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Could any of Israel’s many coalition options succeed?

No leader wants responsibility for sending Israelis back to the polls, but fewer still want to break their word and face another election anyway

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot (Image: Getty Images)

Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot delivers a statement during a press conference at the Black Arrow memorial site near Kibbutz Mefalsim, adjacent to the border with the Gaza Strip on October 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

Why even after October 7, Israeli voters favour familiar politicians

3 min read

Damage to the Erez border crossing between southern Israel and the Gaza Strip after the attack by Hamas on October 7. (Image: Getty Images)

Remember the heroes of October 7 – among them my nephew, Staff Sergeant Roey Weiser

4 min read

Yair Golan, party leader of The Democrats, during the party's election launch on July 20, 2026 (Getty Images)

Yair Golan: The hero general who became the standard-bearer of Israel’s diminished left

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Avigdor Liberman: Israel’s ultimate political outsider – too secular for the religious right, too hawkish for the centre-left

The immigrant from Moldova who once carried suitcases at the airport does not fit comfortably into either political camp, which could make him a kingmaker after the elections

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October 5, 2026 14:44

Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, during a press briefing on March 20, 2023 (Getty Images)

Gadi Eisenkot: The general who became Netanyahu’s principal challenger

Ahead of the elections, he is the strongest new force in Israeli politics. Whether he becomes the third former chief of staff to serve as prime minister will depend upon his ability to preserve a broad but potentially fragile coalition of voters

4 min read

October 5, 2026 14:33

Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party attends a press briefing on August 12, 2026 (Getty Images)

Naftali Bennett: From political outsider to prime minister and back again

The coming election will determine whether his time at the helm of the Israeli government was an exceptional product of parliamentary arithmetic or the beginning of a longer claim to national leadership

4 min read

October 5, 2026 14:28

Naftali Bennett attends the Herzliya conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya on July 1, 2026 (Flash90)

Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel’s longest-serving prime minister faces the fight of his political life

The October 27 election may determine whether he leaves office as the statesman who reshaped the economy and regional ties, or as the leader whose tenure became synonymous with the country’s gravest security failure and deepening divisions

3 min read

October 5, 2026 14:22

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a press briefing on June 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel’s deepening partnership with Greece and Cyprus is reshaping the Eastern Mediterranean

Jerusalem brings military technology, intelligence and innovation; Athens offers strategic depth and an entry point into Europe while Nikosia provides geography, connectivity and a natural platform for regional cooperation

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September 14, 2026 14:15

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C), Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (L) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) hold a joint press conference after a trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on December 22, 2025. (Image: Getty Images)

Trump’s economic siege of Iran may serve Israel – but not Netanyahu

The Islamic Republic is isolated, its economy squeezed, its regime denied relief, but not yet defeated. To boost his electoral chances, the prime minister needs a decisive military or diplomatic win

3 min read

September 7, 2026 11:56

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot during his party Likud's primary elections on August 17, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

Netanyahu’s greatest victory is that Likud cannot agree on who should replace him

Even if Israel’s prime minister loses the October 27 election, finding his successor may prove far more difficult – and have potentially profound implications for the Jewish state

3 min read

August 25, 2026 15:54

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: AFP via Getty)

How new right-wing parties outside Netanyahu’s camp may decide Israel’s election

If they manage to enter the Knesset and neither established bloc reaches 61 seats, they could determine who governs the country and under what conditions

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August 19, 2026 11:13

MK Yuli Edelstein and former minister Gilad Erdan announce the establishment of a new right-wing party on August 6, 2026. (Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Isolated Israel? Countries rush to sign trade and security deals

With Slovenia and Colombia expected next, the number of embassies in Jerusalem will soon reach 10

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August 12, 2026 17:30

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu(L), US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan(R)smile as they participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords where the countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, at the White House in Washington, DC, September 15, 2020. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates arrived September 15, 2020 at the White House to sign historic accords normalizing ties between the Jewish and Arab states. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Netanyahu searches for a campaign agenda as decisive military victories or international spectacles elude him

It is going to be the fight of his life, and events appear to be getting away from him. However, in Israel, there is an old truism: you never bet against Bibi

4 min read

August 3, 2026 17:23

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu attends a session of the Knesset on July 16, 2026 (Image: Getty Images)

Western politics may be fixated on Palestine, but it will scarcely feature in Israel’s general election

In the aftermath of October 7, many Israelis believe Palestinians remain more committed to ending the Jewish nation than building a state alongside it

4 min read

July 28, 2026 16:42

Protesters wave Palestinian flags and chant slogans outside the Palace of Westminster (Image: Getty Images)

Why Jerusalem is increasingly wary of Erdoğan’s Turkey

The language emanating from Ankara increasingly resembles that heard in Tehran. The difference is that it is backed by a far bigger economy, NATO's second-largest army, and expanding influence across the region

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July 19, 2026 11:54

On August 10, 2024, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (centre) received Abdul Salam and Hammam Haniyeh (on the left), the sons of Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran. (Image: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey/Facebook)

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Ashley Perry

Latest from Ashley Perry

Could any of Israel’s many coalition options succeed?

Why even after October 7, Israeli voters favour familiar politicians

Remember the heroes of October 7 – among them my nephew, Staff Sergeant Roey Weiser

Yair Golan: The hero general who became the standard-bearer of Israel’s diminished left

More from Ashley Perry

Avigdor Liberman: Israel’s ultimate political outsider – too secular for the religious right, too hawkish for the centre-left

Gadi Eisenkot: The general who became Netanyahu’s principal challenger

Naftali Bennett: From political outsider to prime minister and back again

Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel’s longest-serving prime minister faces the fight of his political life

Israel’s deepening partnership with Greece and Cyprus is reshaping the Eastern Mediterranean

Trump’s economic siege of Iran may serve Israel – but not Netanyahu

Netanyahu’s greatest victory is that Likud cannot agree on who should replace him

How new right-wing parties outside Netanyahu’s camp may decide Israel’s election

Isolated Israel? Countries rush to sign trade and security deals

Netanyahu searches for a campaign agenda as decisive military victories or international spectacles elude him

Western politics may be fixated on Palestine, but it will scarcely feature in Israel’s general election

Why Jerusalem is increasingly wary of Erdoğan’s Turkey