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Oct 30, 2026, 11:14 PM

Arab Inclusion in an Eisenkot Government?

Beyond the numbers A recent poll reported by the Jerusalem Post found that 61% of voters for Israel's four principal opposition parties support an Eisenkot-led government that includes the Arab party Ra'am. The survey, conducted on election night by Hebrew...

Shaike Komornik

Oct 30, 2026, 4:53 PM

2026 Election: Political Deadlock Brings Arab Parties to Center Stage

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The final results of the 26th Knesset election have left Israel facing one of its most complex political crises in recent years. Benjamin Netanyahu leads the largest party, Likud, with 27 seats, but his bloc secured only 53 seats,...

Oct 30, 2026, 4:28 PM

Israel does not need Trump to form our next government

Israel does not need Donald Trump to form its next government. It needs Israeli political leaders willing to sit together, reconsider their assumptions, and take responsibility for the country they have asked to lead. Our relationship with the United States...

Oct 29, 2026, 9:42 PM

Whose Votes Count in Israel?

Israel’s Election and the Politics of Belonging Israel's October 27 election has produced a remarkable political situation. As I write, with most of the votes counted, Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing and religious bloc is projected to win approximately 53 seats in...

Oct 29, 2026, 10:59 AM

You Can’t Have It Both Ways

On October 27, Amnesty International UK declared that Israel’s election exposed “apartheid at the ballot box.” Image: Ra’am (Arab) party leader Mansour Abbas and other party members stand on stage following the release of exit poll results in Sakhnin, Israel, on October 27, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

When “Palestine” Is a State, Except When Israel Holds Elections Israel has just held another national election. Israelis voted for the 120 members of the Knesset who will decide who governs the State of Israel. And, predictably, the international commentary has...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Jul 31, 2026, 8:16 AM

Who’s (Not) a Zionist: RAAM or the Haredim?

Although the Israeli polls over the last two years have consistently shown that the Opposition is well ahead of the governing Coalition, the former are not at all guaranteed an absolute majority in the elections. The general trend: around...

Jonathan Shavit

Feb 16, 2026, 6:14 AM

Election year and the importance of the Arab Israeli vote

The opportunity for Israelis to exercise their democratic right is once again upon them. While Israeli society has shown in the past two years that it succeeds in coming together in the most wonderful ways, at the ballot box...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Oct 25, 2025, 11:12 AM

Israel’s Future on the Ballot

Israel is approaching a defining election. The next Knesset vote will not simply determine who sits in the Prime Minister’s Office — it will decide whether Israel remains a cohesive, democratic, and forward-looking society, or continues to fracture under the...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Feb 10, 2023, 10:22 AM

Israel’s Arab Sector: Best and Worst of Times

Here’s a head scratching, Israeli paradox. An increasing number of Israeli Arabs have entered the middle class in professions such as medicine (doctors, pharmacists, nurses), education (teachers, principals), and government administration (civilian and even army). That’s the good news....

Jul 5, 2022, 6:02 PM

Bennett and the experiment – Israel in transition

Naftali Bennett already entered the history books as the shortest serving PM of the state. Clearly, he wanted to have his entry under more glorious circumstances. He may still gain this as we shall reflect on his term with...

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