2021 Elections

Culture Min.: 'There's no option to partner with PM Netanyahu'

Culture Min. Yehiel Tropper says his party 'erred' when it joined coalition, warns 'even in one month you can do damage.'

Likud candidate: 'Vote for Religious Zionism'

Likud candidate Shevach Stern urges voters to support Religious Zionism party - even at the expense of his own seat.

Minister: All non-Likud voters are ungrateful misanthropes

'Not voting for the Likud? You're a misanthrope.' Transportation Minister Miri Regev blasts non-Likud voters, then walks back comments.

Report: Netanyahu family taking aim at Naftali Bennett

Netanyahu and his family reportedly pressuring Likud officials to bash Yamina chief Naftali Bennett.

Yisrael Beytenu to Arabs: Don't vote for the Islamic Movement

MK Eli Avidar calls on Arab voters to vote only for parties that oppose joining a Netanyahu-led government.

Hanegbi: We will try to bring in defectors from other parties

Minister Tzachi Hanegbi on what Likud will do in the event of an election loss. "The people of Israel will pay for it."

New Hope candidate attacked at Mahane Yehuda Market

Likud supporters verbally attack Ofer Berkovitch who was touring the Jerusalem market with party leader Gideon Sa'ar.

Netanyahu supporters, detractors face off in leadup to elections

Protests, riots, and attacks reported over the weekend as Netanyahu's policies receiving increased support.

Poll: Religious Zionist Party rises to 6 seats, ties with Labor

Right-wing bloc falls short of majority in latest poll, with three small left-wing - Arab bloc parties barely crossing electoral threshold.

Shaked: Netanyahu is an expert at forming left-wing governments

Yamina MK promises to lower taxes as a condition for entering any government.

Bennett: A vote for Likud is a vote for yet another election

Yamina leader says only his party can form a true right-wing government, other choices will continue political quagmire.

Gantz does not rule out sitting with Bennett

Blue and Whiten chairman calls decision to join unity government with Netanyahu a 'political accident' due to PM's behavior.

Sa'ar: Netanyahu leading Israel into a civil war

New Hope chairman blames Prime Minister Netanyahu for disruption of party event by Likud activists which included throwing of stones, eggs.

Liberman: 'Throw the haredim into the garbage'

Haredi MKs from the United Torah Judaism party respond to MK Avigdor Liberman's promise to 'send the haredim to the garbage.'

PM Netanyahu: 'Bennett and I won't take turns as prime minister'

'We won't hold fifth elections, I won't make a rotation deal with Bennett,' PM Netanyahu promises.

He led the Jewish Home - and will vote for Religious Zionism

Arutz Sheva exclusive: Former Jewish Home party head speaks about Religious Zionists in politics, the Jewish Home, and his own future.

New 'Poll of Polls' crowns Yamina kingmaker

'Poll of Polls' predicts comfortable coalition for right-wing bloc - but only if Yamina joins it.

Poll: Right-wing bloc falters as Yesh Atid gains on the Likud

Netanyahu's lead over other candidates shrinks, with right-wing bloc falling to 57 seats. Religious Zionist Party barely clearing threshold.

Israel Hayom poll: 61 seats for Netanyahu-Bennett coalition

Likud has 30 seats, Yesh Atid 18 and Bennett has 11. Sa'ar drops to 10, Meretz with 4, Religious Zionism with 5.

Gafni: I proposed to Deri that we unite, he did not want to

UTJ MK reveals that in the past he proposed to Minister Deri to unite United Torah Judaism with Shas, but claims that Deri refused.

Poll: Netanyahu has 60 seats with Yamina

New poll shows Sa'ar's New Hope party continuing to weaken as Netanyahu inches closer to being able to form a coalition.

New Arab party recognizes 'Jewish State,' mistrusts Netanyahu

Head of new Arab-Israeli party running for Knesset supports Israel as a 'Jewish, democratic state with equal rights for all.'

Liberman: 'Coalition destroyer' or 'King-maker?'

With just 12 days till the March 23 Knesset Elections, former Netanyahu aide seen as a 'rightist radical' by some, has disappointed many.

Labor chair: 'Blue and White has finished its task'

'Meretz is an important party, Blue and White has finished its task,' Labor chair Michaeli says.

'Will Naftali Bennett be Israel’s next leader?'

'I've got what's necessary to pull Israel out of this hole and go to the next phase of Israel as the start-up nation,' Bennett tells CBN.

Shas chief: 'Lapid won't let Bennett or Sa'ar be prime minister'

Shas chief Aryeh Deri says 'inconceivable' that Yamina, New Hope, will torpedo right-wing government.

Yesh Atid MK: We don't work for Netanyahu

MK Meir Cohen blasts Netanyahu: He will not dictate to us what we say and what we do not say.

Breaking down all the political parties in Israel

A walk through of all the main parties on the ballot (and some not so main ones) as we try to find one that doesn’t make us want to vomit.

Behind the scenes of Netanyahu's visit to the UAE

PM sends Mossad chief to pressure UAE to invite him to visit Abu Dhabi 2 weeks before Knesset elections.

