ISRAELI COALITION POLITICS

הנשיא הזהיר מפני התפרקות החברה: "אנחנו עם חופשי, אבל חירות איננה הפקרות"

Jun 30, 2026, 02:12 PM

Speaking at the 22nd Herzliya Conference, Israeli President Isaac Herzog called for renewing the country's social contract amid approaching elections. He warned against societal disintegration and violence in Arab society, saying the country cannot survive if each group lives by its own rules.

אליהו מחה על "קידום אג'נדה פרוגרסיבית" - והצבעה על חוק להנצחת גולדה נדחתה

Jun 30, 2026, 01:50 PM

Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu objected to a bill to commemorate former PM Golda Meir because it requires a woman to head the corporation responsible for it, calling it the promotion of a progressive agenda. The vote was postponed; MK Merav Michaeli, who initiated the law, defended it as a fight for women's equality.

לפיד עקץ: "מפלגת לוויין של נתניהו". גנץ: "אין לך מקום בחיים הציבוריים"

Jun 29, 2026, 01:55 PM

Israeli opposition leaders mocked Prime Minister Netanyahu's stated wish for a broad national-unity government, with Yesh Atid's Yair Lapid calling any such party a 'satellite of Netanyahu' and dismissing his ability to form a government. Yair Golan said Netanyahu lacks the mandates, not the agreements.

ראש המועצה בצפון הודיע על עזיבת הליכוד: "יש 22 מיליארד סיבות"

Jun 29, 2026, 01:16 PM

Michael Kabsa, head of the Hatzor HaGlilit local council in northern Israel, announced he is leaving the Likud party after his town received nothing from the budgets the government allocated to the north. He accused the government of a 'targeted assassination of an entire town', saying his loyalty is to residents, not the party.

בלחץ גפני ובניגוד לעמדת האוצר: הממשלה דוחה סנקציה לשכר הגננות החרדיות

Jun 29, 2026, 01:05 PM

Under pressure from ultra-Orthodox lawmaker Moshe Gafni and against the Finance Ministry's position, the Israeli government is set to reverse a decision that would have retroactively docked budgets for Haredi kindergartens that failed to report teachers' seniority. Finance officials oppose the move; Education Ministry sources say the aim is not to harm kindergartens that did report.

פינדרוס עורר מהומה בסוגיית ירי לעבר רגלי מפגינים: "להתחיל עם נעמה לזימי" | צפו

Jun 29, 2026, 10:39 AM

A clash erupted in the Knesset over the question of shooting at the legs of protesters, when United Torah Judaism MK Pindrus tried to needle Democrats MK Naama Lazimi. She responded by calling him a despicable man, an inciter and a bully.

מגנץ, דרך ארדן ועד פייגלין: רסיסי המפלגות שעשויים להכתיר את ראש הממשלה הבא

Jun 29, 2026, 10:04 AM

An analysis examines how fringe political streams in Israel are quietly trying to form alliances to clear the electoral threshold ahead of the next vote. It reports that Benny Gantz is pursuing a tripartite bloc, Gilad Erdan is exploring a tie-up with Edelstein and Shaked, and Moshe Feiglin may merge with Smotrich or Ben Gvir.

האבסורד: יאיר נתניהו מאובטח - גדי איזנקוט לא

Jun 29, 2026, 07:40 AM

An opinion piece highlights what it calls the absurdity that Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister's son, is provided with security while former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, a potential future prime minister, is not. It argues no official sees fit to assign protection to Eisenkot despite his profile.

הניסיון העלוב של סמוטריץ' להנדס את ההיסטוריה

Jun 29, 2026, 06:54 AM

An opinion column accuses Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of trying to rewrite history by claiming credit for freeing hostages who were released in a deal he opposed. It recalls that Smotrich initially opposed the first November 2023 hostage deal and only voted for it after being assured the war would immediately resume.

טורף את הקלפים: נתניהו דורש שריונים של חצי רשימה - כתנאי לקיום פריימריז

Jun 25, 2026, 09:00 PM

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded 11 reserved slots up to the 20th place on the Likud list as a condition for holding the party's primaries, a move that would hand him control over half the list. In a call with Likud-affiliated local council heads, the demand drew pushback, with one warning that 'in such a case the primaries are almost meaningless.' The dispute reshuffles internal Likud power dynamics.

קריאות "לך הביתה" - לצד "היידה ביבי", נתניהו: "רק עיוור יגיד שאין הישגים"

Jun 25, 2026, 03:24 PM

At an officers' graduation ceremony at the IDF's Training Base 1, Prime Minister Netanyahu was met with both jeers of 'go home' and cheers of 'go Bibi,' and declared that 'only a blind person would say there are no achievements.' He stressed, against Iranian demands, that 'we are not going to withdraw from southern Lebanon' — demands the US did not reject outright. He avoided discussing his disputes with Trump but did address those with Biden.

