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PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu – hoping that throwing passengers to the sea will end the tempest into which he has sailed.

Netanyahu’s premiership, like Nixon’s presidency, in its final days

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

Then-Israel Navy chief, V.-Adm. Eli Sharvit speaks at a ceremony in Haifa Naval Base, northern Israel, March 4, 2020

Dysfunction has taken root at the highest levels of Israel's government

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett seen in an illustrative

Bennett bets on a second chance: Will voters buy in?

Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet, in front of pro-democracy protests, a Qatari flag, and Jay Footlik (top), Yonatan Urich (middle), and Eli Feldstein (bottom) who were all investigated in relation to the 'Qatargate' scandal (illustrative).

From the firing of the Shin Bet head to 'Qatargate' - What's happening with Israeli politics

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Members of Knesset from the opposition set up makeshift offices on Monday in an area designated for protestors outside the Knesset. the MKs and protestors called the makeshift offices “The House of the People.”

Police forcefully remove MK Naama Lazimi at Jerusalem protest

By ELIAV BREUER , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MARCHERS PARTICIPATE in the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York on Sunday.

Former ambassadors warn Diaspora Jews of government undermining 'pride and security'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

HOLDING SIGNS with photos of Attorney-General Baharav Miara and Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar during a protest against the government outside the Prime Minister’s Office, in Jerusalem in March 2025.

Israel's never-ending protests: Why anti-gov't demonstrations should surprise no one

By Yuval Barnea

SHIN BET head Ronen Bar attends a ceremony marking the Hebrew anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack, on Mount Herzl, October 27, 2024.

Benjamin Netanyahu vs Ronen Bar: Five questions to ask yourself before choosing a side

By JUDITH SEGALOFF

An illustrative image of a shadowy puppet master pulling the strings of many people set to a backdrop of an Israeli flag in dark lighting.

Accusations of ‘Deep State’: What is this entity Netanyahu claims controls Israel?

By TOVA HERZL

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett

Naftali Bennett's attack on Amit Segal could cost him politically

Yisrael Beytenu MK Avigdor Liberman speaks in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 24, 2025

Netanyahu can be removed from power for defying court, Liberman says

By ELIAV BREUER

Israeli Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf is seen at an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, Israel, on June 19, 2023.

Yitzhak Goldknopf filmed dancing to anti-Zionist Neturei Karta anthem, sparks outrage

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Newly appointed Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara seen during a welcome ceremony for her in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022.

Attorneys defend A-G's role as gatekeeper of democracy amid vote of no confidence

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Einat Wilf.

Einat Wilf: Israel’s existential battle is against the vilifying of the collective Jew

Committee chairman MK Simcha Rothman leads a vote during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on March 17, 2025.

Knesset committee begins rejecting opposition objections as they advance judicial appointment bill

By ELIAV BREUER

(L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar

Draining the swamp or war on Israel? Israeli politicians react to Netanyahu firing Shin Bet chief

By CORINNE BAUM

THEN-PRIME minister Naftali Bennett and then-foreign minister Yair Lapid hold a news conference in the Knesset, 2022.

Seculars, national-religious Zionists, moderate Right could break up Netanyahu coalition

Education Minister Yoav Kisch.

NGO demands investigation of Education Minister Kisch over alleged cronyism

By ELIAV BREUER