Israeli's are busy trying to build an ideal slate of candidates at home, forming unions and dissolutions, writing platforms and crafting talking points. In this cacophony of resolute knowledge, it seems the only action missing is actually voting

Is the purpose of the sermon to bring people together or to challenge them? For some rabbis, politics is verboten; others say talking about Israel is unavoidable – even if it risks upsetting their congregants

The former IDF chief's Yashar party says the agreements reflect lessons from past election campaigns. Bennett's Together will sign with Lieberman, while Likud and far-right Religious Zionism are expected to reach a deal

The Israeli politicians who see themselves as an alternative to Netanyahu's extremist government have no interest in Palestinians in the West Bank or in Gaza - and they are helping to steer the Israeli ship further from the world | Analysis