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Israel Elections

 Shir Siegal, Levi and Varda Ben Baruch, whose family members are being held hostage by Hamas, gather outside the prime minister's residence on October 7, 2024

What early elections would mean for Israel’s future

 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, August 4, 2024, Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, September 11 2023, Opposition Leader and Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid, August 14 2024.

Likud gains steady lead, Israelis prefer Trump over Harris

 Netanyahu in the Likud faction meeting

Likud emerges as largest party in new Channel 13 poll, public split on Gaza war

PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Naftali Bennet

New poll shows Bennet overtaking Netanyahu amid Lebanon escalation

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and MK Benny Gantz on the forefront of the Philadelphi Corridor (illustrative)

Majority of Israelis now prefer giving up Philadelphi in order to reach deal

By MOSHE COHEN
 (L-R): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, MK Benny Gantz

Benny Gantz gains momentum, Netanyahu loses ground in new poll

By MAARIV
 SHIKMA BRESSLER addresses a demonstration against the government’s judicial overhaul plan, in Tel Aviv in September 2023.

Oppose Netanyahu, but don't foul-mouth him

 Police clash with protesters during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the current Israeli government, in Tel Aviv, on February 24, 2024.

Four days of protests for elections, hostages kick off around the country

 Labor and Meretz parties reach a merger agreement, June 30, 2024.

Meretz, Labor Party sign agreement to merge parties under new party name 'The Democrats'

 A plenum session and a vote on reviving the Ultra Orthodox enlistment bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 11, 2024.

Gap closing between Netanyahu and Gantz, Yesh Atid and Yisrael Beytenu follow

 Benjamin Netanyahu

Over half of Israelis believe Netanyahu should resign immediately - poll

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023

'He will be the destroyer of the country,' Eyal Megged says against former friend Netanyahu

By Walla!
 TRUCKS LINE UP near the Rafah border crossing on Saturday. It cannot be denied that the absence of an effective administrative mechanism to manage the distribution of humanitarian aid is strongly felt, says the writer.

Isolation of Israel is growing, solutions are naive in light of current government

US SENATE Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, last week.

When Schumer became his brothers’ reaper

 Gideon Sa'ar & Benny Gantz

Sa'ar-Gantz party split – here are the winners and losers

 Ehud Barak addresses a protest against the government.

Ehud Barak to Foreign Affairs: Israel has a leadership vacuum

 REELECTED JERUSALEM Mayor Moshe Lion celebrates victory, early Wednesday morning. Whether it be Jerusalem, Netanya, Ra’anana, Bat Yam, Holon, Ashdod, Tiberias, Safed, Arad, Elad, or many more, right-wing parties enjoyed a sweeping win across the country, the writer notes.

Israel's Left needs to unify like their right-wing counterparts

 The Ruth lookout in Kiryat Tivon.

For first time in Israel, a trans woman has been elected as city council member