Unity

Beyond the ballot, October 7 families call for a different kind of Israeli politics

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: Moshe Shapiro, Hoda Daxa, and Shai Zohar on carrying forward their loved ones’ legacies – and why social cohesion must become a national responsibility.

OCTOBER 24, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Members of Hamechane - an initiative seeking to make social cohesion a national responsibility.

(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel cannot afford another election: Why Netanyahu, Eisenkot must consider unity - opinion

Hopefully, October 27 will produce a clear winner. If it does not, Israel’s political leaders will have to decide whether their refusal to sit together matters more than the country.

OCTOBER 16, 2026|ByYAAKOV KATZ

Israelis vote for a party list, but have no say on Election Day over which of its candidates will ultimately represent them in the Knesset.

Israel does not need politicians to always agree, but it needs a unity government - editorial

For the politicians vying for our vote to lead the country, the task ahead should not simply be to form the next government but to begin putting the country back together.

OCTOBER 16, 2026|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

(Illustrative) A woman stands inside a Sukkah, holding a Lulav and Etrog.

Sukkot 2026: What the sukkah and Four Species teach us about Israeli unity

The sukkah is where we spend much of our time over the holiday, eating our meals, and many sleep in the sukkah when conditions and weather allow.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026|ByRABBI DAVID STAV

We must renew the social contract - opinion

When the war began, it seemed that the different sectors in Israeli society were finally uniting, but as time has gone on that optimism is fading.

FEBRUARY 15, 2024ByROMY LEIBLER/THE MEDIA LINE

A MAN wearing a T-shirt with the slogan ‘We are all brothers’ blows a shofar near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, calling for unity with the anti-reform demonstrators.

Diaspora Jews feel guilty for not being here. Israelis know and don't judge - opinion

I say to every Jew who lives outside of Israel but yearns to be with us and yearns to cry with us: We know. We feel your support, and please don’t ever stop showing it.

FEBRUARY 15, 2024ByMOSHE TARAGIN

Thousands attend the funeral of Staff Sgt. Shilo Yosef Amir, killed in a shooting attack near Kedumim, at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on July 7, 2023.

Unity as a value is not dangerous, politicizing values is - opinion

“Unity” is the call for humans to draw a clear boundary between “right vs wrong,” and not let it fall into the muddy waters of “Right vs Left.”

FEBRUARY 13, 2024ByZOHAR RAVIV

IDF soldiers ask the nation: 'How much of our unity is dependent on our beliefs?'

Many soldiers have reported on the renewed spirit of unity amongst themselves and how discussions of politics between them have brought them together, rather than tearing them apart.

FEBRUARY 1, 2024ByYUVAL BARNEA

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG receives a military briefing in Sderot.

How can Israel stay united when the Hamas war is over? - opinion

Experiencing social unity, I don’t just respect other people’s opinions, but I act as they act. They act as I act. In this, we are one. 

JANUARY 27, 2024ByMOSHE TARAGIN

GUSH RABBI writes Torah in the battlefield.

Unity government must include friends and rivals - editorial

According to the official Knesset website, a national unity government is one based on a broad coalition, the members of which also include representatives of rival parliamentary groups.

JANUARY 17, 2024ByJPOST EDITORIAL

CABINET MINISTERS in the ‘government of change’ take their seats in the Knesset plenum upon their inauguration, June 2021. ‘This year – in light of the rickety political reality we are living in – I would add wishes for political stability,’ says the writer.

No ifs, ands, or buts in Jewish unity

We can either all unite around a shared narrative and ethos, despite our differences, or find ourselves pulled back into the internal wars in a sad and predictable process.

JANUARY 17, 2024ByRAKEFET GINSBERG

A mass prayer event for the welfare of the hostages in Gaza takes place at the Western Wall last week.

Netanyahu urges political unity after political uproar in cabinet

On Friday Minister Benny Gantz (National Unity) said that the heated exchange which occurred at the diplomatic-security cabinet “was a politically motivated attack in the middle of a war"

JANUARY 6, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF