Israel's final election results confirmed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc lost its parliamentary majority and that weeks of difficult negotiations among very different parties, from ultra-Orthodox Jewish to secular to Arab-led, lie ahead. The results released early Friday showed Netanyahu’s…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute More than three years after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 massacre, the Iran-backed terrorist group is still demonstrating that it has no intention of relinquishing its grip on the Gaza Strip. The latest evidence came during…
New Delhi, November 6: Benjamin Netanyahu has run Israeli politics like he owns the board for almost two decades now. That control looks thinner than it has in a long, long time. A religious party that stood by him through five…
The Yashar party responded to the 67 Knesset members who recommended Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government, calling on President Isaac Herzog to give him the mandate as soon as possible. The party claimed that this was the highest number…
Two parties representing the Arab minority have backed Eisenkot, while Netanyahu's longtime ally has refused to support any candidate. Israeli President Isaac Herzog has until November 11 to decide who to entrust with the mandate to form a government. Benjamin Netanyahu's…
Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has secured 56 recommendations to form the next government after the Arab-led Ra’am party backed him Thursday, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to receive 46 after his ultra-Orthodox ally United Torah Judaism declined to endorse…
After years of opposition, MK Avigdor Liberman has lifted his veto on the haredi parties and authorized negotiations to form a government with Shas and United Torah Judaism. Green light for talks: Liberman breaks his boycott of haredi parties
November 5, 2026 at 1:47 pm Former Israeli military chief and Yashar Party leader Gadi Eisenkot (L) and his wife Hanna Eisenkot (R) cast their ballot at a school in Herzliya, as voters head to the polls in Israel’s general elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s prospects for remaining in power narrowed while hopes for his opponent, Gadi Eisenkot, grew during coalition talks on Nov. 5. Israeli media reported the United Torah Judaism Party, which has historically coalitioned with Netanyahu’s Likud Party,…
Likud and allied right‑of‑center factions: policy agendas and coalitions.
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