1+ mon, 11+ hour ago  (1189+ words) Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid are uniting their two parties into a combined ticket called "Together " Led by Bennett," the two former prime ministers announced on Sunday evening. Addressing reporters in the coastal city of Herzliya, Bennett, who will head…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago  (107+ words) Toporovsky to remain in party, but not in political role; Lapid thanks 'friend' for 'years of service' to public; former Zionist Council chief Oz Haim named as replacement MK...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (246+ words) Behind them, Yesh Atid stands at 12 seats, while Shas, Yisrael Beytenu, the Democrats, and Otzma Yehudit each receive 9 mandates. United Torah Judaism and National Unity follow with 7 seats each, and Hadash-Ta'al and Ra'am round out the list with 5 seats apiece....

19+ hour, 28+ min ago  (484+ words) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is aiming to appoint his hardline aide Caroline Glick to serve as Israel's next consul general in New York, Israeli television reported Tuesday. Glick " a former conservative pundit who has served as Netanyahu's international affairs adviser…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (644+ words) Former Israeli UN ambassador Gilad Erdan said on Tuesday that he was working toward establishing a new right-wing party, separate from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud, ahead of the upcoming elections, and that he sees himself as a candidate…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (461+ words) Ariela Karmel is a political correspondent at The Times of Israel. She previously reported for Calcalist and Haaretz. She holds an MA in Middle Eastern and African History from Tel Aviv University and a BA in Political Science from the…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (233+ words) Likud MK Galit Distel-Atbaryan announced on Monday that she will not run in the upcoming primaries for her party and will not be in the next Knesset elections. Distel Atbaryan's announcement came after several weeks of working to advance Communications…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (577+ words) Three of the four Arab-majority political parties reiterated their readiness to form a joint electoral list ahead of the upcoming elections, and called on the fourth, the Islamist Ra'am, to join the effort even though its officials have declined to…...

6+ day, 55+ min ago  (773+ words) Government Secretary Yossi Fuchs said on Thursday that he believed the coalition would be able to secure a majority to pass the contentious haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft bill, amid mounting opposition within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition from lawmakers warning that…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (475+ words) PM once recognized the damage the far-right Jewish supremacist would cause as a minister. But he gave him a key job nonetheless and Israel is now being predictably shamed, harmed and weakened...