Israeli Election

Former PMs Bennett, Lapid hold press conference, launch unified party for Knesset elections

Space has been left for Yashar! leader Gadi Eisenkot to join the former prime ministers' merger as well, Bennett’s office told The Jerusalem Post.

Former PMs Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid arrive at the launch of their Knesset joint party list, April 26, 2026.
Israelis attend a protest against the current Israeli government and the war in Tel Aviv, April 11, 2026.

Likud no longer the largest party in Knesset in latest election poll

A GOVERNMENT many assumed could not survive October 7 has, for now, endured. Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the vote on state budget in the Knesset, on Sunday.

By claiming total failure, Israel's opposition hurts itself - and helps Netanyahu

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu giving a press conference, March 19, 2026.

Netanyahu seeks to avoid snap vote as Iran war gives no boost in polls


Israel Elections: IDF soldiers vote, tens of thousands of ballots cast

Soldiers have already cast tens of thousands of early double-envelope votes at over 335 polling stations on army bases.

IDF soldier voting early for the 2021 elections

West Bank Palestinians are watching the Israeli elections closely

Palestinians once considered elections in Israel pivotal to their future, but that is no longer the case.

Palestinians walk past closed shops during a lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tubas in the West Bank March 15, 2021.

Debate unlikely despite Netanyahu agreeing to Lapid challenge

Lapid warns right-wing coalition would make Netanyahu a hostage.

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and alternate Prime Minister, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid

Israel Elections: Can we trust another 'rotation' government? - Analysis

The rotation idea didn’t work and failed to provide Israel with the stability it so badly needs. And if it didn’t work last time, why imagine that it will work next time?

INFLATABLE COSTUMES depict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main coalition partner, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, at a demonstration in Jerusalem in August.

Election survey: 87% of Israeli Arabs support entering or supporting gov't

Whether enough Jewish parties would be willing to sit with Arabic parties in order to form a government however, remains a different question altogether.

An Israeli Arab casts her ballot at a polling station inside a church in the northern town of Reineh, March 17, 2015.

71% of Russian speakers feel inadequately represented in gov't - poll

"Many stigmas still accompany us and Russian speakers are not adequately represented in most sectors of the Israeli economy."

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein addresses Russian parliament in Moscow, June 28, 2017

Merav Michaeli: We will probably recommend Lapid as prime minister

Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman said that the public must stop "sitting on the couch at home and complaining" and come out and vote to switch the government.

Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, the only female current Knesset party leader running in the upcoming elections, speaks at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem, on Sunday.

Likud MK claimed that Labor and Meretz lists deny the Holocaust

The Meretz Party sent Ploskov a letter demanding she and the Likud publish a formal retraction of her statement, threatening to sue for slander and violation of election propaganda law.

MK Tali Ploskov

Short on representation, political parties rush to celebrate Women’s Day

Two weeks ahead of elections, candidates pledge change while Labor leader Merav Michaeli remains the only woman chairing a political party.

MERAV MICHAELI prepares to don a mask at a Labor Party polling station in Tel Aviv on January 24.

Remembering women’s rights on Int'l Women’s Day - and everyday

Women face uphill climb to equality in the MENA region.

People dance and sing during a demonstration to mark International Women's Day in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece, March 8, 2021.