Israel Elections

Chaos within Likud: Primary battle deepens as party court questions leadership's conduct - analysis

The legal dispute comes as Likud leaders remain deadlocked over the party's primary rules despite days of negotiations involving Netanyahu, Katz, Bitan and other senior party figures.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara Netanyahu, and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu attend a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center in northern Jerusalem, July 5, 2026.
 A voting box in the last Israeli election in 2015

Thinking about the Basic Law: Torah Study - opinion

Israel Elections: A polling station in Jerusalem, as Israelis vote in their general elections, on March 23, 2021.

Election season in Israel: Important dates to note before voters head to the polls - explainer

Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee leads a committee meeting in the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025.

My Word: Courting constitutional disaster - opinion


Likud weighs reserving slot for Smotrich as RZP risks falling below electoral threshold

Senior Likud figures are discussing whether bringing Bezalel Smotrich onto the party's slate could help preserve religious-Zionist support if his party struggles to clear the electoral threshold.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, May 19, 2026.

Israel unprepared to counter Iranian election meddling on social media, gov't probe finds

The finding comes as Israel enters an election year, which the report described as a particularly vulnerable period for attempts to manipulate public debate.

Gaby Portnoy, Director General of the Israel National Cyber Directorate at the annual Cyber Week, at the Tel Aviv University, on June 27, 2023.

A political jungle: What international media will get wrong about Israel's 2026 election - opinion

The world’s largest international multimedia news agency has already decided our election: Israelis are too right-wing, no matter who we choose.

Israeli opposition leader and former military chief, Gadi Eisenkot, reacts as he launches an election campaign for Yashar, his new political party, at an event near Hod Hasharon, Israel, June 30, 2026.

In unity government push, Netanyahu bets Israel's political boycott is beginning to crack

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: PM Netanyahu’s emerging campaign is built around a simple proposition: The political boycott against him is losing its rationale, and a broader coalition is again possible.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu announces his intention to run in elections scheduled for later this year.

Simchi vows to push unity gov't, enlistment in new political alliance with Gantz

Simchi also rejected claims that a vote for his party would effectively amount to a vote for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Brig. Gen. (Res) Dedi Simchi and former Minister Yizhar Shai attend a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on January 21, 2025.

What Rabbi Jonathan Sacks tried to teach us before October 7 - opinion

Sacks dedicated his life to teaching that covenant is stronger than politics, and that Jewish survival depends not on uniformity but on mutual responsibility.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

Cracking Israel's 'bro code': Can Netanyahu survive the podcast era? - opinion

How unedited podcasts delivered the White House to Donald Trump, and why the same tactics are crucial to whoever wants to be Israel’s next prime minister.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2026.

Likud MK: Netanyahu expected to work 'behind closed doors’ for influence over list - interview

Halevi is a member of the Likud Constitution Committee, which will hold a vote on changing the primary system in a way that could grant Netanyahu authority to select candidates for the highest slots.

 Knesset member Amit Halevi on the Temple Mount

How to influence the Israeli and Palestinian elections for peace - opinion

Israelis and Palestinians will soon be voting almost at the very same time. They should not vote in darkness.

Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall

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.”

Ayelet Shaked attends the Tel Aviv conference, at Tel Aviv University on May 7, 2025.