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<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4024,w_6048/735915' alt='Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war. (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/M

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<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1067,w_1600/743525' alt='Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to 'The Jerusalem Post' October 21, 2026 (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' title='Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to 'The Jerusalem Post' October 21, 2026 (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' /><br />Ben-Gvir’s

Tens of thousands of Israelis have marched in Tel Aviv on the eve of pivotal elections.

<p>Billionaire American investor <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1780804">Bill Ackman</a> on Sunday said that Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich should not serve in Israel’s next government, saying the two far-right politicians had caused enormous damage to the country’s reputation.</p> <p>The public intervention by the prominent hedge fund manager, who

While many Palestinians dream of escaping the ruins of Gaza, Israeli settler activists cannot wait for the chance to move in.

More than 400 different locations affected over weekend and 40 Palestinians arrested, says military

Two Israeli strikes hit students and security guards at the Islamic University in Gaza City.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4599,w_6895/743516' alt='Facade of the Banque de France (Bank of France) head office in Paris on July 10, 2026. (photo credit: Behrouz MEHRI / AFP via Getty Images)' title='Facade of the Banque de France (Bank of France) head office in Paris on July 1

Israel requires ballots to be cast in person. More than 60,000 voters are expected to make the trip.

Israeli governments change. US presidents come and go. But settlement expansion on occupied Palestinian land continues.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_683,w_1024/743510' alt='US President Donald Trump prepares to board Air Force One on October 25, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)' title='US President Donald Trump prepares to board Air Force One on October

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3439,w_5159/741642' alt='Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, together with party members, attends the presentation of the party’s candidate list ahead of the upcoming general elections in Rosh HaAyin, September 7, 2026. (photo credit: CHAIM G

Jerusalem Daily: Israel expels thousands from Hebron

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<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5379,w_8064/735657' alt='A view of homes destroyed and burned in the Hamas October 7, 2023 massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Gaza border, August 5, 2026 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)' title='A view of homes destroyed and burned in the Hama

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The global trend may show young people leaning politically to the left, but in Israel… they’re leaning to the right.

The operation, focused on the city of Hebron, the site of Friday's attack, came as Israel enters the final days before a tense election, which is largely seen as a referendum on current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership and security policies during the past three years of war.

Druze leader Walid Joumblatt believes Israel will remain in southern Lebanon for decades. “They will never leave,” he tells On The Record with Hadley Gamble from his home in Beirut. "The Americans are withdrawing. What is left is [Benjamin] Netanyahu controlling and expanding his own territory , his biblical empire." It is a stark reading of the region from

<p>An Israeli strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, staff and a local hospital said, while the civil defence agency reported four others killed elsewhere in the territory.</p> <p>Reached for comment, the Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.</p> <p>Al Shifa Hospital said it received three bodies and treated eight

Israeli soldiers beat and injured Hijazi Shawer, a 70-year-old Palestinian shopkeeper and community leader.

Israel is holding a general election this week after years of war. For many Israelis, shaken by the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks and years of war, it is the most consequential in decades.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3333,w_5000/743376' alt='A view of the scene of a deadly shooting attack at the Yehuda Junction checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron, where two Israeli soldiers were murdered and three others wounded by Palestinian gunmen the previous day, Oct

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_537,w_822/743377' alt='A view of the scene of a deadly shooting attack at the Yehuda Junction checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron, where two Israeli soldiers were murdered and three others wounded by Palestinian gunmen the previous day, Octob

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3840,w_5760/743498' alt='Rabbi Eli Sadan. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)' title='Rabbi Eli Sadan. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)' /><br />“I believe that only if Ofer Winter passes the electoral threshold will Bibi [Netanyahu] have a f

Ende Oktober wählen die Israelis ein neues Parlament. Wie blicken die Menschen in die Zukunft? Wir haben an einem Klavier im Jerusalemer Hauptbahnhof hingehört.

Israeli air strike kills three security guards in one of two attacks on the Islamic University in Gaza City.

The Israeli military's operation comes in response to a gun attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others in the West Bank.

CAIRO (AP) — Many Iranians are bracing for a return to all-out war as Israeli and U.S. leaders sharpen their threats ahead of elections in both countries in the coming days, and as Iran’s leaders remain defiant despite mounting pressure.

