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Knesset approves tax benefits for West Bank settlements amid opposition criticism

The Knesset approved a bill granting tax benefits to West Bank settlements, with Finance Minister Smotrich calling it recognition for residents living under a security threat.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Fiance Minsiter Bezalel Smotrich and members of the Religious Zionist Party as Knesset passes law for West Bank settlements to receive tax benefits.
Israelis attend a protest march against the decision of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire head of Shin Bat Ronen Bar, at the entrance to Jerusalem, March 19, 2025.

Israel’s biggest threats demand unity, not partisan warfare - opinion

Israelis must decide whether politics exists to strengthen the country – or whether the country itself will surrender its fate to partisan warfare.

|ByRAFAEL CASTRO
France's Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin reacts as he waits for the arrival of France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ahead of a plenary session marking the inauguration of Vice-President of the Council of State, at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on May 21, 2026.

French minister of justice calls for a three-year halt on immigration, changes to the constitution

Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin said that France has "reached the limit of its absorption and integration capacity."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Amb. Gilad Erdan, Magen David Adom, Global President, Israel’s former Ambassador to the UN

Ex-UN ambassador Erdan says he's working to establish new right-wing party, sees himself as PM

The remarks came amid recent reports that senior figures on Israel’s political right have been holding talks on forming a new “statesmanlike” right-wing party, informally referred to as “Likud B.”

|ByKESHET NEEV

In these times of change and uncertainty, who will lead the world? - opinion

Radical Leftists, anarchists, LGBTQ, and Islamists make strange bedfellows, in a world where a war is being waged to control the hearts and minds of the younger generation.

JULY 27, 2024ByROBERT HERSOWITZ
An illustrative image of the world being held in someone's hand.

BLM founder: Right-wing pro-Israel activists will cast Harris as antisemitic

Elad Nehorai and Patrisse Cullors warned that right-wing activists will try to undermine Kamala Harris’s presidential bid by accusing her of antisemitism.

JULY 22, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
US Vice President Kamala Harris meets with President Isaac Herzog in her ceremonial offices at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, US, July 19, 2023

Liberman and Bennett meet to allegedly discuss establishing a new right-wing party

Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Liberman discuss forming a new right-wing party amid ongoing talks, but leadership struggles cause delays.

JULY 17, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THEN-ALTERNATE prime minister Naftali Bennett and then-finance minister Avigdor Liberman attend a cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, in July 2022.

Bennett's back: Gideon Saar confirms Naftali Bennett will return to politics

Right-wing politicians hint at political cooperation and the return of former PM Naftali Bennett in a bid to oust Netanyahu at the next elections.

JULY 8, 2024ByANNA BARSKY, BENTZI RUBIN
POTENTIAL NETANYAHU successors? Gideon Sa’ar, Yair Lapid, and Avigdor Liberman meet on Wednesday.

Left-wing New Popular Front coalition leads second round of French parliamentary elections –polls

An Opinionway poll for C News TV said the New Popular Front would win 180-210 seats while an Elabe poll for BFM TV projected a range of 175-205 seats for them.

JULY 7, 2024ByREUTERS
Demonstrators hold French flags and "Popular Union" flags in support of the "Nouveau Front Populaire" (New Popular Front - NFP) as they gather to protest against the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party. Paris, France, June 30, 2024.

'Everything for Germany': Bjoern Hoecke again fined for using banned Nazi phrase

Björn Höcke was ordered to pay €16,900 for chanting the first two words of the slogan “Everything For Germany,” or “Alles für Deutschland."

JULY 3, 2024ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA, REBECCA SZLECHTER
Bjoern Hoecke, most prominent member of the far-right Alternative for Germany's hard-line wing, arrives for his expected verdict in Halle, Germany, July 1, 2024, on charges of using a banned Nazi slogan at a rally.

Historic win for far right in French first-round vote

The RN and allies had 33% of the vote, followed by a leftwing bloc with 28% and President Emmanuel Macron's centrists with just 20%.

JULY 1, 2024ByREUTERS
People hold French national flags as they gather to protest against the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, at the Place de la Republique following partial results in the first round of the early 2024 legislative elections, in Paris, France, June 30, 2024.

Far-right party with antisemitic roots projected to lead after first round of French vote

Projections of Sunday’s vote showed that National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, got some 34% of the vote, followed by a coalition of left-wing parties, which got 29%.

JULY 1, 2024ByBEN SALES/JTA
Marine Le Pen, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group. Paris, France, June 2, 2024.

Is the Netanyahu era over? Bennett dominates premiership suitability - poll

A united right-wing party would be the largest party if a vote were held today; Bennett beats all others in premiership suitability.

JUNE 28, 2024ByMOSHE COHEN
THEN-ALTERNATE prime minister Naftali Bennett and then-finance minister Avigdor Liberman attend a cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, in July 2022.

The end of Bibism: The journey to toppling the Netanyahu government starts today - opinion

Establishing a home for disillusioned Likud and right-wing voters with Liberman, Sa'ar, and Bennett.

JUNE 8, 2024ByEFRAIM GANOR
The government has reached exhaustion," Liberman said.