פוליטיקה ישראלית — כנסת, ממשלה, בחירות. Israeli politics: Knesset, government, elections.
Likud officials fear that a new right-wing party led by Brig.-Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter could split the bloc’s vote, particularly if it fails to cross the…
In Netanyahu’s Likud, reaching the top of the list is only half the challenge. The other half is remaining there without appearing too eager to reach…
Two polls published after the primaries place the Likud in first place with 31-32 seats, and Eisenkot’s party in second place with 24.
The number of Likud members in Har Hevron surged from around 150 to approximately 600, with 80% of them voting in the primaries. Erez Tadmor received…
Syria is not known to hold operational stockpiles of nuclear material for a weapons program, but Israel bombed a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007 in…
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the…
Energy minister wins 46,224 votes, more than 3,000 ahead of Amir Ohana, after years cultivating organized activists and unaffiliated members; Likud officials say Netanyahu may no…
Seven Mizrahi candidates reached the primary top 10, religious representation fell sharply and no former general or IDF chief of staff made the list; Dichter, Silman,…
With 80% of the votes counted, Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen appears to have secured the top slot, followed by Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and…
The Kusra siege has drawn rare US criticism and intensified debate over Israel’s failure to restrain violent factions as the government considers transferring civilian law enforcement…
After some 75,000 Likud members cast their ballots, final results put Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana second and Justice Minister Yariv Levin third, while several serving ministers…
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the…
Europe continues to talk of “sovereignty" while it has progressively replaced the government of peoples with the administration of flows of migrants. Opinion.
MK Gilad Kariv called those responsible “incited hooligans” and accused the Israeli government of contributing to hostility toward Reform and other liberal Jewish denominations.