Moran Azulay

The former Knesset speaker and longtime Likud senior figure says he will not run in the party’s primaries, months after Netanyahu removed him from the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee over his refusal to advance a Haredi draft exemption bill

Yuli Edelstein’s talks with Ayelet Shaked, Gilad Erdan and Yoaz Hendel are part of a wider scramble among right-wing and centrist splinters trying to avoid wasting votes before 2026

Shlomo Karhi says cabinet’s refusal to recognize the Second Authority council’s actions is warning to officials not to rely on what he calls an illegal ruling, while Herzog and opposition accuse government of crossing democratic red line

Updated bill removes 90-day limit, keeping the arrest freeze in force until November 30 and creating precedents for a future draft exemption law

The pro-Israel activist held his first activist meeting as he weighs whether to run independently, join an existing party or accept a reserved spot in Likud, while several new political alliances take shape ahead of the election

Israel Resilience Party chairman Gadi Eisenkot announced the addition of former Shin Bet and Mossad operative Dvora Sharifian to his party. Bekkar, 44, lives in Kibbutz Eilot in the south. She was born in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and was smuggled to Israel with her family at age 7. She began her career in the Shin Bet as a field operative, participated in thwarting terror attacks and gathering operational intelligence as part of the 'Tequila Team.' She later joined the Mossad, where she served in operational and intelligence roles. Subsequently, she served in the organization as an analyst in big data and cyber fields. Bekkar also founded and established the excellence track in the education system 'Security and Intelligence in the Iran Track' in Eilat.

Knesset Member Gilad Kariv from the Democrats party said in an interview with "120 and One," Ynet's political podcast, that "Mansour Abbas is a brave and important leader. I would like to see him as part of the coalition. He could be health minister, absolutely. Yair Golan defined the portfolios we will demand: education, justice and internal security. This way we can deal with what they did here with the judicial overhaul and crime in Arab society." He also said that "according to our surveys and research, tens of thousands of Arab citizens will vote for the Democrats, and I am happy about that."

A Knesset committee has officially decided that the Knesset will be dissolved on July 17, which means Israelis will go to the polls at the end of October

David Bitan urges the party to preserve full primaries and limit Netanyahu’s reserved slots as Likud prepares for a decisive vote on how its next Knesset slate will be chosen

Dan Illouz says at least one-third of Likud lawmakers backed replacing the prime minister after Hamas' 2023 attack, criticizes military draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men and says the coalition has abandoned its conservative principles