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Gilad Erdan, Ayelet Shaked announce they will not run in upcoming election

Former ministers Gilad Erdan and Ayelet Shaked announced they will not run in the upcoming election, citing the lack of a realistic path toward a broad unity government.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former UN ambassador Gilad Erdan at a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing the establishment of a new right-wing party under his and MK Yuli Edelstein's leadership ahead of the upcoming general elections, August 6, 2026.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel speaks to the media as she announces her resignation as Deputy Foreign Minister at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026.

The Israeli Right needs a merger, not another messiah - opinion

Israel’s Right does not lack voters. It does not lack ideas. It does not even lack leaders. What it lacks is the humility to put them on one ballot.

|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
Ayelet Shaked attends the Tel Aviv conference, at Tel Aviv University on May 7, 2025.

Edelstein, Shaked approached about party targeting dissatisfied right-wing, modern Orthodox voters

When asked if Israelis could expect to vote for her in the upcoming election, former justice minister Ayelet Shaked told The Jerusalem Post, “You’ll have to wait.”

|BySHIR PERETS, AVI SOLOMON
Israeli journalist Amit Segal speaks during the Jabotinsky conference in Jerusalem, December 23, 2024.

Amit Segal claims Netanyahu offered him fourth spot on Likud list, 'any ministerial role' in 2022

Segal shared in the video that rather than a ministerial position, he had suggested to Netanyahu that Israel “needs to make some kind of judicial reform.”

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Israel Elections: Ayelet Shaked is in the fight of her life - interview

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Ayelet Shaked is in the fight of her life to cling on to her Knesset seat, and stay in government

OCTOBER 9, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
An election campaign poster of Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, in Jerusalem, September 12, 2022

Netanyahu bloc at 61 – poll

Ayelet Shaked getting closer to electoral threshold.

OCTOBER 7, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Leader of the Opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022.

Shaked dropping out of election would weaken Netanyahu-bloc - poll

Shaked still failed to cross the electoral threshold in the latest poll.

OCTOBER 6, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with then justice minister Ayelet Shaked (L) during a vote at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament on December 21, 2016, during the state budget vote for 2017-2018.

Lapid defends Lebanon deal as top negotiator’s resignation revealed

The deal will have Israel concede the entire triangle of economic waters that had been in dispute with Lebanon from 2012-2021.

OCTOBER 3, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV, YONAH JEREMY BOB
Prime Minister Yair Lapid at a cabinet meeting on 10/02/2022.

Shaked appoints taskforce to look into fair foreign construction practices

Licensed contractors are the most controlled and efficient professional body for employing foreign workers in the construction industry.

OCTOBER 2, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE ENTRANCE to Jerusalem – a massive jumble of construction.

Israel Elections: 3 stories that define the path to the finish line

INSIDE POLITICS: These are the three key stories that will define and design the path to the finish line and are worth following in the weeks ahead.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022ByTAL SHALEV
INTERIOR MINISTER Ayelet Shaked speaks to students from the Blich school in Ramat Gan last week.

Netanyahu back down to 59, new poll finds

Ayelet Shaked remains far below electoral threshold.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU attends a conference in Jerusalem, last week.

Shaked to Bar Lev: Deport relatives of Armon Hanatziv terrorist

On September 20, at Shaked's request, a Special Appeals Court endorsed her order to revoke their Israeli residency status. 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev and Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked.

Shaked trying to revoke residency of Armon Hanatziv terrorist's relatives

It was expected that the family will appeal to higher courts, which might include a District Court or even the High Court of Justice.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
The scene of a where a truck rammed in a group of Israeli soldiers, killing four in a suspected vehicle-ramming attack, in the Armon haNatsiv neighborhood of jerusalem.

Top Israeli politicians take to social media, make fun of each other

From the Galon-Shaked debate on the best name for an album cover to the Likud's use of a sinkhole as a jab at political opponents, fun was had by all.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022ByROMAN MEITAV
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R)