Yair Lapid
Yaakov Litzman
April 11, 2019, 12:00 am
‘Extradite Leifer’ pleads voter
THE ongoing saga surrounding attempts to extradite Malka Leifer has impacted on the Israeli election, for one Australian oleh at least.
By Nathan Jeffay
Bibi or Benny? Just days out from the Israeli election, front-runners Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu are neck and neck.
April 4, 2019, 12:00 am
Netanyahu vs Gantz: still neck and neck
BOTH of the top players still have everything to play for as Israel's voters prepare to go to the polls on Tuesday, to decide what is still a neck-and-neck race.
By Nathan Jeffay
Benjamin Netanyahu at the Menachem Begin Heritage Centre this week. Photo: EPA/Abir Sultan
March 14, 2019, 12:00 am
Bibi incurs wrath of Rivlin and Wonder Woman
Benjamin Netanyahu is under attack from both Israel's President and Wonder Woman for insulting Arab citizens.
By Nathan Jeffay
Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: EPA/Jim Hollander
March 7, 2019, 12:00 am
Bibi to be indicted
Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for his political survival, in the throes of his biggest crisis since he came to power, after Israel’s top lawyer announced plans to indict him.
By Nathan Jeffay
Benny Gantz (left) and Yair Lapid. Photo: EPA/Abir Sultan
February 28, 2019, 12:19 pm
Gantz and Lapid unite to form Blue and White
At the last moment possible according to election rules, the parties of former military Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and popular politician Yair Lapid have decided to run together.
By Nathan Jeffay
Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/JTA
December 6, 2018, 12:00 am
Israel Police call for Netanyahu indictment
Benjamin Netanyahu should face trial for securing better press in return for political favours, Israel Police has recommended.
By Nathan Jeffay
A projection on the walls of the Old City in Jerusalem. Photo: AP Photo/Dusan Vranic
November 1, 2018, 12:00 am
Israel shares Pittsburgh’s pain
Israel's Diaspora Minister flew to Pittsburgh hours after the deadly attack at the Tree of Life synagogue and told locals, "Our whole nation is feeling the pain you are feeling."
By Nathan Jeffay
Israeli Arabs hold a Palestinian flag during Saturday's protest against the nation state law in Tel Aviv. Photo: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
August 16, 2018, 11:48 am
Arabs protest in Tel Aviv
Thousands of Israeli Arabs, some waving Palestinian flags, gathered in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square last Saturday evening to protest the recent passage of Israel's nation-state bill enshrining the state's Jewish character.
Holocaust survivors protesting in front of the Polish embassy in Tel Aviv in February. Photo: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP/Getty Images
July 5, 2018, 12:00 am
Poland backtracks on Holocaust law
Benjamin Netanyahu said that by securing the Polish concession, his team "upheld our prime duty to ensure the historic truth about the Holocaust."
By Nathan Jeffay
Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90
March 15, 2018, 12:00 am
Last minute deal saves Bibi’s coalition
The Israeli government has averted early elections, by cutting a deal to bring a coalition crisis to an end.
By Nathan Jeffay
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference last year. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
February 15, 2018, 12:00 am
Police: Enough evidence to charge Bibi
After months of rumours and leaks, investigations against Benjamin Netanyahu have reached a crescendo, and police have concluded there is enough evidence to indict him.
By Nathan Jeffay
The entrance to Auschwitz concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland.
February 1, 2018, 5:18 pm
New Polish Shoah legislation slammed
Israelis say that the parliament in Warsaw has no right to prescribe prison sentences for people who suggest that Poland bore responsibility for the Holocaust – and top scholars share their dismay.
By Nathan Jeffay
An Iraqi Kurdish man casts his vote in the Kurdish independence referendum. Photo: Shahbazi/Iran Images/Parspix/Abacapress.com.
October 5, 2017, 12:01 am
Israel backs Kurds, denies meddling
ISRAEL is set to get a new friend in its hostile neighbourhood – but the prospect of Kurdish independence is spawning conspiracy theories that it's only happening because of Mossad meddling. 
By Nathan Jeffay
The Western Wall.
June 29, 2017, 9:36 am
Bibi blasted for ‘betraying’ Jewish unity
THE government in Jerusalem is being accused of sabotaging the Israel–Diaspora relationship, after it suspended plans for a grand mixed-gender prayer gallery at the Western Wall.
By Nathan Jeffay
Lahav Harkov is set to speak in Sydney and Melbourne in June.
May 19, 2017, 12:00 am
Harkov to headline Limmud-Oz
THE Jerusalem Post’s senior Knesset reporter, Lahav Harkov, will present a behind-the-scenes presentation about Israeli politics in Sydney and Melbourne next month.
By Shane Desiatnik
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