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Tal Schneider

Tal Schneider

Tal Schneider is a Political Correspondent at The Times of Israel
Political correspondent Tal Schneider joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (Flash90 / ToI)
July 19, 2026, 1:35 pm
Daily Briefing July 19: Knesset disbands with bangs and whimpers
Political correspondent Tal Schneider brings an overview of the judicial overhaul legislation passed in the 25th Knesset and how the Supreme Court has taken unprecedented steps to counter it
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Tal Schneider
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, left, attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting alongside Likud MK Yuli Edelstein at the Knesset on June 13, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
July 5, 2026, 5:14 pm
Joining legion of Likud castoffs, Edelstein may not yet be clear of Netanyahu’s pull
Splitting from the party that already quit him, the former Knesset speaker becomes the latest senior Likud politician to strike out on his own, though breaking free may not be so simple
By Tal Schneider
Gadi Eisenkot (right) greets supporters at the launch of his Yashar party’s election campaign, in Hod Hasharon, central Israel, June 30, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 1, 2026, 3:40 pm
Gadi Eisenkot launches a centrist campaign tailored for the commuters of Route 4
Running under the heavy shadow of wartime grief, the former IDF chief aims to capture Israel’s middle class while keeping a fractured opposition bloc from collapsing
By Tal Schneider
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir waves the Israeli flag as he tours the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City. May 14, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
June 21, 2026, 2:20 pm
Netanyahu is letting extremist ministers dismantle Israel’s global standing
With allies losing patience over incendiary rhetoric from Ben Gvir and Smotrich, the prime minister’s refusal to rein in his radical cabinet partners threatens to completely isolate the nation
By Tal Schneider
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett (ToI) / Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men scuffle with police during a protest against military recruitment and call for the release of detained draft resisters outside a military prison near Kfar Yona, Israel, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
June 19, 2026, 11:27 am
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett: This existential moment
Editor David Horovitz and political correspondent Tal Schneider meet the former PM in his Ra’anana headquarters, where he pleads his case on why he should be the next leader of Israel
By Tal Schneider, David Horovitz and Naftali Bennett
Together party leader and former prime minister Naftali Bennett in an interview for The Times of Israel at his Together party HQ on June 11, 2026 (Yitzhak Ledee/Times of Israel)
June 14, 2026, 11:04 am
Bennett to ToI: ‘We’re at an existential moment. Another four years with this government, we won’t have a society’
With US and Iran set to sign deal, former and would-be PM also denounces Netanyahu’s Iran strategy, reliance on ‘protracted wars’; slams the Haredi ‘state within a state’ as causing ‘slow-motion national suicide’
By Tal Schneider and David Horovitz
Political correspondent Tal Schneider joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AP)
June 10, 2026, 12:30 pm
Daily Briefing June 10: Army of God? Bill equates Torah study with national service
Political correspondent Tal Schneider on a proposed controversial Basic Law that would have resounding ripples, and why nations that were once allies of Israel are sanctioning its ministers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Tal Schneider
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) walks outside his office at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Attorney Michael Rabello attends a hearing on a petition demanding the formation of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, April 23, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 4, 2026, 2:08 pm
Netanyahu has turned the state comptroller into a branch of his loyalist court
By manipulating the Knesset vote to get his personal attorney appointed to the job of independent overseer of the government, PM proved he values personal loyalty over basic democratic norms
By Tal Schneider
Political correspondent Tal Schneider joins host Jessica Steinberg for Daily Briefing podcast (ToI)
May 31, 2026, 2:09 pm
Daily Briefing May 31: After 26 years, IDF retakes Lebanon’s Beaufort fortress
Political writer Tal Schneider explains why Israel’s hands are tied as Hezbollah fires missiles at the north; plus, possible dates for elections
By Jessica Steinberg and Tal Schneider
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri speaks with United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni in the Knesset, December 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2026, 11:10 pm
Plurality of far-right voters oppose government with ultra-Orthodox parties — poll
Likud is only Zionist party with majority of supporters in favor of coalition with ultra-Orthodox factions; 60% of Otzma Yehudit voters and 40% of Religious Zionism voters against idea
By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff
Political reporter Tal Schneider joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI / AFP)
May 24, 2026, 1:11 pm
Daily Briefing May 24: Why Israel could object to potential Iran deal
Political reporter Tal Schneider on reports of the 60-day ceasefire, a first major interview with Yashar! head Gadi Eisenkot and new friction over women serving in combat roles
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Tal Schneider
MKs Avigdor Liberman (front right) and Gadi Eisenkot (bottom left) in the Knesset, September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 8, 2026, 11:28 am
Eisenkot-Liberman merger would be biggest faction, could boost opposition – survey
Polls essentially unchanged since last week, with Zman showing Zionist opposition with narrow majority; Reservists’ Hendel reportedly in touch with Gantz about joint run
By ToI Staff and Tal Schneider
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, April 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 17, 2026, 12:19 pm
Polls find PM’s bloc far from majority, but most say Zionist opposition also falls short
ToI poll: Eisenkot-Bennett-Lapid merger yields biggest party, but doesn’t alter bloc sizes; Channel 12 poll: Even coalition voters say not enough done to help those hurt financially by war
By Sam Sokol, Tal Schneider and ToI Staff
Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot visits Kibbutz Yiftah near the Israeli border with Lebanon amid the ongoing war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 9, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
March 19, 2026, 8:05 pm
In first, poll shows Eisenkot’s party overtaking Bennett’s as potential leader of anti-Netanyahu bloc
Ex-IDF chief’s Yashar hits 16 seats to Bennett’s 15, while Lapid’s Yesh Atid collapses to 5; Likud by far the biggest party at 28, but coalition slightly weaker; poll finds severe toll of war on work, mental health
By Tal Schneider and Ariela Karmel
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