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JNS poll: Most Israelis think early elections would hurt deterrence

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While 60% of Israelis are dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the conflicts on the country’s southern and northern borders, the majority believes that early elections would hurt the war effort, according to a...

Israel heads to polls for municipal elections

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More than seven million eligible Israelis in over 200 municipalities and regional councils across the country will head to the voting booth on Tuesday to choose their local leadership, four months after the originally scheduled Election...

Israeli municipal elections: What you need to know

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With nationwide municipal elections rapidly approaching, Israelis, from soldiers on the front lines to evacuees from the north and south, are facing daunting and unprecedented logistical challenges. Here is a comprehensive guide to the Israeli...

Israeli ambassador to New Zealand casts first early ballot in national election

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Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand Ran Yaakoby on Thursday became the first of approximately 4,500 citizens living abroad eligible to cast an early ballot for the Jewish state’s Nov. 1 national election. Yaakoby subsequently took...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend a vote on the "settler law" bill at the Knesset, June 6, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The collapse of the current Israeli government is only the first step

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It is difficult to count how many times members of Israel’s governing coalition seemed about to drop out, thus opening the door to the government’s demise. We were simply observers of this interminable process....
Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid hold a joint press conference at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 20, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu hails end of ‘worst gov’t in Israeli history,’ as new elections are on...

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Israel appears set to head back to the polls after a “change coalition” has failed to hold its razor-thin majority, barely a year after its formation. Elections are likely to be held on Oct. 25,...
The Plenary Hall during the swearing-in ceremony of the 24th Knesset, at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, April 6, 2021. Photo by Alex Kolomoisky/POOL

Amid ongoing political deadlock, is it time for Israel to consider electoral reform?

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Israel held its fourth legislative election in the past two years on March 23, voting 120 members of Knesset (Parliament) into power as representatives of the 24th Knesset since the establishment of the State. According...
Israeli presidential candidate Reuven Rivlin speaks with the press as the parliament votes for the next Israeli president. June 10, 2014. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel gets ready for presidential elections

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The Knesset has begun preparations to elect President Reuven Rivlin’s successor. Rivlin’s term as president is slated to end on July 9, and according to law, elections for the next president must be held...
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Let Israelis overseas vote

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Hordes of Israelis showed up at voting stations across the country on Tuesday to determine the future of the state. Yet the number of people who voted could have and should have been far...
Israeli Defense Benny Gantz visits at the Jerusalem Municipality on November 10, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

‘This is an emergency’: Gantz presses left-wing bloc to unite against Netanyahu

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday called on all the parties in the country’s left-wing bloc to unite to “get rid of” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the March 2021 elections. “This...