Politics

Afraid of accountability, Israel’s government goes after its own generals - opinion

What Katz did to Zamir this week is not about professionalism, governance, or oversight. It is about keeping the spotlight on the IDF and away from the government.

Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks during an IDF swearing-in ceremony for the new Military Advocate-General Itai Offir, November 27, 2025
Defence Minister Israel Katz inspects a missile at the Tel Nof Air Force base in March.

Defense Minister Israel Katz is a strategic liability that Israel cannot afford - opinion

DEFENSE MINISTER Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir feuded this week in a bruising confrontation that spilled into the open, dominated headlines, and led to public questions about whether the defense establishment is losing its focus, says the writer.

In Israel's clash of politicians and generals, IDF holds the upper hand over government

Likud MK Boaz Bismuth, chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, leads a meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2025

Bismuth advances updated ultra-Orthodox IDF draft bill as Knesset prepares for decisive debates


WATCH: Sde Teiman video leak investigation: High Court hearing to open this morning in J’lem

The High Court will examine who leads the Sde Teiman video leak investigation and whether Justice Minister Yariv Levin lawfully appointed retired judge Josefh Ben-Hamo.

IDF officers from Force 100, involved in the Sde Teiman scandal, appear at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 11, 2025

Challenges of a parliamentary system: How Knesset emasculated Israel - opinion

Seventy percent of Israelis want a new prime minister - yet voters have no mechanism to make it happen.

CHAIRMAN OF the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee Simcha Rothman leans over to speak to Justice Minister Yariv Levin. The writer asks: How do we convince the Knesset to change the rules when that would result in many of them no longer serving?

Israel Katz forces Netanyahu into mediation role as public clash with IDF chief grows

Despite Netanyahu's announcement that he would hold a three-way meeting to resolve the dispute, Katz has pushed for separate meetings.

(L-R) Defense Minister Israel Katz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF chief Eyal Zamir at the graduation of an IDF officers' course, October 30, 2025

What US voter exhaustion shows us about Israel’s demand for responsible leadership - opinion

This election year is filled with uncertainty, but one trend is unmistakable. Israelis are moving toward a politics that reflects their real lives, not the tribal divisions that once defined them.

 A VOTER selects a ballot during the country’s general election, at a Tel Aviv polling station.

If not stopped, Israel's destruction will come from internal division - opinion

Israel's growing internal divide raises fears that baseless hatred could once again be the cause of Israel's downfall.

An anti-government protest takes place in Tel Aviv last week. Israel in 2025 is a remarkable social mosaic, yet also more fragile than ever, says the writer.

Two Israels that don’t exist: James Lindsay on how the American Right, and Left, get it wrong

Author James Lindsay on the gap between the right and left perceptions of Israel, and the reality he experienced.

 ‘It seems as though both the Left and the Right in America have invented an Israel that doesn’t exist,’ author James Lindsay told ‘The Jerusalem Post.’ Here, Lindsay addresses the conservative Turning Point People’s Convention in June 2024, at Huntington Place in Detroit.

Netanyahu leads meeting on West Bank riots, Katz defends axing administrative detention for Jews

IDF's Central Command chief: Conventional solutions for hilltop youth insufficient • Israel Katz: Administrative detentions only increased hatred and violence

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz seen in the Knesset plenum, December 16, 2024

Could Marjorie Taylor Greene win Jewish Democrats over in feud with US President Donald Trump?

Marjorie Taylor Greene is feuding with President Donald Trump as she pushes for the release of the Epstein files.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican, speaks during a news conference with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein outside the US Capitol, Nov. 18, 2025.

Ultra-Orthodox leaders give haredi factions green light to advance IDF draft bill

The past week has seen violence from within the haredi community from extremists who are against a law that would require army enlistment from members of the community.

 Rabbi Dov Lando seen during a meeting to discuss the drafting of ultra-Orthodox jews to the IDF in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024.

Israel must pivot from US partisanship dependent on Republican loyalty - opinion

The more Israel is perceived as a purely partisan Republican project, the harder it will be to restore cross-party trust, risking the long-term erosion of legitimacy.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President JD Vance meet at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem last month. US politics has transformed Israel into a volatile symbol of domestic partisan identity, the writer asserts.

Chilean right wing eyes return to power as crime, migration dominate election

Chilean voters head to the polls in a tight race that could hand the right a path back to power as crime and migration fuel become key issues.

A man sits at a polling station, on the day of the presidential election, in Santiago, Chile November 16, 2025.