israel political situation

 Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, April 3, 2024

With Gantz’s June 8 ultimatum, is an election nearing?

The Knesset summer session recesses on July 28 for nearly three months, with Gantz’s June 8 deadline giving him enough time to try to force an election before the recess.

Bennett, Yossi Cohen vying to head Israel's right-wing after Netanyahu

A joint Labor-Meretz party would win seven seats, according to the poll

Protesters demanding elections complain of police brutality in Tel Aviv

Videos from bystanders and Israeli media showed police forces whipping protesters as well as other forms of force.

Shin Bet exposes Iranian cyber espionage targeting Israeli hostage families

Shin Bet exposes several online platforms allegedly operated by Iranian security agents.

Israel's Labor largely unaffected after Michaeli's resignation, election poll shows

While the votes for Labor almost doubled since last week, they would still not get enough to cross the threshold.

Jarring voices of internal division rise again - analysis

The October 7 massacre made Israel's internal divisions seem ridiculously trivial by comparison.

04/12/2023

Israel's political identity crisis: Right divided, left reevaluating

Israel’s right is moving away from Netanyahu as the left is reevaluating its worldview.

By NIR KIPNISS
21/11/2023

Judicial Selection Committee to convene for first time this year

According to his agenda, the justice minister intended for the committee to discuss sub-committees within it and determine rules for the committee's procedure.

Lapid calls for new Likud-led gov't without Netanyahu, extremists

Lapid explained that he didn't think Netanyahu could remain prime minister because the public had lost faith in him socially and for security.

Israel and the US are both divided nations - opinion

There are unsettling parallels between what is happening in Washington and Jerusalem.

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