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Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at party headquarters in Jerusalem, Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Which Bibi will we get?

Now that Netanyahu has claimed a decisive victory, speculation turns to what type of government he will form.

November 14, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend a vote on the "settler law" bill at the Knesset, June 6, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israelis should vote for the list, not the party

This election, look down the roster and vote for the list that will work together as a team.

October 16, 2022

Former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot attends the INSS conference in Tel Aviv on April 12, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Ex-IDF chief Eizenkot plunges into politics, joins Gantz-Sa’ar alliance

The three plan to vie in the Nov. 1 elections as part of the new State Party.

August 14, 2022

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the District Court in Jerusalem for a hearing on May 31, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The Israeli right is losing its way

The right looked like it was in good shape going into the election campaign, but now it’s plagued by infighting while the left unites.

July 17, 2022

Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz hold a press conference announcing they merging their parties ahead of the upcoming election, in Ramat Gan, July 10, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Gantz, Sa’ar announce merger of Blue and White, and New Hope parties

Gantz: On too many occasions, the edges and margins have dominated the tone, and the Israeli center has been left without a voice.

July 11, 2022

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, current Israeli leader Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend a plenum session in the Knesset on May 23, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The solutions and dissolutions that bedevil Israeli politics

The main political questions hovering in the air this week were what MK Nir Orbach wants and what New Hope leader Gideon Sa'ar will do.

June 19, 2022

Opposition leader Yair Lapid, then the foreign minister, walks past Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the time the leader of the opposition, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Nov. 8, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Madness and irony in Israeli politics

Yes, the current coalition is a circus, but it has also shifted the electorate further to the right.

June 15, 2022

(L-R) Israeli minister of Defense Benny Gantz, minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Minister of Justice Gideon Saar during a discussion on the "family reunification law", during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

The price of the Israeli government’s survival

A floundering, divided leadership opens the door to all sorts of pressures, but as usual, every failure is marketed as a success.

June 8, 2022

Gideon Sa'ar, head of the New Hope Party, speaks at a conference in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli justice minister: Partnership with Ra’am may have ‘exhausted itself’

After the government fails to pass an extension of Israeli law to Judea and Samaria, Gideon Sa’ar says the coalition's vote against the renewal "borders on madness."

June 8, 2022