PM Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party looks set to pick up seats, but only from parties already part of his bloc – not from the pro-Netanyahu bloc (Image: IGPO/Flickr); while Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu, despite trying to refocus this campaign on economics and the outgoing Government’s foreign policy performance, has again found his legal situation the main focus of this election (Image: Eddie Gerald/ Alamy Stock Photo)
To Bibi or Not to Bibi
It appears as static as the Dead Sea....
Far-right provocateur and Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir (Image: Twitter)
Mergers, splits and deals in Israel’s poll run-up
The dice – six of them – have...
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid (L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
A Tale of Two Speeches: Yair Lapid and Mahmoud Abbas at the UN General Assembly
Both Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud...
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Israeli political parties shuffle the deck ahead of election season
Ahead of Israel’s next national election on November...
Yair Lapid: TV journalist-turned-politician, now likely to become interim PM (Image: Shutterstock)
Who is Yair Lapid, Israel’s likely new interim PM?
Yair Lapid, the chairman of the Yesh Atid...
Outgoing PM Naftali Bennett with some of the key players in his politically diverse cabinet (Image: Flickr)
Anatomy of a dissolution
On June 20, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett...
Yamina MK Idit Silman has precipitated a coalition crisis. Photo: Wikipedia
Israel’s ruling coalition has lost its majority. Now what?
The surprise announcement on Wednesday morning, April 6,...
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Assessing the Bennett-Lapid Government and prospects for 2022 – David Horovitz
David Horovitz, the founding editor of the Times...
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Bennett-Lapid Gov’t passes budget, boosts Arab and Druze sectors
Israel’s first budget in three years received final...
Israel's new government with Israeli President Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (photo credit: AVI OHAYON - GPO)
Netanyahu leaves behind a complex legacy in Israel. His successor will need to deliver change — and fast
The Conversation, June 14, 2021 Israel’s 36th government...
Israeli PM Naftali Bennett (R); Alternative PM and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (C) and Defence Minister Benny Gantz (L) (Photo: Noam Moscowitz / Knesset spokesperson)
AIJAC welcomes new Israeli government, pays tribute to Netanyahu’s achievements
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has...
Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett and Mansour Abbas agree on terms for adding the Muslim-Arab Ra'am party to the coalition.
Israel poised to install most ideologically diverse government ever
Israel’s new unity government agreement which was signed...
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