Ten parties, one stage, one anthem: Israel365 News hosts English-language election town hall
Israeli politicians are famous for shouting over each other on television panels. On Sunday night in Jerusalem, representatives of ten parties shared a single stage for two hours, answered the toughest question their opponents could throw at them.
Tomorrow’s headlines: Israeli apartheid, Arab discrimination, and why it’s a lie
Israel is one hearing away from doing something it has never done. The head of an Arab party is about to be kept off the Knesset ballot, and the ruling will be sold abroad as proof that Israel is an apartheid state that silences and discriminates against its Arab citizens.
Israel votes in five weeks. Its American voters could decide who wins.
Americans are watching their own midterms, but Israel votes first in one of its closest and least predictable elections in memory. Some 400,000 English-speaking Israelis, many of them Americans, represent roughly four Knesset seats.
An Israeli unity government vs. a natural coalition
With Israel’s national elections two months away, pollsters, reporters, and pundits typically talk about the two main “blocks” of parties likely to make up the next coalition, based on projections from regular polls. The polls vary slightly, but show an overall similar trend.
Elections committee forces Shas to pull IDF soldier ad amid draft law furor
The ruling lands as Shas faces mounting public anger over its role in pushing through the Basic Law draft exemption, legislation that grants sweeping military service exemptions to ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students.
The Charedi Public Party announces Knesset run and launches election campaign
“We are in the midst of a head-on collision between Charedi society and the rest of the people of Israel. The consequences will be disastrous for us, for the Charedi public and for the State of Israel as a whole.”
Knesset enshrines Torah study as “foundational value” in new Basic Law, reigniting decades-old draft battle
The vote came after ten hours of speeches and opposition filibustering, and it lands the country squarely back inside a fight over military conscription that has simmered since the state’s founding in 1948.
Tonight in Jerusalem: The questions that will define Israel’s next decade
Tonight, some of the most influential figures in Israeli public life, including Cabinet ministers, ambassadors, Members of Knesset, journalists, leading thinkers, and activists, will gather in Jerusalem to debate the future of the Jewish state.
Torah study now a Basic Law in Israel: Draft-dodging gets constitutional cover
Israel’s Knesset voted Wednesday to advance a Basic Law declaring Torah study a foundational constitutional value of the Jewish state, a measure legal experts warn could permanently entrench draft exemptions for tens of thousands men, while the IDF fights a manpower shortage on multiple fronts.
After polling weakness, Bennett and Lapid join forces in bid for relevance
Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced Sunday that they will run together in the upcoming national election under a joint list branded “Together – Led by Bennett,” a move that immediately reshapes the opposition map and revives one of the most controversial alliances in recent Israeli history.