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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. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 25, 2026, 4:28 pm
No slate, no HQ: Sharren Haskel wages an uphill fight to return to the Knesset
The Israel First party is polling far below the electoral threshold, but the former deputy foreign minister at its helm insists she’s not just looking to dock with another ‘Third Bloc’ faction
By Sam Sokol
Sharren Haskel, left, Jonathan Pollard, center and political strategist Roi Danino in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, in a picture distributed on August 23, 2026. (Courtesy Israel First)
August 23, 2026, 2:23 pm
Ex-spy Jonathan Pollard announces Knesset run on Haskel’s ‘Israel First’ slate
Pollard, a former US intelligence analyst jailed for 30 years for passing secrets to Israel, has called for imprisoning hostages’ families and pushed for the forcible transfer of Gazans
By Sam Sokol
Left to right: Former minister Gilad Erdan and MK Yuli Edelstein in Tel Aviv, August 6, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper in Jerusalem, August 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 11, 2026, 9:33 pm
Meet the ‘Third Bloc’ of right-wing parties pushing for a ‘Zionist unity government’
Leaders of new crop of center-right factions believe they can replace the Haredim as kingmakers and broker peace between the competing blocs; the polls, for now, say otherwise
By Sam Sokol
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. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 2, 2026, 11:57 pm
‘Provocation’: Sa’ar clashes with fellow New Hope MK in probe of comptroller vote
Sharren Haskel tells police that party whip Michel Buskila demanded members film votes, show them to Netanyahu; foreign minister and New Hope leader denies it
By Noam Lehmann
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 9, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 30, 2026, 1:07 am
AG said to order police probe of conflicting claims in state comptroller vote scandal
Likud asks High Court to reject affidavit by MK Haskel, who said party MKs were instructed to film themselves voting for PM’s preferred candidate in secret ballot
By ToI Staff
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel speaks to the media as she announces her resignation at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
July 23, 2026, 3:13 pm
MK Haskel testifies lawmakers were told to film their votes for comptroller, show Netanyahu
Watchdog calls for perjury probe as New Hope lawmaker’s affidavit contradicts those submitted by Likud MKs; High Court has annulled vote and ordered new one
By Jeremy Sharon
Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote in the party primaries at a polling station in Tel Aviv, on August 10, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90/File)
July 19, 2026, 9:03 pm
Likud grants Netanyahu 8 slots on Knesset list, option to nix primary in wartime
Key panel authorizes PM to convene committee of Likud mayors to choose list if security conditions prevent primary vote; MK Bitan accuses panel chair of harming party’s democracy
By Ariela Karmel and Stav Levaton
MK Yitzhak Goldknopf, center, alongside Likud's Justice Minister Yariv Levin, left, and Defense Minister Israel Katz, right, during a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of Haredi draft evaders in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 16, 2026, 4:50 pm
Pyrrhic victory on law banning arrests of draft dodgers could cost Netanyahu coalition at ballot box
Likud and its allies went to mat for an unpopular law meant to shield ultra-Orthodox from military conscription, losing vital support in the name of legislation that is already on its way to being struck down
By Tal Schneider
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (foreground) walks past ultra-Orthodox MKs as the Knesset prepares to pass a law banning the arrests of draft dodgers that will effectively freeze ultra-Orthodox enlistment into the IDF for at least the next seven months, July 14, 2026. Netanyahu left the chamber before the vote itself. At center, with hands around his mouth, is UTJ MK Meir Porush. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 14, 2026, 8:28 pm
Knesset passes law banning arrests of Haredi draft dodgers, legitimizing ongoing mass non-enlistment
Petitions against law filed to High Court; deputy minister quits in protest; Netanyahu skips vote, is denounced as ‘traitor’ by opposition MK; all ultra-Orthodox MKs proudly acknowledge they have relatives who could benefit from the law
By Ariela Karmel, Jeremy Sharon and Charlie Summers
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and MKs attend a plenum session and a vote on reviving the ultra-Orthodox draft exemption bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2026, 8:33 pm
Netanyahu’s union with Haredi parties pushing draft evasion risks his reelection
Bill legalizing exemptions for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students faces pushback from within the coalition, while Haredi factions desert PM over failure to pass law
By Melanie Lidman
Green Party party leader Zack Polanski sits alongside the party's newly elected MP Hannah Spencer during a a press conference following her win in the Gorton and Denton by-election, in Manchester, England, February 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
May 2, 2026, 6:28 pm
Israel’s deputy FM: ‘Extremist’ UK Green Party leader ‘legitimizes violence against Jews’
Sharren Haskel denounces Zack Polanski, who is Jewish, after he shared criticism of London police over the arrest of terror attack suspect; his party is embroiled in multiple antisemitism scandals
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Deputy Foreign Minister MK Sharren Haskel attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 2, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 2, 2025, 8:02 pm
Deputy FM says she opposes pardon for Netanyahu, in first dissent from within coalition
Cabinet secretary Yossi Fuchs says there’s zero likelihood PM will admit guilt: ‘There is a greater chance of the sun not rising in the morning’
By ToI Staff
MK Boaz Bismuth attends a Knesset House Committee meeting, August 4, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 12, 2025, 7:07 pm
Draft exemption bill stuck as coalition faces internal dissension, Haredi demands
A number of MKs in Netanyahu’s coalition have expressed opposition to Haredi draft legislation but ‘it remains to be seen whether they will be able to stand firm,’ says Edelstein
By Sam Sokol
Simcha and Leah Goldin give a statement about the return of the body of their son, Hadar Goldin, on November 9, 2025, after it was held in Gaza for 11 years. (Alon Gilboa/ Hostages Forum)
November 9, 2025, 10:53 pm
‘Hero of Israel’: After 11 years in Hamas captivity, Lt. Hadar Goldin’s body brought home
Lamenting years of inaction by government, parents thank ‘IDF and no one else’ for long-awaited return, which becomes a symbol of national resilience and remembrance
By Emanuel Fabian, Jessica Steinberg and Sam Sokol
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrates victory during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York on November 4, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
November 5, 2025, 3:24 pm
Israeli politicians alarmed at election of ‘Hamas supporter’ Mamdani as NY mayor
Liberman: New York elected ‘the poster boy for the silent jihad’; Diaspora minister calls on local Jews to move to Israel; Arab MK hails win for ‘social justice, equality, and solidarity’
By Sam Sokol
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