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 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 15, 2023

Former MK says Gaza should be split in two: South for war, north for peace

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz pass each other in the Knesset last year.

National Unity party drops, Likud remains stable in new poll

By MOSHE COHEN
 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionist Party.

Smotrich shouted off stage at conference of right-wing newspaper

 Shlomo Filber, former director general of Communications Ministry at the trial against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem on June 29, 2022.

Regaining credibility in Netanyahu corruption case

 Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir seen outside the Police Internal Investigations Department, in Jerusalem on March 13, 2024.

Ben-Gvir's police chief announcement is a veiled political threat

 Demonstrators protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, April 1, 2024.

Most Israelis unhappy with current progress in Gaza war, new poll shows

By MOSHE COHEN
 Benny Gantz

Why did Benny Gantz call for an election - and how will Netanyahu respond?

 MK Simcha Rothman in the Knesset Constitutional Committee, March 27, 2024.

Knesset committee approves draft law allowing sentencing of minors below 14 for terror offenses

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. November 22, 2023

Netanyahu's regime is Sinwar's dream: Israel gets closer to the abyss every day

By MEMI PEER
 Benny Gantz

Israeli lawmaker calls on Gantz, Eisenkot to leave the 'failed gov't'

By 103FM
 RONEN TZUR says he did everything possible to keep politics out of the hostage campaign and to be as neutral as possible.

Politicians threaten hostage families, says ex-manager

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ministers and MK's attend a plenum session for Israeli Knesset's 75th birthday, in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 24, 2024.

As IDF soldiers fight on, Israeli parties call to cancel Knesset spring recess

ODED REVIVI: In the Trump deal, there are things that are hard to swallow. There are things that are against what we wanted. But let us give it at least a chance.

'Major pressure' on outgoing Efrat council head Oded Revivi to join national politics

Moshe Arbel

Knesset approves first reading of bill to let Israelis get passports, IDs online

 IDF 98th Division commander Dan Goldfus

Take Goldfus's warning to heart

Itamar Ben-Gvir scuffles with MK Ahmad Tibi in the Knesset plenum, March 13, 2024

Ben-Gvir, Arab MKs clash over police shooting of Palestinian teen in Knesset

 Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz, head of National Unity, and opposition lawmaker Gideon Saar look on as lawmakers gather at the Knesset plenum to vote on a bill that would limit some Supreme Court power, in Jerusalem July 24, 2023.

Benny Gantz on Gideon Sa'ar breaking away: Not the time for politics

 Head of the Finance committee MK Moshe Gafni speaks during a discussion on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 12, 2024.

Israel's Knesset begins marathon debate on new 2024 budget