Israeli presidential election

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community feels misunderstood. Here’s why - opinion

If haredim see that they are treated with understanding, respect, and sensitivity, they will more readily change and adapt in the service of the greater good

|ByMOTI LEITNER
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) people in Tel Aviv in June.
Israeli businesswoman, model and media personality Pnina Rosenblum attends a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification and the 1967 War, in the Israeli parliament on May 24, 2017.

Former MK Pnina Rosenblum considers run for presidency, return to politics

Rosenblum was a popular lecturer at academic and business economic forums and joined the Knesset in 2005 after running a successful cosmetics business.

|ByMAARIV ONLINE
HERZOG WITH Spanish Ambassador Ana Maria Salomon Perez.

Grapevine September 22, 2021: Enhanced diplomacy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Incoming President Isaac Herzog speaks at the memorial for Yoni Netanyahu

Isaac Herzog, Israel's 11th president: ambition fulfilled, plan in hand

Fulfilling his long-time presidential ambition – with more votes than any previous president – he is the country's first direct second-generation one and the second to emerge from the Jewish Agency.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Bennett endorses Rivlin for president

Bayit Yehudi leader praises the candidate's "Zionism, values and good heart;" most of the religious-Zionist party expected to back Likud MK.

MAY 28, 2014ByLAHAV HARKOV
Naftali Bennett.

Ben-Eliezer: My enemies are spying on me

IDI poll shows Rivlin most popular presidential candidate, with one-third of the public's support.

MAY 4, 2014ByLAHAV HARKOV
Labor MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer at a Mimouna celebration in Beit Shemesh.

Rivlin: Dividing Jerusalem will perpetuate the Jewish-Arab conflict

Presidential candidate says government has neglected east Jerusalem; calls on Israel to extend full sovereignty over Arab residents.

MARCH 18, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
The Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount.

Veteran MK Sheetrit announces he's joining presidential race

Hatnua MK says he's more experienced than anyone else running; Livni says entire faction will give him their support.

FEBRUARY 24, 2014ByLAHAV HARKOV, JPOST.COM STAFF
Meir Sheetrit