The most important election in Israel’s 78-year history is on Tuesday. It’s the first contest since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terror attack that spawned three years of brutal war that destroyed the Gaza Strip and rippled across the Middle East.

Receiving the credentials of France’s envoy, the Israeli president affirmed the importance of overcoming the challenges in Israeli-French relations.

Israel's largest military drill in years mobilizes multiple divisions to counter border infiltrations, as an analyst invokes the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

A ceasefire agreement in Gaza has not stopped what a group of independent experts commissioned by the U.N. say is genocide carried out by Israe

An election campaign banner featuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hangs on a store ahead of Israel's general election in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. An election campaign banner featuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hangs on a store ahead of Israel's general election in Tel Aviv,

Israel’s critics and opponents on the left are already laying the groundwork to frame any Israeli government that forms as just as problematic as the Netanyahu-led coalition

As Israel heads to the polls on October 27, its polarising and longest-serving prime minister is seeking re-election. Some three quarters of Jewish first-time voters identify as right or centre-right, higher than rest of Israeli society. Published On 23 ...

With active hostilities on three fronts, the next leader of the Jewish state must grapple with security issues first and foremost.

Israelis head to the polls in a tight election widely seen as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu, whose leadership has been challenged over the October 2023 Hamas attack, the ensuing wars and domestic divisions.