Jerusalem Post

Previous presidents have used their positions to encourage political leaders to consider forming unity coalitions.

“The Likud is Israel’s largest party,” Netanyahu said, claiming the right-wing bloc had decisive support among Jewish and Zionist voters and supporters of the Jewish state.

The projections would give the two parties combined either 18 or 19 seats in the 120-member Knesset, compared with their five seats each in the outgoing parliament.

Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party added former Likud MK Gotliv to its slate, while RZP ran in a technical bloc with Zehut, led by Moshe Feiglin, in an effort to help clear the electoral threshold.

The TA-35 and TA-125 plunged as election uncertainty erased earlier optimism, while the shekel weakened and government bond yields climbed.

The next Israeli government deserves a consistent approach. European leaders should meet its representatives, listen to them, and judge them by their actions.

Netanyahu pulls ahead as of Wednesday morning • Arab parties predicted to reach a combined seat total of 19, complicating efforts to form a coalition

According to the sources, Trump believes settler violence is undermining his regional vision and making it more difficult to implement.

“How can we ignore the fact that the attorney-general comes here and testifies about unlawful actions?” Bar-Am asked prosecutor Yehudit Tirosh during arguments over the of Mandelblit’s testimony.

The US is moving a Patriot missile defense system from Texas to the Middle East as Washington and Israel prepare for possible renewed strikes on Iran.

The 3.25% threshold is the minimum percentage of the national vote a party needs to win to be allocated any seats in the next Knesset.

"We have an opportunity to form a government of change in partnership with Israel's Arab citizens. A government that will serve all Israeli citizens," Golan wrote on Wednesday.

Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed Baraka, a Nukhba terrorist in Hamas’ military wing, was responsible for abducting Israeli civilians during the October 7 massacre.

The politicians now have to decide what they are prepared to change: their conditions, their partners or their promises.

"When President Trump endorsed Bibi Netanyahu, the whole tide turned, and now, rather than a decisive defeat for a Great Prime Minister, it looks like a big come-from-behind stalemate, or even a WIN.