Politics

Naftali Bennett to impose limit on prime minister's tenure if elected

The law is part of the stabilization plan for Israel that Bennett is currently formulating.

Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid hold a joint press conference at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 20, 2022.
 LEFT: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara RIGHT: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

A-G to Ben-Gvir: Police directive on protests illegal, baseless, act of political intervention

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef attend a ceremony inaugurating new judges in the rabbinical courts at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem in June.

The rabbinical courts: Sick system at the heart of society - opinion

Master Sergeant (Res.) Roy Frank, a founder of the Miluimnikim party.

Reservists Party principles: Zionist gov't, draft for everyone, Oct. 7 inquiry - interview


25 ViZionaries: Will Scharf - No. 18 

Shows how quiet power can influence the course of government.

Will Scharf

25 ViZionaries: Eyal Yakoby - No. 20

Focuses on exposing and confronting radicalism and extremism in America

Eyal Yakoby

Gov't approves Netanyahu's chief of staff as Israel's ambassador to UK

Despite the approval, the process takes several months, and Braverman will most likely not arrive in London until November.

Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman seen at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on December 18, 2016.

Lapid, Eisenkot, Liberman, Golan officially form political bloc to defeat Netanyahu

The group agreed to establish a professional body to work on guidelines for the next government, a constitution, universal national service, and safeguarding Israel’s identity.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) and former MK Gadi Eisenkot.

The future of Israel's 'complex' ties to Qatar uncertain following Doha strike - opinion

Has Qatar shifted from a ‘complex’ state to a hostile one?

QATARI EMIR Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani meets Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian at the emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha this week. Leaders were quick to respond to Qatar’s call for a summit, says the writer.

Netanyahu's vision of Sparta is not what Israel needs - opinion

Netanyahu's vision for the future is an Israel in a hunkered-down status against the world.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference in Jerusalem this week. He seems to have miscalculated the exasperation that has seeped into every corner of this country, the writer maintains.

Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar! party announcement is a well-worn tale - editorial

Former government minister and IDF chief-of-staff Gadi Eisenkot announced his new political party, only to have no buzz.

MK Gadi Eisenkot holds a press conference after announcing his resignation in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2025.

Netanyahu's chief of staff to replace Hotovely as Israel's ambassador to UK

Tzachi Braverman, the outgoing PMO chief of staff, is known as the "most powerful man in the Prime Minister's Office."

Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman seen at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on December 18, 2016.

The Charlie Kirk assassination is a warning we cannot ignore - opinion

Too often, people abandon debate over ideas or policies and go straight to demonizing opponents - this is not leadership. This is poison.

Jordyn Hackner, president of Turning Point USA's University of Houston chapter,and Lizbeth Aguilar stand behind a poster of conservative activist Charlie Kirk as people mourn following his fatal shooting, at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, U.S., September 11, 2025.

British envoy to US Peter Mandelson dismissed over friendship with Jeffrey Epstein

British Minister for Europe and North America, Stephen Doughty, announced on Thursday that Lord Mandelson has been sacked "in light of additional information in the emails."

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Britain's ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 8, 2025

Netanyahu's criminal trial to switch to four days a week, judges rule

The framework switch will begin in November, the judges ruled after appeals by the defense attorneys of Netanyahu and other defendants in the cases.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, September 10, 2025