תגית: Knesset

Ger hasidim threaten election boycott to block rival candidate

Ger hasidim instructed to suspend election activities, raising fears United Torah Judaism could lose two Knesset seats.

How to punish a terrorist

Israel’s government and the Knesset can look to the United Kingdom for much harsher sentencing.

Netanyahu bloc drops 4 seats as TV poll forecasts unaligned Hendel-Zelekha party will enter Knesset

Channel 13 survey shows both PM and his allies, Eisenkot-led opposition far from Knesset majority * Israel said blocking US firm from breaking ground on Gaza…

No. 8 on Winter's party list quits, Netanyahu and Smotrich urge others to follow

Davidi Ben Zion, the No. 8 candidate on Ofer Winter's People of Israel electoral list for the Oct. 27 Knesset vote, announced on Tuesday night that…

How Israel votes: a guide to the Knesset, political parties and coalition governments

Netanyahu, Eisenkot blocs struggle to secure majority, raising fears of another election deadlock

Netanyahu's failure to unite smaller right-wing parties could cost his bloc crucial Knesset seats, while Eisenkot's opposition camp also struggles to secure a governing majority.

A Mandatory Listen – Nechumi Yaffe: An insider’s dire prognosis for the Haredi world – and its cure

In the fourth episode of our new podcast series, the ultra-Orthodox female prof running for Knesset discusses frankly the problems facing the community, and why she…

How do Israeli elections work? A guide to voting, Knesset seats, and coalitions – explainer

Israel uses a system called proportional representation, which helps explain its many political parties, complicated coalition negotiations, and frequent early elections.

Israel Election 2026: Guide to Knesset, political parties, coalition governments

First women on ultra-Orthodox party slate running for Knesset seek change – interview

Nechumi Yaffe and Ziva Glanz, both running on the Haredi Public party's list, voiced concerns for women in the haredi community they seek to address in…

‘Shooting us in the back’: Winter says Netanyahu to blame if his party fails to enter Knesset

Ex-general, who says he plans to back Netanyahu but has repeatedly tussled with him, makes remark after PM called him 'fake right'; opposition's Eisenkot, Golan also…

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana urges Herzog to pardon Netanyahu in letter with no formal legal basis

Ohana, himself a lawyer, said one of the “chronic failings” of Israel’s justice system is “the dragging out of proceedings,” and called on Herzog to make…

'The Prime Ministers': New book covers Begin, the ‘Altalena,’ and the October 27 election – review

Israelis vote on October 27, at the end of only the second Knesset since 1988 to serve a full term – the other 13 having dissolved…