Yuli Edelstein

With 67 MKs opposing Netanyahu, could Amir Ohana refuse to elect a new Knesset speaker?

A precedent already exists involving former Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein several years ago. The High Court ordered him to convene the Knesset to vote on a new speaker; Edelstein refused.

|ByGILAD MORAG
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana attends a Likud party conference ahead of the party’s primary elections in the northern city of Haifa, August 16, 2026.
(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.

|ByYAAKOV KATZ
(L-R clockwise) Itamar Ben-Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich, Arye Deri, Gideon Sa'ar, Yair Lapid, Avigdor Liberman, Yuli Edelstein.

No. 15: Netanyahu's key partners and challengers shaping Israel's future

Following the October elections, the influence of these figures could change dramatically, depending on the balance of power between Netanyahu’s camp and the opposition bloc.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Former Beit Shemesh mayor and Unity Party member Aliza Bloch in an interview with 'The Jerusalem Post.'

Israel 'abandoned' haredi students, education reform needed, Aliza Bloch tells 'Post' - interview

She criticized the structure of Israel's education system, arguing that the government has ceded too much responsibility for decisions affecting students to bodies outside the public sector.

|BySHIR PERETS

New Knesset subcommittee to oversee IDF October 7 investigations

With a National Committee of Investigation lacking, the forum will serve as the FADC's tool for oversight and examination of all of the IDF's investigative reports.

JULY 25, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
IDF Soldiers, Kibbutz Beeri October 15, 2023

IDF unsure how many haredi draft orders it intends to send on Sunday

The IDF's draft plans for haredi citizens remain uncertain. Despite political tensions and a lack of clear criteria, the IDF targets 3,000 recruits annually.

JULY 17, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
MKs debate haredi draft bill in Knesset, 18 June 2024

Knesset defense committee delays vote to extend IDF reservist cutoff age

"Either we agree on something, or we do not, but we are all together," said MK Yuli Edelstein.

JUNE 26, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 26, 2024.

Knesset Foreign Affairs Committee resumes haredi draft debates

Knesset Home Committee approves fast tracking extension of reservists age cut off.

JUNE 24, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the Knesset, June 18, 2024

Knesset faces controversy over IDF reservist age extension amid haredi draft debate

Israel's Knesset accelerates a bill to extend IDF reservist age limits amid controversy and legal challenges over Haredi conscription exemptions and fairness concerns.

JUNE 23, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
A plenum session and a vote on reviving the Ultra Orthodox enlistment bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 11, 2024.

Knesset set to begin haredi draft bill debates Tuesday, clashes over rabbinical appointments

MKs Sa'ada and Gotliv made headlines again on Monday after they announced that they would vote against a second controversial bill, known as the "Rabbi's Bill."

JUNE 17, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest against attempts to change government policy that grants ultra-Orthodox Jews exemptions from military conscription in Jerusalem February 26, 2024.

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.

APRIL 16, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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

APRIL 15, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.

FEBRUARY 1, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
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

JANUARY 24, 2024ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
MK Sharren Haskel, co-chair of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus, speak at the caucus anniversary event on January 23, 2024.