Articles about Israeli Politics

Israeli PM Naftali Bennett loses more political altitude as his chief of staff resigns amid growing coalition defections, turbulence

Joel C. Rosenberg May 23, 2022

Will Israel be forced to go to fifth round of elections in three years?

NAFTALI BENNETT | ISRAELI POLITICS

Why did a piece of legislation move a tough politician to tears in the Israeli Knesset?

Nicole Jansezian May 23, 2022

Here’s the Yair Lapid that many outside Israel don’t know

ISRAELI POLITICS | YAIR LAPID

Is the coalition now tearing apart from the Left as well? Bombshell announcement by left-wing Knesset member leaves coalition in the minority

Nicole Jansezian May 19, 2022

A month after right-wing member withdraws her vote from the coalition, she is now followed by an Arab MK who said she feels like a second-class member of the government

ISRAELI POLITICS

Coalition lives to see another day as Islamist party decides it will stay in the government

Nicole Jansezian May 11, 2022

Mansour Abbas says his Ra'am party will not vote with the opposition for the dispersion of the Knesset

MANSOUR ABBAS | ISRAELI POLITICS

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Right, left or run over? As Israeli parliament opens summer session, sharks are circling a fragile coalition looking for a weak link

Nicole Jansezian May 9, 2022

The government will either collapse or limp ahead – and much of this depends on the four seats held by the Islamist party

ISRAELI POLITICS | KNESSET | NAFTALI BENNETT | BENJAMIN NETANYAHU | MANSOUR ABBAS

I just spent an hour with Benjamin Netanyahu – looking ‘tanned, rested and ready,’ is a comeback in the cards for the former prime minister?

Joel C. Rosenberg May 1, 2022

Some clues: Bibi has just finished writing a new book, is surging in the polls, and is meeting with Evangelical business and media leaders. Here’s my report.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU | ISRAELI POLITICS | EVANGELICALS