Israeli army reinforces Judea and Samaria, says troops are ready and on alert for any scenario.

A personal look at a country between everyday life, uncertainty, and a deeply divided political landscape.

The IDF says it has no intelligence that the Palestinian Authority plans to turn its guns on Israel. Planning for that anyway is what October 7 was supposed to teach.

Eisenkot’s opposition is six seats short without the Arab parties. Netanyahu’s bloc depends on a party he calls fake right, whose draft demand his Haredi partners reject.

Once in office, Israel’s former military leaders often make bold and sometimes reckless decisions.

The Charedi Public Party says it will protect full-time Torah study while supporting military or national service for ultra-Orthodox men who are not studying in yeshivahs, address math and English instruction in haredi schools.

Straight to the point, I say what I think openly and bluntly. Suddenly the ground is shaking again. Not in the Gaza Strip, not in Lebanon and not in Iran, but right in the middle of the Israeli election campaign.

Gadi Eisenkot makes no secret of his plan to form a minority government with Arab parties abstaining, but he could end up helping crown another prime minister.

A party called “Gan Eden” wants to turn Israel into paradise. Its chairman Yeshua Ben David dreams of priestly service in the Temple, sees the Knesset as the Sanhedrin, and is running as a candidate for the office of Prime Minister.