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Demonstrators protest calling for the for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, March 16, 2024.

Few Israelis believe government will last full term

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog attends the opening in Tel Aviv in December of an exhibition of objects collected at the site of the Nova music festival.

Israelis are yearning for nonpartisanship in time of crisis

By DANA BLANDER

Thousands march in protest of the judicial reform in Tel Aviv, March 23, 2023.

2023 Israeli Democracy Index reveals mixed sentiments on trust and solidarity

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli selects his ballot paper on the day of Israel's general election in a polling station in Jerusalem November 1, 2022.

Tuesday's election was a reminder of what clean politics could look like

By ELIAV BREUER

Netanyahu and Abbas

Majority of Jewish Israelis opposed to demilitarized Palestinian state

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THE RANSACKED home of Emily Tehila Damari in Kfar Aza bears a banner with her name, photo, and the words: ‘Kidnapped from her house! Bring her home today!’

Majority of Israelis prioritize hostage release over toppling Hamas - poll

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Haredi women in the tech sector

Ultra-Orthodox women break through in tech education, report finds

By LANA IKELAN/THE MEDIA LINE

Optimistic about the future of democratic rule in Israel and about the future of national security, June 2022–November 2023 (total sample; %)

Israeli optimism about the future on the rise despite war - poll

By Yuval Barnea

On a scale from 1 = not at all important to 5 = very important, rate the importance of each of the following goals for the war as 4 or 5 (Jewish sample and Arab sample; %)

Release of hostages top war goal for Israeli Jews and Arabs - poll

By Yuval Barnea

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with Arab women at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023.

On a tightrope: Israel’s Arab citizens and the war with Hamas - opinion

By ARIK RUDNITZKY

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich attends a discussion on the state budget, at the Knesset Finance Committee, in July. The state budget for 2024 and the next few years must be fundamentally redrafted, say the writers.

The war from an economic perspective - opinion

By KARNIT FLUG , JACOB FRENKEL

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a plenum session in the Israeli parliament on October 16, 2023

Israeli faith in gov't at lowest in at least 20 years - poll

By ARIELLA MARSDEN

The ruins of a home directly hit by a Hamas rocket in Sderot, southern Israel, October 15, 2023

Rocket firings reduce during Biden trip, soar towards Tel Aviv after

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a discussion and a vote at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem. July 30, 2023

Nearly half of coalition voters say security worse under current gov't

By TAL LEV RAM/MAARIV

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity leader MK Benny Gantz are seen moving to shake hands in the Knesset amid the vote on the controversial reasonableness standard bill, in Jerusalem, on Monday, July 24, 2023.

Most Israelis prefer compromise on judicial reform - poll

By TROY O. FRITZHAND

THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court in The Hague.

Judicial reform raises risk of war crime charges - ex-IDF int'l law chief

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Israelis protest against the soaring housing prices in Tel Aviv and cost of living, on July 2, 2022.

High cost of living is the issue that most concerns Israelis - survey

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

SIMCHA ROTHMAN, chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, was said to have ‘ruffled a few feathers’ when he addressed the Jewish Federations of North America last week.

Rothman: Open gov't inquiry into 'NSO scandal' police wiretapping

By MICHAEL STARR