Israeli Far-right Parties End Feud That Could Have Threatened Coalition Talks

Rafi Peretz and Bezalel Smotrich had reportedly disagreed over the latter's demands, one of which was to grant Netanyahu immunity from prosecution

Opinion My Sister Voted for Israel's Fascists. I Still Love Her

I still care for my sister, West Bank settler and supporter of Israel's most dangerous, tribalistic and virulent racists and fascists. Just hating the monster won't make it go away

In Bid to Secure Coalition, Likud Proposes Compromise on Haredi Draft Bill

Former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who says he won't join government unless ultra-Orthodox men are drafted, could vote against amended bill - which is expected to pass even without his support

Opinion American Jews, Resist Netanyahu Like He's Trump

Netanyahu's new government - even more predatory and defiant than before - must usher in a fundamental shift in American Jews’ activism against Israel’s extremists and their alliance with Trump

Analysis The Pundits Got It Wrong: In 2019, the Economy Did Sway Israeli Votes

Polls show that people’s feelings about the economy are shaped by their politics — and the right-wing majority thinks Bibi & Co. have delivered

Probe Suspected Arab Voter Fraud, Israeli Election Committee Chief Urges

Justice Hanan Melcer cites testimonies by Likud officials based on hidden cameras; calls on Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit to launch an investigation

Opinion Gantz Has No Business Remaining Outside of the Government

Opinion Behind Netanyahu's Victory With Poor Israelis

Opinion Israel’s Left Will Lose if It Doesn't Have a Plan to End the Occupation

Israel's New Knesset: Fewer Women and Arabs, More Religious Lawmakers

The 21st Knesset will have more religiously observant lawmakers than before - but also more LGBTQ community members

Netanyahu's Cousin Hid Business Ties to Prime Minister From Police

Nathan Milikowsky was asked explicitly if he and Netanyahu maintained business ties and he denied it, despite the fact that the two were partners in the SeaDrift steel company from 2007 to 2010

Analysis Israel's Likely Next Justice Minister Has the Supreme Court in the Crosshairs

Move over, Ayelet Shaked. Netanyahu's likely pick for the justice portfolio wants a license to kill

Greenblatt Says Trump's Mideast Peace Plan Won't Include Sinai Transfer to Gaza

Donald Trump's Middle East envoy tweeted that the long-awaited American peace plan will not include territorial transfer from Egypt's Sinai to the Gaza Strip

Macron Expresses Hope Netanyahu's New Government Will Push for Two-state Solution

French president congratulates prime minister for mandate to form government via a letter, follows Germany's Merkel lead in encouraging Israel to 'revive the Middle East peace process'

Opinion This Is the Only Effective Way to Push Back Against Netanyahu's Israel

Forget lobbying to cut non-existent U.S. 'economic aid,' getting arrested outside Birthright, sending angry tweets. If you actually want change, this is what to do

Opinion Israel's Future Saviors Wear IDF Uniforms

Israel's youngest voters were four times more likely to go for Netanyahu. But there's hope – in the most unexpected place

Record Number of 'Wasted' Votes in Israeli Election for Parties That Failed to Enter Knesset

366,016 votes went to parties that did not pass the electoral threshold, amounting to 8.49 percent of all valid votes

Analysis For Israel and Liberal American Jews, Netanyahu’s Next Government Is the End of the Line

Fragile support for Israel is bound to be crushed by a coalition of Jewish supremacists that would destroy democracy, the rule of law and last remaining prospects for peace

Opinion A National Unity Government Will Serve No Purpose

Explained This Hot Potato Threatens Netanyahu's Government Even Before It's Formed

Both the ultra-Orthodox parties and Lieberman are up in arms

Netanyahu Expected to Hand Education Ministry to Far-right Party

Prime minister said before election that Likud would hold the education portfolio, but is now expected to renege and give it to Union of Right-Wing Parties

Israeli ultra-Orthodox Party Says Ready for New Election if Lieberman Insists on Draft Law

Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman is making legislation requiring ultra-Orthodox conscription a condition to joining the government

Opinion Trump Now Expects Payback From Netanyahu. It Could Blow Up the Middle East

Trump helped Netanyahu get re-elected. Now it’s Netanyahu’s turn to help Trump's 2020 re-election campaign - by playing along with the Kushner 'peace plan' and by ramping up tension with Iran

Opinion The Man Who Rescued the Israeli Left

Thanks to MK Issawi Freij, tens of thousands of Arab citizens voted for Meretz, and it passed the electoral threshold

After Election Defeat, Labor Party to Consider Early Leadership Vote

The party whose forebear founded Israel is also over a million dollars in debt, since campaign budget had been set based on expectations it would win around 15 seats

'Us and Them Is Over': Netanyahu Officially Tasked With Forming Governing Coalition

President Rivlin urged the PM to make all Israelis equal partners after election campaign, in which 'things were said that shouldn't have been said'

For Would-be MKs, Knesset Loss Means Millions in Campaign Bills

Government funding will cover pricey campaign costs for winning parties, but those who found themselves outside Knesset won't be so lucky

Netanyahu Celebrates Election Victory: I Am Not Afraid of the Media

Prime minister dismisses criticism over possible appointment of confrontational justice minister, calls it 'threats'

Final Israeli Election Results: Likud Loses Seat, but Netanyahu Still Set to Form Next Government

President Reuven Rivlin is expected to task Netanyahu with forming the next government after a majority of 64 lawmakers recommended the premier to build the next coalition

Bennett Takes 'Full Responsibility' for Party's Failure to Enter Knesset After Final Election Results

A final recount has failed to substantiate Hayamin Hehadash's claim of vote-counting irregularities in last week's election ■ Bennett: 'I, and I alone, am responsible for the result'

How the Small, but Critical, Settler Vote Could Push Israel Toward Annexation

What would have happened if only Israelis living inside the Green Line voted?

Opinion Black Flags of Immorality and Illegitimacy Flutter Over Annexation and Netanyahu’s Immunity

Despondent center-leftists console themselves by asserting that elections have changed nothing – but their moments of truth are at hand

Netanyahu Set to Form Next Government After Most Parties Recommend Him to President

65 lawmakers tell Rivlin Netanyahu should build governing coalition; Labor party recommends Benny Gantz, criticizing premier's many years in office