Avi Gross, a discreet but influential businessman, has funneled millions into sophisticated media operations supporting Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party, blurring the lines between official campaign content and ostensibly independent pro-Netanyahu media

About 50,000 out of 60,000 people eligible for military service who were declared draft dodgers in 2025 are members of the ultra-Orthodox community, which makes up around 14 percent of Israel's population, according to the attorney general

Likud voters once used the primaries to weed out the party's most embarrassing liabilities. This time, they rewarded Netanyahu loyalists who back the judicial coup, undermine the High Court of Justice and absolved the prime minister of any responsibility for October 7