Gantz and Lapid Are Keeping a Low Profile This Time Around, but a Strategy Change Is in the Works

An inside source admits that if the party wants to win this time around, things have to look differently and shift rightward

Yair Lapid Says Coalition With Netanyahu, Lieberman Is the Right Thing for Israel

Kahol Lavan co-chair responds to comments by Avigdor Lieberman, who said that he will aim for a unity government in order to exclude the ultra-Orthodox parties

Sara Netanyahu Admits Criminal Offense in Plea Deal, Will Pay Fine

Prime minister's wife signed a plea deal on Wednesday to pay $15,000 for intentionally exploiting another person's mistake, after she had been originally charged with aggravated fraud, fraud and breach of trust

This What Israel's Center-left Has to Do if It Wants to Take Netanyahu Down in the Next Election

Kahol Lavan's complete to-do list if it wants to win on September 17

Lieberman: We Will Aim for Government With Gantz and Likud, Exclude the ultra-Orthodox

Ex-defense minister vows to do everything he can to prevent the ultra-Orthodox parties from entering the government

Analysis Is Netanyahu Grooming His Son to Succeed Him as His Leadership Spins Out of Control?

Netanyahu may not get another chance to form a government ■ The only voice of reason in the Prime Minister's Office quits

Jew, Arab in Joint Meretz Leadership Bid; Labor Chairman Quits Political Life

Meretz party's constitution will need to be amended for co-chairmen run ■ Labor lawmaker Itzik Shmuli announces bid to lead Labor party

Hoping to Thwart New Political Initiative, Israel's Arab Parties to Announce Joint Knesset Run

High-paced negotiations between representative of four parties expected to be completed within two weeks, senior official says

Israel's Labor Party Leadership Battle Pits Veterans Against Young Guard

After Gabbay's decision to step down, former chairmen Barak and Peretz are facing off against former protest leaders Shaffir and Shmuli

Arab Party Activists Try to Block Palestinian Attempt to Influence Israeli Election

Palestinian Authority officials are spearheading talks to foster Jewish-Arab political cooperation, but activists are trying to revive the Joint List in order to stop them

Sara Netanyahu Signs Plea Deal, Will Pay $15,000 for Misuse of Public Funds

Prime minister's wife originally charged with aggravated fraud, fraud and breach of trust

Lieberman Won't Commit to 'Crowning' Netanyahu After Israel's Election

The Yisrael Beiteinu leader also went after opposition party Kahol Lavan, saying that the only chance they could form a government is 'at the North Pole with the bears'

Opinion Israel's Left-wing Parties Must Join Forces

Israel's Labor Chief Gabbay Announces He Won't Seek Reelection

Gabbay led the party through a stinging defeat in the April 9 election, and came under criticism for considering to join Netanyahu's government despite vows he wouldn't

Palestinian Authority Pressing for Jewish-Arab Political Alliance Ahead of New Israeli Election

Abbas’ envoys urge Israeli Arab politicians to either set up new party or support Meretz

Dropping Bid for New Delay, Netanyahu Says He Will Attend Pre-indictment Hearing

Netanyahu has argued that he can’t prepare properly for the hearing because of the September 17 election, despite the fact that the new election was his idea

Israeli Labor Lawmaker Quits, Left-wing Meretz Party Eyes Primary Ahead of New Election

Tal Rousso ends his short-lived political life and former MK Nitzan Hotowitz to run for Meretz leadership as parties grapple with election disappointment

Editorial Trump's Man in Jerusalem Is Harming the Peace Process

Analysis With One Word, Trump's Envoy Sets Stage for Israeli Annexation of West Bank

Washington distanced itself from David Friedman's comments on Israel's 'right' to annex parts of the West Bank, but history teaches that the ambassador is a much better barometer for which way the wind is blowing in the Oval Office

Opinion How Lucky We Are to Have Netanyahu Around

Analysis Instead of Taking on Netanyahu, His Rival Party Is Shooting Itself in the Foot

Even after Netanyahu capriciously forced collective suicide upon the newly elected Knesset, he still managed to push through his choice for state comptroller

Ayelet Shaked Should Lead Israel's religious-Zionist Camp, Poll Shows

In a survey conducted by newspaper Makor Rishon, 40 percent of religious Zionists said they would vote for the former justice minister, while only 19 percent expressed support for her partner, Naftali Bennett

Analysis Netanyahu’s Losing Rivals Need Open Primaries or Even a Reality Show: The Choice

In elections dubbed fateful, the center-left will make do with candidates such as Gantz and Lapid who were chosen only by themselves

Editorial Kahol Lavan Goes AWOL

Analysis This Is How a Likud Backbencher Got Netanyahu to Appoint Him Justice Minister

There was no greater supporter to amend the Immunity Law for Netanyahu or to pass an override clause than Amir Ohana, who is also close to Yair Netanyahu

Voter Fatigue and Empowered Extremists: The Possible Effects of Israel's Constant Elections

Israeli citizens will head to the polls on September 17 for the third (and even fourth) time within less than 11 months

Attorney General Rejects Netanyahu's Request to Postpone Pre-indictment Hearing

Netanyahu argues that proximity of October hearing to Election Day makes it impossible, but Mendelblit says it will not interfere with the campaign

From Gofer to Nemesis: Why the Man Who Helped Put Netanyahu in Power Is Now Taking Him Down

Likud’s rising star, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his loyal right-hand man were inseparable in the 1990s. But Avigdor Lieberman’s goal was always to be the power behind the throne — of whoever was king

Editorial Restore the Joint List

Netanyahu Appoints Justice Minister Who Supports Immunity From Indictment for Prime Minister

'First LGBTQ minister' and Likud lawmaker Amir Ohana promoted the Nation-State Law, and says Muslims are prone to being 'culturally murderous'

Fearing Election Wipeout, Israeli Parties on Left and Right Talk Mergers

Meretz weighs joint slate with Arab-majority party, while five right-wing parties are in union talks

Editorial Time to Unite the Left

Opinion As Rivlin Mourns the Love of His Life, Liberal Israelis Pray He Retains the Strength She Gave Him to Confront Netanyahu

Nechama Rivlin’s graceful tenure as first lady stood in stark contrast to the pathetically pretentious airs of the prime minister’s faux-royal family