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Likud to vote on Netanyahu plan to scrap primaries as election draws near

Party committee will consider replacing direct elections for Knesset slate with a selection panel, while granting Netanyahu eight reserved places in the top 30 and room for a possible deal with Bezalel Smotrich

Moran Azulay | 07.12.26

Likud’s internal war: Netanyahu seeks control of slate, lawmakers fear political purge

With primaries looming, backbench MKs fear a shift toward a selection committee would shrink their chances of reelection, while senior ministers, Haim Katz, David Bitan and newer lawmakers each maneuver to protect their interests

Moran Azulay | 07.09.26

Pro-Israel activist Yoseph Haddad edges closer to Knesset run as parties circle

Haddad holds first activist meeting as he weighs whether to run independently, join an existing party or accept a reserved spot in Likud, while several new political alliances take shape ahead of the election

Moran Azulay | 07.07.26

Hili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel announce joint election run

The former Blue and White lawmaker and the Reservists’ Party chairman confirmed they will run together, as possible additions to the slate include Aner Shapira’s mother and Miriam Peretz’s son

Moran Azulay | 07.07.26

IDF service to remain at 32 months while freeze to arrests of Haredi draft dodgers advances

Updated bill removes 90-day limit, keeping the arrest freeze in force until November 30 and creating precedents for a future draft exemption law

Yossi Yehoshua, Moran Azulay | 07.06.26

Constitutional crisis: minister defends High Court defiance, says justices ‘creating anarchy’

Shlomo Karhi says cabinet’s refusal to recognize the Second Authority council’s actions is warning to officials not to rely on what he calls an illegal ruling, while Herzog and opposition accuse government of crossing democratic red line

Moran Azulay | 07.05.26

Small parties could decide Israel’s election, if they survive the threshold

Yuli Edelstein’s talks with Ayelet Shaked, Gilad Erdan and Yoaz Hendel are part of a wider scramble among right-wing and centrist splinters trying to avoid wasting votes before 2026

Moran Azulay | 07.04.26

Likud veteran Yuli Edelstein quits after draft-law clash with Netanyahu

The former Knesset speaker and longtime Likud senior figure says he will not run in the party’s primaries, months after Netanyahu removed him from the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee over his refusal to advance a Haredi draft exemption bill

Moran Azulay | 07.03.26

Top court freezes Netanyahu attorney's appointment as state comptroller

Five Supreme Court justices froze Netanyahu defense attorney Michael Rabello’s appointment as state comptroller; MK Hanoch Milwidsky, who filmed himself behind the voting booth, urged defying the 'illegal decision'

Netael Bandel, Moran Azulay | 07.01.26

Opposition leaders accuse Netanyahu of falsely claiming Iran had nuclear bombs

'Attempt to rewrite history': Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett claim PM distorting facts to justify his policies and alarm the public

Nina Fox, Moran Azulay | 07.01.26

אירוע פתיחת מסע הבחירות של מפלגת ישר! עם גדי איזנקוט

Eisenkot launches election campaign: ‘Israel has no privilege to make another mistake’

Yashar! chairman vows to expand IDF ranks, form a state commission of inquiry and build a ‘Zionist, unifying government,’ while accusing the leadership of fueling division and chaos

Moran Azulay | 06.30.26

Small parties, big impact: the quiet moves that could reshape Israel’s election

Gantz weighs alliances with Dedi Simchi and Yoaz Hendel as splinter parties on both blocs race to clear the threshold, where a few thousand votes could decide who forms the next government

Moran Azulay | 06.29.26

‘Like dating the Tinder Swindler’: opposition rejects Netanyahu unity push ahead of election

Lapid says Yesh Atid will not sit with Netanyahu after PM called for a broad national government at a Saturday press conference, accusing him of failing to take responsibility for October 7 and predicting he will lose the next election

Moran Azulay, Itamar Eichner | 06.29.26

Aryeh Deri, Moshe Gafni and Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu, Haredi parties strike election deal: draft concessions for Oct. 7 probe support

The agreement would delay Knesset dissolution until July 17 and set elections for Oct. 20, while giving Haredi parties key bills before the vote

Moran Azulay, Amir Ettinger, Shilo Freid | 06.23.26

Minister Dudi Amsalem hospitalized after heart attack

Amsalem, 65, suffered a heart attack Saturday night and was hospitalized; his office said he was in good condition and returned home Tuesday morning, two and a half days after the cardiac event

Moran Azulay | 06.16.26