Israel must enforce its new election rules for the age of AI disinformation
Israel’s election campaign has begun, but it has offered a preview of what lies ahead. An AI-generated Likud…
How Gadi Eisenkot’s snub of Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef redefines Israeli politics
Former chief rabbi and Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef offered Yashar Party head Gadi Eisenkot a political…
Knesset passes law weakening attorney-general’s powers
The Knesset plenum passed into law on Wednesday the contentious bill that seeks to significantly weaken the attorney-general’s…
When are Israel’s 2026 elections? Full timeline and key dates explained
Election season in Israel has officially begun, and the 25th Knesset will be the first since 1988 to…
Israel must change electoral process, consider new method to vote for Knesset
Ahead of Knesset elections, each party decides its own list of candidates. In Israel, the voter has no…
Knesset advances dissolution bill, debates election date
The coalition’s bill to dissolve the Knesset is set to be brought for its first reading vote in…
West Bank, Gaza antiquities bill raises international law concerns
The controversial bill seeking to establish a new civilian authority to oversee antiquities and heritage sites within the…
Israel at all time low in women’s political representation
Sharp decline Israel has not always ranked so low on the index of women’s political representation. This is…
Israel’s milk shortages are caused by government quotas
How many times have you stood in a grocery store staring at an empty milk shelf? This shortage…
Israeli Knesset advances bill allowing gov’t to shut foreign media outlets without court approval
JERUSALEM/ISTANBUL The Israeli Knesset approved in a preliminary reading on Monday a bill allowing the government to shut…
Israeli Knesset approves 1st reading of bill on death penalty for Palestinian prisoners
JERUSALEM/ISTANBUL The Israeli Knesset approved in a first reading a bill allowing the execution of Palestinian prisoners. The…