Netanyahu’s top rival gets his first shot at the prime minister’s chair. Will Israel finally get a stable government?

This is the closest Bibi has been to losing his grip on power since 2009

As another top rabbi comes out stating that Islamists are less dangerous than Jewish leftists, we explore why

Israel has defeated all its enemies on the battlefield, but is unable to achieve the kind of unity that guarantees freedom

While Mansour Abbas has upset the traditional balance, Netanyahu’s critical mistake is creating unlikely alignments

Israel’s most powerful rabbi sees one chance, slim though it may be, of keeping Bibi on top and the secularists at bay

Some find it inconceivable that with a clear right-wing majority, Israel might anyway get a center-left government

In the shadow of a political disaster, riots have broken out in Jerusalem. And Hamas is exploiting the situation to resume rocket fire

Israel can ill afford yet another election, but as things now stand, Netanyahu won’t be able to form a government