Gadi Eisenkot demands haredi party Shas remove new election ad invoking IDF soldiers
Central Elections Committee Chairman Justice Noam Solberg issued on Sunday an interim order for the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Shas…
Israel’s new ultra-Orthodox party pushes for haredi enlistment, education reform
As the current haredi parties in the Knesset – Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ) – have received…
Israel 2026 Election | Poll: Eisenkot-led Opposition Bloc Just One Seat Short of Winning Majority Without Arab Parties
A new Channel 12 poll published Monday projects Israel’s opposition parties will win a combined 60 seats in…
Israel Police conclude newspaper probe into Shas MK over public education funds
Police have completed an investigation involving Shas MK Haim Biton and several other figures over suspicions that public…
Israel Election Poll: The Democrats Hold Steady as Arab Parties Gain Ground
A Channel 13 poll published on Tuesday evening, some 14 weeks before Israel’s October 27 election, forecasts that…
How Gadi Eisenkot’s snub of Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef redefines Israeli politics
Why Gadi Eisenkot distanced himself from Yitzhak Yosef’s embrace, and what that says about the changing fault lines…
Netanyahu’s coalition falls to 48 seats following Knesset’s legislative blitz
The opposition bloc is expected to gain 62 seats in the next election, while the current coalition is…
From 1948 to October 7: The ultra-Orthodox Draft Has Always Been Israel’s Political Fault Line
Ultra-Orthodox soldiers during the War of Independence. Yeshiva students were granted service deferrals “despite the severity of the…
Inside Israel’s Basic Law: Torah Study and the debate it has sparked
“It should be noted that in general, the MKs from the ultra-Orthodox parties avoid submitting proposals for basic…
Israel Can’t Afford More Deals With the ultra-Orthodox
Military exemptions are only one part of the ultra-Orthodox political project. The real goal is to preserve privileges,…
Ultra-Orthodox party holds Knesset hostage over draft exemption bills
The haredi (ultra-Orthodox) party United Torah Judaism (UTJ) announced on Monday that it would boycott coalition voting in…
For Frenzied Netanyahu, ‘Total Victory’ Would Be an Inconclusive Election
Benjamin Netanyahu earned his reputation as a super-campaigner who (nearly always) wins because he excels at putting the…