Şeful diplomaţiei iraniene, Abbas Araghchi, a afirmat, duminică dimineaţă, că o reluare a ostilităţilor cu Israelul şi Statele Unite nu ar schimba politica Iranului, în condiţiile în care negocierile dintre Teheran şi Washington se află în continuare într-un impas.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3833,w_3300/743494' alt='FC Barcelona's Orian Goren. (photo credit: STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS)' title='FC Barcelona's Orian Goren. (photo credit: STEFAN WERMUTH/REUTERS)' /><br />Israeli midfielder Orian Goren, 17, makes history with a Barcelona El Clasi

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Rising energy costs and protests are sharpening European opposition to renewed US-Israeli attacks on Iran.

Prime Minister Netanyahu mulls cryptocurrency as answer to economic sanctions on Israel, but there are few buyers.

<p>An Israeli strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, staff and a local hospital said, while the civil defence agency reported four others killed elsewhere in the territory.</p> <p>Reached for comment, the Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.</p> <p>Al Shifa Hospital said it received three bodies and treated eight

Pelo menos 2231 palestinianos deslocados à força desde início do cerco militar das IDF a Hebron, no Sul da Cisjordânia. Medidas de “punição colectiva” são resposta à morte de dois soldados.

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<p>Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that a potential resumption of war with Israel and the United States would not change his country’s positions.</p> <p>The remarks come amid mounting US and Israeli threats of renewed attacks on Iran, as President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington “may do another little Epic Fury,” referring t

Benjamin Netanyahu hat eine der grössten Militäroperationen seit Jahrzehnten in dem besetzten Gebiet angekündigt. Alle Übergänge nach Israel sind geschlossen.

Children in Gaza with auditory and visual challenges often have no access to specialist education.

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<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2960,w_4432/742364' alt='Israeli settlers next to a fire amid clashes with Palestinians during olive harvest in Abu Falah near Ramallah in the West Bank, October 16, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD)' title='Israeli settlers next to a fire amid

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On Tuesday, Israel will hold its first parliamentary elections since the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks. Essentially one man is on the ballot: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. How might Israeli policy change if the opposition succeeds?

On Tuesday, Israel will hold its first parliamentary elections since the October 7, 2023 terror attacks. Essentially one man is on the ballot: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Matt Gutman reports from Tel Aviv on the divide over Netanyahu, and how Israeli policy might or might not change if the opposition succeeds.

After a deadly attack which killed two Israeli soldiers on Friday, the Israeli military has said all land border points between Israel and the occupied West Bank will be closed during Tuesday's election.

Israelul va închide toate punctele de trecere terestre din Cisiordania ocupată în ziua alegerilor parlamentare de marți, pe fondul unei ample operațiuni militare declanșate după uciderea a doi soldați israelieni. Aproximativ 2.000 de palestinieni au fost evacuați forțat din locuințele lor din Hebron, iar premierul Benjamin Netanyahu a evocat posibilitatea un

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2808,w_4353/743463' alt='The Marvel Studios logo is projected on screen during the Walt Disney Studios special presentation during CinemaCon 2022 at Caesars Palace on April 27, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada; Illustrative. (photo credit: Valerie Macon/AFP

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/518164' alt=' A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)' title=' A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling

Mass expulsions, blockades and expanding settler control in Hebron threaten to devastate the West Bank economy.

Melody Sucharewicz ist deutsch-israelische Politikberaterin und Expertin für Extremismusbekämpfung. NZZ-Chefredaktor Eric Gujer spricht mit ihr über Israels Lage, die Stimmung im Land und die Prognosen für die anstehenden Wahlen.

Sekretaris Jenderal (Sekjen) Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB) Antonio Guterres sangat prihatin atas penutupan ...

<img style="float: right" src="https://i.ds.at/58EGIg/rs:fill:150:0/plain/lido-images/2026/10/22/db2e476f-aa2a-48bc-aa5c-b6c4832b408e.jpg">Viele treue Netanjahu-Fans an der israelischen Grenze zum Libanon überlegen, erstmals anders zu wählen – und zwar noch weiter rechts

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2000,w_3000/743458' alt='Jared Kushner, United States Special Envoy for Peace, speaks at a Board of Peace High Level Briefing on September 23, 2026 in New York City. (photo credit: Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)' title='Jared Kushner, United States Special

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1067,w_1600/743478' alt='Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Mahane Yehuda market, in Jerusalem, October 22, 2026 (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)' title='Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Mahane Yehuda market,

Netanyahu vil bruke kryptovaluta for å unngå internasjonale sanksjoner, men får blankt nei fra sentralbanken.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that a potential resumption of war with Israel and the United States would not change Tehran’s position. The remarks come amid m...

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1416,w_1909/729599' alt='Israel police conducting an operation, July 13, 2026. (photo credit: POLICE SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' title='Israel police conducting an operation, July 13, 2026. (photo credit: POLICE SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)' /><br />Three of the su