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Jerusalem District court schedules next Netanyahu hearing for April 5

Israel Hayom via JNSBy Yair Altman The date set for beginning to hear witnesses in Israeli Prime ...

Bennett nixes joining coalition led by Netanyahu or Lapid

Israel Hayom via JNSBy Yehuda Shlezinger and Yair Altman “My goal is to replace Netanyahu and ...

Seizing an opportunity to expose violent Palestinian rejectionism

By Alex Nachumson, JNS Israeli leaders must convey that only groups who lay down their weapons and ...

Trump to announce he’s ‘2024 presumptive Republican nominee,’ report says

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News - Former President Donald Trump is expected to declare himself ...

Spitfire, sure, but Rush Limbaugh also saw the need for Israel’s defense

By Dovid Zaklikowski, JNS While his focus was on domestic politics and U.S. culture wars, many Jews...

The Jewish debate about Rush Limbaugh

By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS He popularized conservatism with wicked and sometimes abusive humor. Is ...

Israel’s Central Elections Committee bans Arab Labor candidate over anti-Zionist statements

Israel Hayom via JNSBy Gideon Allon The panel’s decision to bar Ibtisam Mara’ana from ...

Netanyahu’s challenger Gideon Sa’ar may cut Lincoln Project consultants loose

JNS The New Hope Party has gone down by several seats in Israeli polls since the hiring of the ...

Master diplomat George Shultz, and his interworking with Soviet and Jewish affairs

By Dovid Zaklikowski, JNS World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder once asked the longtime ...

‘Loyal student of Herzl and Jabotinsky,’ Sa’ar hopes to become Israel’s next premier

By Israel Kasnett, JNS Gideon Sa’ar blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the ...

Now it’s the turn of the Palestinian voter

BESA Center via JNSBy Shaul Bartal For a number of reasons, Palestinians perceive elections as a ...

Palestinian Authority, Hamas agree on election timetable

JNS The two factions, rivals for over a decade, pledge to “respect and accept” the results of ...

Latest poll: Netanyahu with slim majority for right-wing coalition, left weakening

By Paul Shindman, World Israel News - With six weeks left to Israel’s March 23 national election,...

Why Ze’ev Elkin believes it’s his time in the political spotlight

By Josh Hasten, JNS Having left Likud to support Gideon Sa’ar and the New Hope party, he feels ...

Arab Joint List cracks up, now down to faction of three

By David Isaac, World Israel News - The Joint List, the third largest party in the Knesset with 15 ...

For Obama, Israel was ‘No Promised Land’

By Mitchell Bard, JNS The first volume is replete with historical errors and shortcuts. We’ll ...

Israel’s Ra’am Party splits from Joint Arab List

Israel Hayom via JNS Going into the March 23 elections, the Joint List will comprise the Balad, ...

Israeli Minister Itzik Shmuli announces exit from politics

JNS Citing his “mistake” in joining Netanyahu’s government, the former Labor MK says he is ...

Ultra-Orthodox minister quits Blue and White, cites party’s anti-religious, anti-settler direction

By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News - Blue and White Minister of Diaspora Affairs Omer ...

Netanyahu names strategic adviser Aaron Klein as campaign chief

By Alex Traiman, JNS He has served as Netanyahu’s strategic adviser since June after leading a ...

The Lincoln Project: Help or hindrance to Gideon Sa’ar’s election bid?

By Meira Svirsky, JNS Statements by the founders of the PAC of former Republicans who worked to ...

Maher Bitar and Israel’s ideological elections

By Caroline Glick, JNS U.S. President Joe Biden’s choice to name an anti-Israel political ...

Palestinian election train rolls out, but will Abbas let it reach its destination?

By David Hacham, JNS The head of the Palestinian Authority is undoubtedly aware of the risks he is ...

The collapse of the Israel’s Joint Arab List marks an unexpected revolution

By Jalal Bana, JNS Beyond reducing Arab representation in the next Knesset, the Joint Arab List’s...

Netanyahu scores own goal in election campaign gaffe

By David Isaac, World Israel News - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu certainly didn’t expect ...