Diplomats to cast votes for Knesset tomorrow

Israelis working at 99 missions around the world to cast early votes ahead of the March 23 elections for the 24th Knesset.

Haredi MK: 'How could they ask our voters to support them?'

UTJ's MK Meir Porush slams MK Bezelal Smotrich's Religious Zionism party: 'How dare they market such a party to the haredi public??'

'The pro-Netanyahu bloc will get more than 60 seats'

'Haredi lawmakers led opposition to Trump plan,' says Deputy Education Minister Meir Porush. 'Haredi-National Religious will back us.'

Moshe Ya'alon backs Yair Lapid's run for prime minister

In first since Knesset dissolution, Telem leader Moshe Ya'alon announces support for a candidate.

Shas MK: 'We'll support PM Netanyahu until the very end'

'Serving the country from the opposition is not a bad word - we've done it in the past,' Shas MK Moshe Arbel says.

Sa'ar: Bibi, what are you afraid of? Come to a debate

New Hope chairman calls on Prime Minister to debate him ahead of the elections.

Ra'am expected to remain out of Knesset, Joint List down to 8

With 14 days left till Knesset elections, Israeli Arabs are expected to come out in lower numbers than previous rounds.

Poll: Netanyahu rises while Sa'ar plummets

Poll finds New Hope party falling below 10 seats. Shas also sees decline.

Bennett: We will replace Netanyahu from within the right

Yamina leader responds to new poll showing his party is now the second-largest right-wing party.

Chabad rabbi: 'Don't vote for Religious Zionism party'

Senior Chabad rabbi urges followers to vote for United Torah Judaism, claims Religious Zionism party fails to meet Rebbe's requirements.

Sa'ar: I'm the only viable alternative to Netanyahu

New Hope leader: I can unite a significant range of forces on the political spectrum, from Lapid to Bennett.

'We took 'Deal of the Century' off the agenda'

In new video, UTJ's Meir Porush reveals how he fought the "dangerous Deal of the Century" initiated by former US President Donald Trump.

'I will run for Likud leadership after Netanyahu steps away'

MK Nir Barkat at Arutz Sheva studio: The US is Israel’s best strategic partner, we have to find common ground with the Biden administration.

'Lapid tore the mask off the bluff'

Religious Zionist Party responds after Yesh Atid chairman says that he may permit another party to head an alternative government.

Poll: Yamina surges past New Hope

New poll shows Yesh Atid rising to 20 seats, Netanyahu bloc falling short of numbers needed to form coaltion.

Matan Kahana: Netanyahu is afraid to be right-wing

Yamina MK says Yair Lapid cannot be prime minister because the majority will vote right-wing and he is left-wing.

New Hope candidate: 'We'll form a government with Yamina'

'If Yamina had agreed to replace PM Netanyahu, we might have been able to run together in these elections,' New Hope's Ze'ev Elkin says.

'New Hope is a balloon that'll pop after elections'

'New Hope party is filled with air, it was created only from hatred, with no agenda,' Yamina's MK Matan Kahane says.

Sa'ar denies working to forge alliance with haredi parties

New Hope chief accuses Bennett of planning to form government with Netanyahu and denies claims he's planning alliance with haredi parties.

Officials in haredi parties: Sa'ar asked not to rule out Lapid

Report: Shas and United Torah Judaism in disagreement on whether to consider joining government with Sa'ar and Bennett.

Meretz expected to run all the way

Sources in “New Economic Party” insist the anti-Netanyahu bloc will not be harmed if party doesn't pass electoral threshold.

Bennett promises: We won't sit with a left-wing prime minister

Yamina chairman: The only place where Lapid is prime minister is in his fantasies.

Sa'ar: If Bennett gets 1 more seat Netanyahu has government

New Hope chairman says ability to change government in danger as polls show anti-Netanyahu bloc struggling.

Bennett: Halakha can't change for LGBT people

Yamina leader reflects on the 'biggest mistake of his life,' nearly being ejected from politics in 2019.

Labor chairwoman: Rabin would not sit with Netanyahu

Merav Michaeli: Blue and White should quit the race, they don't represent anything.

Gantz: Bennett could be Prime Minister

Defense Minister: Bennett is a worthy person who serves the people and the State of Israel.

'Poll of Polls': Coalition of 61 MKs for PM Netanyahu

New 'Poll of Polls' points to PM Netanyahu being able to form narrow coalition, with Likud winning 30 seats.

Will Bennett be prime minister in rotation?

Senior sources on the center-left discuss allowing MK Naftali Bennett to serve as prime minister in rotation.

New polls show Likud-led bloc unable to form coalition

Two new polls show parties supporting PM Netanyahu unable to form coalition, DM Gantz's party just above electoral threshold.

'It's not the court's fault, it's Netanyahu's fault'

Former Communications Minister visits Arutz Sheva’s studio in Jerusalem, criticizes Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu over a host of issues.

Poll: Likud 29, Yesh Atid 20, Meretz 0

Second poll in a row shows far-left Meretz party failing to make it into 24th Knesset, while Yesh Atid continues to gain ground on Likud.