غادي آيزنكوت.. الجنرال الذي يهدد عرش نتنياهو

Jun 9, 2026, 04:52 PM

Former military chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as a leading challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but rivalry within the opposition and the difficulty of forming coalitions remain obstacles to actually ending Netanyahu's rule.

חוות הדעת הסודית: גוטליב סיכנה את חיי איש השב"כ | הקונספירציות שקידמה - והאמת

Jun 9, 2026, 02:23 PM

A secret Shin Bet opinion submitted ahead of hearings on lifting the parliamentary immunity of Likud MK Tally Gotliv concluded that she endangered the life of the husband of protest activist Shikma Bressler. In the hearings, Gotliv repeatedly raised various conspiracy theories, including of 'betrayal from within'—these are her claims, and the truth.

בתמיכת הקואליציה: אושר לקידום החוק למעקף בג"ץ וסבסוד מעונות למשתמטים

Jun 9, 2026, 01:13 PM

The Knesset is set to vote in first reading on a bill under which day-care subsidies would be set according to a toddler's mother rather than the father, so that a draft-evading father would not cost the family its subsidy. A clause inserted at Finance Minister Smotrich's initiative—paired with a move to bypass the High Court—angered the ultra-Orthodox parties.

מכתב רודף מכתב בקרב על המינוי הבכיר: התגובה של נתניהו לעקיצה של השופט סולברג

Mar 17, 2026, 06:15 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Supreme Court Justice Noam Solberg, who chairs the Central Elections Committee, are locked in a public dispute over the appointment of attorney Yifat Siminovsky as the committee's legal adviser. After Solberg publicly told Netanyahu to "learn the subject" before criticising the appointment, Netanyahu fired back, calling the remark "unnecessary mud-slinging." The committee has defended Siminovsky, saying she was stronger than the other candidates for the role.

בג"ץ קיבל את בקשת נתניהו לדחות את הדיון בפיטורי בן גביר - ומתח ביקורת

Mar 17, 2026, 04:02 PM

Israel's Supreme Court (High Court of Justice) granted Prime Minister Netanyahu's request to postpone the hearing on the dismissal of Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, scheduling it for next month. However, the justices sharply criticised Netanyahu, noting that the request came very late despite the fact that the court had issued its order before the war began. Netanyahu had argued the hearing should be delayed due to the ongoing war.

בעלות ברית במלחמה: תמונה אחת שווה אלפי מילים

Mar 17, 2026, 03:08 PM

As Israel enters its eighth decade, this opinion piece argues that the nation's guiding document should be its Declaration of Independence — not a new book by British author Tim Bouverie. The columnist uses a single resonant image to contrast Israel's foundational values with current political trends. The piece is a call to return to the ideals of Israel's founding in the face of coalition pressures and shifting alliances.

שר הרווחה קורא להחרגת המשרד מהקיצוץ: "פגיעה ישירה בחלשים בישראל"

Mar 17, 2026, 01:42 PM

Israeli Welfare Minister Chaim Katz has urged the Finance Ministry to exempt his department from the across-the-board budget cuts introduced to finance war expenditures. He warned that without an exemption, his ministry would retain only about 35% of the funds earmarked for improving welfare services in the coming year. Among the programmes at risk is a plan to raise salaries for residential care instructors, urgently needed to address a severe staffing crisis in Israel's social care sector.

סולברג ענה בתקיפות למכתב של נתניהו: "תלמד את הנושא לפני שאתה טוען טענות"

Mar 17, 2026, 11:17 AM

Justice Yitzhak Sולberg, chair of Israel's Central Elections Committee, sharply rebuked Prime Minister Netanyahu after attorney Ilan Bombach sent letters on behalf of Netanyahu and the Likud party opposing the appointment of attorney Yafat Siminovsky as the committee's legal adviser. Solberg defended Siminovsky, noting she passed all required examinations and was chosen unanimously, and condemned the letters as an unnecessary attack on her dignity. The clash highlights growing tensions between the Netanyahu government and judicial institutions during wartime.

3 מחשבות לא מלחמתיות / דניאלה לונדון דקל

Mar 17, 2026, 04:59 AM

Columnist Daniela London Dekel offers three sardonic reflections on Israeli society amid the ongoing conflict: who truly bears the cost of the current situation, how targeted assassinations have become a kind of brand franchise, and the enduring political magic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

עשר שנים לפרשת אלאור אזריה: כך שינתה השערורייה את היחסים שבין הפוליטיקה לצבא בישראל

Mar 17, 2026, 04:56 AM

Ten years after soldier Elor Azaria shot and killed a subdued Palestinian attacker in Hebron — an act that divided Israeli society between fierce supporters and critics — Ynet revisits the key figures at the heart of the affair. The case became a defining moment that exposed deep fault lines between Israel's military establishment and political class, with even the prime minister publicly shifting his stance. A decade on, analysts assess how the scandal permanently altered the relationship between army and politics in Israel.