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On Oct. 20, 2026, a week before Israel’s elections, dozens of men were detained on suspicion of evading the draft – arrests that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called “unacceptable.” The young men ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Politics: Israel election 2026: Who is running and can Netanyahu survive biggest test of his political career?
Israel votes on October 27 in a closely contested election that could decide Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future. With neither bloc projected to secure the 61 seats needed to govern, smaller parties ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Politics: A look at the major candidates in Israel's election Tuesday
Israelis are set to vote on October 27 to decide if Benjamin Netanyahu will continue as prime minister or if Gadi Eisenkot will take the lead.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Politics: The Oct. 7 Attack Changed Israel, but Not Its Politics
As Israelis prepare to vote for the first time since the Hamas-led assault, they remain divided over whether to hold Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for negligence or fault the “treason” ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Politics: Netanyahu – Israel’s longest-serving PM – fights for political survival
JERUSALEM, Israel—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s consummate political survivor, is facing the fight of his life in Tuesday elections. He is drawing on over three decades of experience to ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Politics: Israel must stop fighting itself and start winning the information war
Israel must mobilize its experts, international allies, and independent voices to counter propaganda and strengthen its standing abroad.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Politics: 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.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Politics: As a divided Israel prepares to go to the polls, can Netanyahu pull off his greatest political trick yet?
The prime minister has defined and dominated his country’s politics for three decades and is putting his rivals on the defensive before Tuesday’s general election ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Politics: Palestinian Voters Could Determine Israel’s Future
Palestinian citizens may have the electoral weight to influence Israeli politics, even as they feel they have so little control over their lives.
News Israel » Jerusalem » Politics: U.K., Israel both claim a moral win with apparent truce in diplomatic feud
Israel had threatened to close the U.K.'s century-and-a-half-old Jerusalem consulate over new British sanctions, but they found a way to avoid "blowing the whole relationship up." ...
News Israel » Jerusalem » Politics: ‘Each country goes its own way’: How Balkan politics shape ties with Israel
Countries’ ties with Israel reflect local politics, defence deals and strategic interests rather than a united stance.