministers who head large parties are required to succumb to policies that do not tally with the desires or needs of most citizens, says the writer.

Israel's electoral system only harms the country - opinion

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid sit at the center of the front row, with MK Benjamin Netanyahu behind them, in a Knesset inauguration photo earlier this month. Herzog emphasized that Israelis are exhausted from infighting.

Israel elected a far-right government: Where does it go from here? - opinion


Religious Zionist MK to 'Post': How can we restore Israel's democracy? - opinion

Ever since the election of former president of the Supreme Court of Israel Aharon Barak in 1995, Israel’s democracy has been on the slide.

 FORMER SUPREME Court president Aharon Barak attends a conference, 2019. Ever since the election of Barak as president in 1995, Israel’s democracy ‘has been on the slide,’ the writer argues.

Israel Elections: If Netanyahu wins, democracy is in peril - opinion

Benjamin Netanyahu winning the election could jeopardize democracy and make Israel the next Hungary, with Netanyahu the next Viktor Orban.

 Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to tesitfy before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 21, 2022

Israel Elections: Don't be pressured into changing your vote - opinion

Forget the threshold and be a strategic and principled voter, not a tactical and cynical one. Vote your conscience, even if that might mean that your ballot goes to waste.

 A NEARLY-EMPTY Knesset plenum debates the dispersal of parliament, in June. In the upcoming election, be a strategic and principled voter, not a tactical and cynical one, says the writer.

Israel Elections: Upcoming vote is crucial to save the courts from Likud - opinion

The Likud aim is authority without limits and power without limitations. Such governance will endanger the foundations of our young republic and shall strip us from the defenses of our liberties.

 THE WRITER speaks at a New Hope election campaign event in Rishon Lezion, last year.

Israel Elections: Will Palestinian terror shape the 2022 vote's outcome?

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: The bottom line is: Palestinian terrorism may yet determine the outcome of the Israeli election in 2022, just as it did in 1996.

 POLICE AND RESCUE personnel at the scene Wednesday night’s terror attack at the entrance to Ma’aleh Adumim.

My Word: Party time and political spins

Perhaps one of the few things Israelis can agree on is the need for electoral reform.

 Ballot slips in a voting booth.

12 days from vote, poll shows no coalition possible

Religious Zionist Party soars as Ayelet Shaked crashes.

 PRIME MINISTER Yair Lapid and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu have opposing views of the Lebanon maritime agreement. Will the voters care on November 1?

The Ben-Gvir Golem has turned on its creator, Netanyahu - analysis

The mishmash of incidents and conflicting statements are uncharacteristic for Netanyahu, whose campaigns are usually impeccable.

 Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen with then-Mossad director Yossi Cohen at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Israel on October 15, 2015

Israel has been through 4 years of social corrosion and it's not yet over

It is one thing to have to go through this once every four years. Now imagine you are an Israeli and this has been your environment for four years straight. Four long years.

 Time to decide who you want to stand here.

Smotrich, Ben-Gvir are damaging Israel’s Jewish character - opinion

If Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir become ministers, this could seriously damage support for Israel in America – maybe permanently.

 RELIGIOUS ZIONIST Party chairman Bezalel Smotrich discusses party policy at a news conference.