Politics

Netanyahu adviser asked ChatGPT to help improve Qatar's image among Israelis, Jews worldwide

According to an N12 report, Yonatan Urich requested three separate messaging frameworks targeting Israeli citizens, Jewish communities around the world, and influential figures in the United States.

|ByAVI SOLOMON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's adviser Yonatan Urich is seen before a press conference in Tel Aviv, October 3, 2022
Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.

Refusing Arab parties in gov't: Why are Israeli politicians handing its enemies a weapon? - opinion

A generation is being taught that the idea of a Jewish state is inherently racist. The accusation has spread well beyond criticism of Israeli policy, to Zionism and Jews who identify with it.

|ByJEREMY LEVIN
Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.

All is quiet on the elections front: Where have all the screaming headlines gone? - opinion

There are two more weeks in the campaign, and I am not a prophet; nor do I suggest any one side is unblemished. I think it fair that the public be reminded that media storms can be proven wrong.

|ByYISRAEL MEDAD
Yousef Jabareen, chairman of the Joint List, attends the party’s campaign launch event ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections, in Tel Aviv, October 5, 2026

Joint List offers safety net to government seeking to oust Netanyahu, opening door for Eisenkot

Declaring the Joint List will use "every tool at our disposal," party leader Yousef Jabareen also laid out a series of demands as conditions for providing political support to a minority government.

|ByYOAV ETIEL, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Likud Party threatens Central Elections Committee petition over Fly&Vote initiative

Likud is seeking the data and documents underlying the initiative's activities within five days, saying the material is needed to determine whether further legal action is warranted.

AUGUST 16, 2026ByAVI SOLOMON
El Al plane takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 4, 2026; Illustrative.

Mecca pact unites Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan - but what does it mean? - opinion

The significance of the Mecca pact will depend less on the language of the agreement than on its implementation.

AUGUST 16, 2026ByVAS SHENOY
TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, next to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, on August 7, 2026.

Kurds are not a proxy. We are a nation without a front - opinion

I can forgive an anonymous stranger a cheap joke. I have less patience for people who call themselves intellectuals and arrive at the identical idea in longer sentences.

AUGUST 16, 2026ByMEM HUSEDIN
Israelis from Kurdish origin take part in a rally in support of the Kurdish referendum outside the American consulate in Jerusalem September 24, 2017

Knesset asks High Court to unfreeze budget transfers approved during election recess

Ahead of Tuesday's hearing, the Knesset argued that Ohana lawfully authorized the disputed Finance Committee meeting despite opposition objections.

AUGUST 16, 2026BySARAH BEN-NUN
The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem

Why Iran’s threat keeps haunting the Middle East - and how to finally break the cycle - opinion

Stop viewing Iran as a hostile player and start seeing the pattern that nurtures the destructive path its people keep finding themselves on, and change that

AUGUST 16, 2026BySALEM ALKETBI
A woman walks past a mural depicting Iran’s late supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran in August.

The awakening: Why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about more than borders - opinion

For decades, a simple explanation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict took hold across broad segments of Israel’s Left and Center: at its core, the conflict was territorial.

AUGUST 15, 2026ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
The flags of Israel and Palestine are seen on a map of the Middle East (illustrative)

Netanyahu's coalition falls to 48 seats as Likud drops behind Eisenkot's Yashar once more - poll

The survey also examined a scenario in which three Arab parties - Hadash, Ta'al, and Balad - run together, while Yoav Segalovich joins Ra'am in the party's second slot. 

AUGUST 14, 2026ByMOSHE COHEN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.

Who will succeed Netanyahu? Likud members back Ohana as party primaries loom - poll

Many current Likud mainstay politicians are expected to be dropped after the party's primaries on Wednesday.

AUGUST 12, 2026ByANNA BARSKY
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli president Isaac Herzog attend a state ceremony reburying Shimon and Rivka Herzl, the grandparents of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern political Zionism, alongside their grandson on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem.

Yashar to safeguard Law of Return, cut bureaucracy, address needs of olim in next gov't - exclusive

One of Yashar's focuses would be on improving services for elderly olim and ensuring better translation of Hebrew websites into different languages.

AUGUST 11, 2026ByKESHET NEEV
Head of the Yashar Party’s olim integration initiative Alex Rif at The Jerusalem Post studio.

Likud court freezes Netanyahu's reserved slot on party list for Haim Katz

The party is also set to grant reserved slots to Netanyahu's additional picks, Defense Minister Israel Katz and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar. 

AUGUST 11, 2026ByKESHET NEEV, SARAH BEN-NUN
Israeli Minister and Likud member Haim Katz arrives for a meeting of the Likud Secretariat Committee at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem, June 28, 2026.