Q&A: ‘Netanyahu will always prefer a coalition with the extreme right and the ultra-Orthodox’

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on December 31, 2012

A week on the Florida campaign trail

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on October 24, 2012

Spending a week in Florida on the eve of a presidential election has become a habit for me — one I cherish. Meeting the elderly women who suddenly become interested in politics; attending synagogues, to which the candidates flock in droves to speak.

Knesset dissolution bill passes first reading

Published on October 15, 2012

Legislation to dissolve the Israeli Knesset and go to national elections was approved unanimously on first reading.

Netanyahu’s approval: Still sliding

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on August 22, 2012

Netanyahu’s approval rating: The decline continues

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on August 22, 2012

Israel strike on Iran would be disaster, Shaul Mofaz says

Published on August 17, 2012

A former deputy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday a pre-emptive military strike against Iran over its nuclear program could embroil Israel in a "disastrous war".

Poll trends: ‘Likud plus right bloc’ in decline over the draft

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on August 1, 2012

Netanyahu Approval tracker: The PM is in the negative zone

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 24, 2012

July 18, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 18, 2012

Israeli political constellation realigns as Kadima quits government

Published on July 17, 2012

For the second time in just two months, the Israeli political universe was upended when Shaul Mofaz’s Kadima Party voted to quit Israel’s governing coalition.

Kadima set to leave gov’t after breakdown in conscription law talks

Published on July 17, 2012

The Kadima party will likely leave Israel's government coalition after negotiations with Likud over a universal draft bill broke down.

Israel poll trend: Charedi draft battle is helping Kadima, hurting Likud

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 17, 2012

July 13, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 13, 2012

Netanyahu wants two teams to examine draft alternatives

Published on July 6, 2012

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday that he has ordered the formulation of two teams to examine universal draft alternatives.

Five comments on Israel’s political crisis

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 5, 2012

Palestinian official: Abbas to meet Mofaz

Published on June 28, 2012

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Israeli Vice Premier Shaul Mofaz on Sunday, a Palestinian official said, in the highest-level meeting between the sides since peace talks broke down in 2010.

Can Mofaz influence Netanyahu?

Published on June 25, 2012

With his recent return to the top ranks of Israel’s government, Shaul Mofaz is receiving plenty of attention in high places for emphasizing renewed talk of peace with the Palestinians. It’s yet another high point in a relatively short political career — after 35 years of military service — that is making Mofaz a heavyweight on his country’s political scene.

Israel’s Poll Trend: The right-wing bloc is gaining

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on June 24, 2012

Mofaz tells Obama that window for peace is opening

Published on June 21, 2012

Shaul Mofaz, Israel's new deputy prime minister, told President Obama that the new national unity government presents a window of opportunity to restart peace talks with the Palestinians.

Israel: ‘all options’ open after Iran talks fail

Published on June 20, 2012

Israel responded on Wednesday to a lack of progress in talks aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program by demanding that the West impose stiffer economic sanctions on Tehran and hinting anew that a military option was still on the table.

With Muslim Brotherhood’s ascendancy, Mubarak’s legacy is upended

Published on June 20, 2012

Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi is the declared winner of Egypt’s presidential race and his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, reportedly continues to lie near death in a coma -- just like the legacy he tried to craft for himself and his country.

Livni: No Kadima party by next elections

Published on June 13, 2012

Tzipi Livni, the former head of Kadima, said the centrist political party would not be in existence by the next Knesset elections.

Poll trends: The left-wing option is losing steam

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on June 7, 2012

A unique look into Shaul Mofaz’s Iranian Jewish roots

By Karmel Melamed
Published on May 31, 2012

Poll Trends: Kadima is losing, but Netanyahu isn’t

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 23, 2012

Can the new Israeli coalition bring about peace?‎

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 18, 2012

Netanyahu’s excuses and the Financial Times’ leaps of logic

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 15, 2012

Poll Trend: Elections far off, Netanyahu still strong

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 14, 2012

Can mighty Israel (and mighty Netanyahu) make peace?

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 10, 2012

Will Israelis support the new mega-coalition?

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 9, 2012

May 8, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 8, 2012

Eight quick takes on Israel’s canceled election and new unity government

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 8, 2012

NEW: Tracking the trends in Israeli elections season

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 3, 2012

May 3, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 3, 2012

Tzipi Livni resigns from Knesset

Published on May 1, 2012

Former opposition leader Tzipi Livni resigned from Israel's Knesset.

Tzipi Livni’s fall followed meteoric political rise

Published on April 3, 2012

Tzipi Livni’s resounding fall in the leadership vote for Kadima, Israel’s largest political party, was as dramatic as her rise to political power.

The tent movement is coming (back)

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on March 30, 2012

So it’s “Shaul or Bibi” - but can Mofaz find the votes?

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on March 28, 2012

Mofaz beats Livni for Kadima leadership

Published on March 27, 2012

Shaul Mofaz decisively defeated Tzipi Livni to become the new leader of Israel’s Kadima Party.

If you really must know what’s going to happen in Kadima

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on March 25, 2012

Candidate Profile: Shaul Mofaz, the hawkish centrist

By Roy Eitan
Published on September 8, 2008

The general-turned-politician Shaul Mofaz may have Iran to thank if he wins the race for Kadima's leadership. An inveterate hawk in a centrist party, Mofaz is stressing his military credentials to deal with Israel's security challenges