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Protesters hold a banner with an image of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul’s Sarachane Square, March 2025.

‘They’ve crossed a threshold of fear’: Turkey’s youth rise up

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

Israelis clash with police during a protest in Jerusalem, March 20, 2025

No choices, only chaos: Israel needs an opposition, not an uprising

By ARIEL HARKHAM

The Knesset building, home of Israel's legislature, in Jerusalem, on November 14, 2022 (Illustrative).

Opposition MKs file over 70,000 reservations in attempt to delay judicial reform bill

By ELIAV BREUER

Serbian opposition lawmakers let off smoke grenades inside Serbian parliament, in Belgrade, Serbia March 4, 2025, in this screengrab taken from a video.

Smoke grenades tossed in Serbian parliament, lawmaker suffers stroke

By REUTERS

OPPOSITION LEADER MK Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset plenum last week. From October 7, 2023 to the end of October 2024, Lapid was present in the Knesset only 359 hours, ranking 107th out of the 120 members, says the writer.

Why can't Israel’s opposition challenge the current government?

By SHAHAF ZAMIR

US President Donald Trump meets with Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington D.C., February 4, 2025.

Support for Netanyahu surges following Trump's Gaza plan, survey finds

By MOSHE COHEN

Itamar Ben-Gvir being interviewed by Maariv, January 29, 2025.

Ben-Gvir proposes bill to publish database of released terrorists

Leader the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kilicdaroglu, accompanied by Canan Kaftancioglu, chair of the party's Istanbul branch, and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, addresses their supporters in Istanbul, Turkey May 12, 2022.

Turkey's opposition faces barrage of arrests, investigations

By REUTERS

Israel's military operates in the Gaza Strip during a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, on November 27, 2023

Israelis split on whether gov't achieved its war goals in fight against Hamas

By MOSHE COHEN

Defense Minister Israel Katz and MK Yuli Edelstein at the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 14, 2025.

Katz to FADC: My bill will bring tens of thousands of haredim into IDF

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

National Unity chairman MK Benny Gantz holds a faction meeting in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, December 9, 2024

Benny Gantz willing to discuss judicial appointments outline with gov't ministers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former prime minister Naftali Bennett. (Illustrative)

Israeli opposition makes slight gain, holds majority over Bibi's coalition

By MOSHE COHEN

Moscow city councillor Alexei Gorinov holds a placard reading "Do you still need this war?" as he stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia July 8, 2022

Russian dissident Gorinov gets three more years in prison for 'justifying terrorism'

By REUTERS

Netanyahu in the Likud faction meeting

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Naftali Bennet

New poll shows Bennet overtaking Netanyahu amid Lebanon escalation

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German Federal Government Spokesman and Head of the Federal Government's Press and Information Office Steffen Hebestreit attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2023.

Germany's Scholz vows tougher asylum rules after suspected Islamist attack

By REUTERS

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's residence in Jerusalem on April 26, 2023

Netanyahu leads Gantz as coalition gains ground in new poll

By MOSHE COHEN

Yesh Atid MK Yair Lapid speaks at the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, on August 14, 2024

Otzma Yehudit's Knesset absence sees opposition strike down bill

By ELIAV BREUER