Elections

Democratic process by which leaders are chosen. Israel must hold parliamentary elections at least once every five years

Former Mossad head to start political party - report

Former Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen plans to launch an independent political party amid changing Israeli public sentiment post-war.

 Yossi Cohen, former head of the Mossad and President of the IDF Widows & Orphans Organization’s Friends Association, speaking at the Yom HaZikaron Memorial  at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem.
 BILLS HAVE already been introduced to dissolve the Knesset, though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with the key actors in this drama to try to avert that outcome. Here, Netanyahu arrives in the courtroom at the Tel Aviv District Court, before the start of his testimony on Tuesday.

Israel at a crossroads: Is Netanyahu's government on the brink of collapse?

 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, August 4, 2024, Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, September 11 2023, Opposition Leader and Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid, August 14 2024.

Netanyahu falls short of forming gov't in latest voting projections - survey

  Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, gestures next to his wife Marta Nawrocka, his sons Antoni and Daniel and daughter Katarzyna, as they react to the exit polls of the second round of the presidential election, in Warsaw, Poland.

Israel, don't let democracy die: Beware the populist tide in Europe - opinion


Warsaw is silent, but Poland rises up in anti-establishment statement - anaylsis

Nawrocki’s narrow win, securing just over 50.8% of the vote, marked a stunning reversal of the liberal optimism that swept Prime Minister Donald Tusk into power barely 18 months earlier.

 Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, speaks next to his wife Marta Nawrocka, his sons Antoni and Daniel and daughter Katarzyna, as he reacts to the exit polls of the second round of the presidential election, in Poland, June 2025.

Polish nationalist Nawrocki wins presidency in setback for pro-EU government

In a victory for European conservatives inspired by US President Donald Trump, Nawrocki secured 50.89% of the vote, election commission data showed.

 Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, reacts to the exit polls of the second round of the presidential election, in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025.

The comeback of the conservative-sovereigntist Right in Poland - analysis

The 43-year-old historian, director of the Polish National Remembrance Institute (IPN), won the presidential race, despite polls foreseeing his defeat.

Presidential campaign posters in Poland.

Ben-Gvir: I'm not afraid to leave gov't if Netanyahu crosses my red lines

“A partial deal is the wrong thing to do,” he said. “My stance on deals is very well known. We can bring them to their knees and cut off their oxygen.”

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jews, Ministers and MK's visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Old City, on Jerusalem Day, May 26, 2025.

Netanyahu’s self-serving press conference: a display of deflection and distortion - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's news conference was self-centered and full of problematic claims.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a news conference in Jerusalem last Wednesday. It cannot be denied that Netanyahu was coherent and sharp, but a lot of what he said was either inaccurate or incorrect, the writer argues.

Knesset electoral reform: the case for common sense - opinion

Israel remains the only developed democracy with a solely national, closed-list proportional representation system that includes neither a personal nor a district-based element.

 Ballots are tallied in the Knesset, a day after the parliamentary election in March 2020. Voters select the party; the names of the candidates do not even appear on the ballots, but a bill making its way through committee seeks to amend this system, the writer notes.

Telegram founder says he rejects request to 'silence' conservative voices in Romania

Pavel Durov, said on Sunday he had refused a request by a Western government, which he did not name, to "silence" conservative voices in Romania ahead of a presidential election run-off there.

 FILE PHOTO: Founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov delivers a keynote speech during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 23, 2016.

Canada's election proves the pro-Palestine vote is a bluff - opinion

Nowhere was the electoral death of supporting the Palestinian cause more noticeable than in the recent Canadian elections. 

New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh is joined by his wife Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu at election night headquarters in Burnaby, British Columbia, last month. NDP has been wiped out as a party for the first time in more than 50 years, states the writer.

Liberman announces run for prime minister in 2026 Israel elections

He added that those who evade service should lose their right to vote: 'In my government, everyone will be drafted.'

MK Avigdor Liberman attends Israel Hayom security conference in Jerusalem, December 1, 2024

Australian Jewish groups express concern, disappointment as Albanese secures second term

"For the first time in history, many Jews in this country felt they had to justify their place in Australian society," ZFA president Jeremy Leibler said.

 Anthony Albanese, Australia's prime minister, center, with his partner Jodie Haydon, right, and his son Nathan Albanese at the Labor Party election night event in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025.

Vatican in Turmoil: Cardinal Becciu steps back from papal election over London property deal

Becciu asserts his decision is not an admission of responsibility.

 The Papal Conclave.