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Poll: Many Jewish youth ‘hate’ Arabs, want to strip them of rights

Israeli Jewish youth are staunchly and increasingly right-wing. What does this imply for the future of Israel?

With four elections in two years, Israel has a consensus problem

Between entrenched social divides, the lack of a contesting left and increasingly virulent political rhetoric, Israel is struggling with political fragmentation.

Settler violence is ‘out of control’ thanks to Israeli government’s silence

Israel’s government is accused of not acting against violent settler protests, in which Jewish extremists beat and injure police forces and Palestinian civilians.

With elections on the horizon, Israel’s Netanyahu has a new challenger

Gideon Saar, who formerly served in education and interior minister posts for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, has left the party he feels “serves Netanyahu's criminal trial”.

Israel may head to another poll as Gantz supports parliament dissolution

Benny Gantz, a former army chief serving as defence minister, says that Prime Minister Netanyahu's refusal to support a budget proposal made clear that the premier wanted to take Israel back to the polls.

Israelis demonstrate against Netanyahu despite lockdown

The tough lockdown rules went into effect on September 18 but restrictions were tightened further on Friday.

Israel's far-right bloc takes a surprising lead in opinion polls

The latest surveys conducted by Israel’s public broadcasters, Kan and Channel 13 News, reveal that the rightwing Hredi bloc would garner the majority of Knesset, an unprecedent rise for the ultraorthodox party.

Prominent Israelis are angry at a solidarity gesture for Beirut victims

Tel Aviv mayor ordered the city’s town hall building to be lit in the colours of the Lebanese flag, a move that earned him condemnation of politicians and the Israeli prime minister’s son.

Still no consensus with US on West Bank annexations – Israeli minister

In just three weeks time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to extend Israeli sovereignty to Jewish settlements and the Jordan Valley in the West Bank in a move that many countries consider illegal.

Israel's Netanyahu attacks justice system as trial begins

After more than 500 days of electoral deadlock in which he fought for his political survival, Benjamin Netanyahu takes his seat in the Jerusalem District Court for a new battle – to stay out of prison and avoid a stain on his legacy.

Israel's unity government and its occupied West Bank annexation, explained

We look into who controls what in the occupied West Bank as its total annexation is the top priority of Israel's new yet bloated government.

Netanyahu secures backing to form new Israeli government

Seventy-two of the Knesset's 120 lawmakers signed on to Benjamin Netanyahu's candidacy after parliament passed legislation approving details of a power-sharing deal between the premier's Likud party and centrist rival Benny Gantz's Blue and White.