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Israel’s election is being cast as a historic showdown - but four trends tell a different story

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: From rivalries within political blocs to polls that shape voter choices and coalition red lines, four trends reveal the challenges facing Israel’s next government.

|ByHERB KEINON
‘Politicians should leave room for compromise before the election, rather than making absolute promises they may have to abandon afterward for the good of the country.’ Will the challenge of building Israel’s next coalition government fall to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Gadi Eisenkot?
Palestinians hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron October 16, 2000.

On this day: Second Intifada triggered following Ariel Sharon's visit to Temple Mount

In total, more than 1,000 Israelis were killed by Palestinian terrorist attacks, which included suicide bombings, shootings, stabbings, and car ramming.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026

Will Israel's 2026 election represent Liberman’s swan song? – opinion

The chair of Yisrael Beytenu still has one more goal to achieve before he bids farewell to his illustrious political career.

|ByORI WERTMAN
Shaul Mofaz at a Kadima rally, 2009.

'My Israeli Journey': Shaul Mofaz recounts battles, politics, and family - review

My Israeli Journey one of the most accurate, non-academic records of the years in which Mofaz served in the IDF and in his post-army service to his country.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Media comment: ‘They’ are not ‘one of us’

In this period between Holocaust Remembrance Day and Independence Day, we can only wish that Israel’s democracy does not succumb to those who abuse its freedoms.

APRIL 30, 2014ByYISRAEL MEDAD, ELI POLLAK
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The price is going up

Policy makers still turn a blind eye to "price tag" activists and legislators have followed suit.

APRIL 30, 2014ByGADI ZOHARI
Price tag attack Zichron Yaakov

Candidly speaking: Jewish leaders Down Under are not being intimidated

Indeed, Australia could serve as a role model for leaders in other Diaspora Jewish communities.

APRIL 15, 2014ByISI LEIBLER
Netanyahu with Australian FM Bob Carr 370

Netanyahu, Ya'alon eulogize decorated war hero Har Zion

Meir Har Zion, who was part of legendary commando force Unit 101, was laid to rest near his home in the northern Jordan Valley.

MARCH 16, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Meir Har Zion (far left) with Moshe Dayan.

Meir Har Zion, legendary IDF fighter, dead at 80

Warrior was part of legendary commando force Unit 101 that performed counter-raids against Arab terror cells in the 1950s.

MARCH 14, 2014ByTHE POST
Meir Har Zion (far left) with Moshe Dayan.

Inbox

A selection of letters written by some of our readers.

MARCH 5, 2014ByJERUSALEM POST READERS
Ariel Sharon

February 21: Sharon and controversy

FEBRUARY 20, 2014ByJERUSALEM POST READERS
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Sharon sons inaugurate new site at Ariel Sharon Park

The news visitors center at the former site of the former Hiriya garbage dump is in the middle of the TA metro area.

FEBRUARY 18, 2014BySHARON UDASIN
Sharon brothers at Ariel Sharon Park, February 18, 2014.

Letter from an immigrant

THERE ARE moments in life when people perceive Divine Providence, and this, for me, was one of them.

FEBRUARY 10, 2014ByHILLEL S CHEINFELD
Sharon surveys territory

‘The solution will come with time’

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gives a wide-ranging Rosh Hashana interview to ‘The Jerusalem Post’ at his Sycamore Ranch.

FEBRUARY 6, 2014ByHERB KEINON, AVI HOFMANN
Ariel Sharon's Sycamore Ranch.