Yuli Edelstein

‘Reaching the finish line’: Controversial haredi draft bill advances for Knesset committee vote

The controversial haredi conscription bill has moved one step closer to a vote in the Knesset after significant progress in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

Protests against haredi draft in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet seen at the Knesset plenum, June 11, 2025

Outcome of state budget vote uncertain amid coalition crisis over haredi draft

A PLENUM session at the Knesset.

Post-October 7, coalition more concerned with controlling the systems than addressing recovery

Ultra-Orthodox Jews carry a banner in Hebrew that reads, “to prison and not the army,” during a “million man” protest against military conscription, in Jerusalem October 30, 2025.

Netanyahu cancels statement on haredi draft bill as opposition slams legislation


Edelstein to 'Post': ‘If Israel doesn’t respond, Iran will think it can attack every week’

“I don't think that we can pretend that nothing really happened because we managed to defend ourselves," Yuli Edelstein said.

 Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 12, 2023.

Halevi: Israel will respond to Iran’s missile attack

International community urges restraint as war cabinet debates action

Maj.-Gen. Hertzi Halevi chosen as next Deputy Chief of Staff, November 2020.

Israeli Likud lawmaker appears to call on party to replace Netanyahu

Edelstein is one of the Likud members who is considered a possible successor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his comment seemed to be a call on the party to choose a new leader.

 Benjamin Netanyahu and Yuli Edelstein seen at the Knesset on November 4, 2021

Christian leader: Rally for Israel in streets, stop political correctness

The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus celebrates its 20th-anniversary at an event in the Knesset

 MK Sharren Haskel, co-chair of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus, speak at the caucus anniversary event on January 23, 2024.

Coalition will not accept concessions for Israel-Saudi peace, lawmakers warn

The co-chairs of the Land of Israel Caucus expressed optimism over the diplomatic progress made with Saudi Arabia, but warned Israel will not cede its rights.

  Knesset Land of Israel Caucus co-chairs Yuli Edelstein, Simcha Rothman, and Limor Son-Har Melech on a tour in the West Bank.

Russian-born oligarch calls for new liberal coalition to 'protect Israel'

Nevzlin has owned a 20% stake in Haaretz and is the father-in-law of Likud MK Yuli Edelstein.

 Leonid Nevzlin is seen at the memorial ceremony to former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin on October 23, 2007

Oslo Accords: Israel's failures and lessons learned, 30 years later

No peace prospect between Israelis and Palestinians is currently on the table, but much will depend on how political uncertainty in the Palestinian arena plays out.

 THE 1993 OSLO Accords between Israel and the PLO were signed in Washington, with a beaming president Bill Clinton presiding over the White House ceremony

A Likud Rebel's undelivered speech - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Well done, Yuli. Now go outside and tell the rest of the world what you just told me. Do that, and you will not just feel great –  you will be great.

 YULI EDELSTEIN talks to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during the Knesset vote on the reasonableness standard last week.

Will Israel agree to a US-Iran agreement? - opinion

It appears that there is a growing inclination within Israeli circles toward accepting a framework of understanding between Washington and Tehran.

 DEFENSE MINISTER Yoav Gallant arrives for a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee with committee chairman MK Yuli Edelstein, earlier this year.

Israeli MKs publicly accuse Russia of blowing up Kokhovka dam

MKs Yuli Edelstein and Ze'ev Elkin wrote a letter to Ukraine's Zelensky, condemning the attack on the dam which they blames Russia for.

 A satellite image shows the Nova Kakhovka Dam and hydroelectric plant before its collapse, in Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine June 5, 2023