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Gilad Erdan, Ayelet Shaked announce they will not run in upcoming election

Former ministers Gilad Erdan and Ayelet Shaked announced they will not run in the upcoming election, citing the lack of a realistic path toward a broad unity government.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former UN ambassador Gilad Erdan at a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing the establishment of a new right-wing party under his and MK Yuli Edelstein's leadership ahead of the upcoming general elections, August 6, 2026.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel speaks to the media as she announces her resignation as Deputy Foreign Minister at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026.

The Israeli Right needs a merger, not another messiah - opinion

Israel’s Right does not lack voters. It does not lack ideas. It does not even lack leaders. What it lacks is the humility to put them on one ballot.

|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
Ayelet Shaked attends the Tel Aviv conference, at Tel Aviv University on May 7, 2025.

Edelstein, Shaked approached about party targeting dissatisfied right-wing, modern Orthodox voters

When asked if Israelis could expect to vote for her in the upcoming election, former justice minister Ayelet Shaked told The Jerusalem Post, “You’ll have to wait.”

|BySHIR PERETS, AVI SOLOMON
Israeli journalist Amit Segal speaks during the Jabotinsky conference in Jerusalem, December 23, 2024.

Amit Segal claims Netanyahu offered him fourth spot on Likud list, 'any ministerial role' in 2022

Segal shared in the video that rather than a ministerial position, he had suggested to Netanyahu that Israel “needs to make some kind of judicial reform.”

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Israel elections: Israel is in for a wild campaign season - opinion

In Israel, every day is dramatic and this is true all the more so in politics. This campaign season will be primal and highly charged.

JULY 24, 2022ByDANIELLE ROTH-AVNERI
BENNY GANTZ, Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett in the Knesset last month getting ready for elections.

Israel Elections: Yamina to launch official campaign this week

Agreements with Hendel, Hauser and Kahana will likely be reached by the launch of the campaign, a source in Yamina said.

JULY 24, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked is seen at the inauguration of the 24th Knesset, on April 6, 2021.

Israel Elections: Netanyahu can't form coalition, Meretz shifts playing field - poll

Meretz returning to the political playing field is the cause behind Netanyahu's bloc drop to 59, the latest poll indicates.

JULY 22, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, MAARIV ONLINE
Benjamin Netanyahu is surrounded by Likud members at a preliminary reading at the Knesset of a bill to dissolve the parliament after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid moved to disband their government and hold an election, in Jerusalem, June 22, 2022.

High Court upholds law to revoke citizenship of Israeli terrorists

The court decided to cancel the revocation of the citizenship of two terrorists, but ruled the law, in general, is constitutional.

JULY 21, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

Israel needs to stop being a haven for sex criminals - editorial

What happened with Leifer needs to be a lesson for the Israeli government that sex offenders are not wanted in the country.

JULY 20, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked at The Jerusalem Post's London conference on March 31, 2022.

Sex offender Lanner won't get aliyah approval - Shaked tells 'Post'

Baruch Lanner is a former orthodox rabbi who was convicted of child sexual abuse and sat for almost three years in prison.

JULY 19, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Baruch Lanner, who was convicted of abusing students at a New Jersey yeshiva where he worked, is seen here on Florida's sex offender registry.

American Orthodox rabbis urge Shaked to deny citizenship to sex offender

JULY 19, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Mug shot of Baruch Lanner.

Israel Elections: Political road map begins to clear up

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: A number of important developments occurred, and some pieces of the political puzzle are beginning to fall into place.

JULY 15, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
JUSTICE MINISTER and New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar and Defense Minister and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz announce the merger of their parties ahead of the upcoming election, in Ramat Gan, earlier this week.

What is the future of Israel's New National Camp? - opinion

Israelis are sick and tired of the recent election cycle, as we go to our fifth election in three years over the same question that keeps resulting in deadlock.

JULY 15, 2022ByJEREMY SALTAN
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett speaks to Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Kneset plenum, in May.

Will Shaked, Hendel and Kahana join forces for election?

A Shaked/Hendel partnership would give Yamina a significant boost ahead of the November 1 election. 

JULY 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Left to right: Yoaz Hendel, Ayelet Shaked, Matan Kahana