The Jerusalem-Tel Aviv divide is being reified on Knesset candidate rosters, as juggernaut Gideon Sa'ar's right-wing ideology helps pop the myth of the Tel Aviv bubble

US president signs executive order after his predecessor belittled the science behind climate efforts and loosened regulations on heat-trapping oil, gas and coal emissions

Miki Zohar blasts 'arrogant' and 'racist' Ze'ev Elkin, who says it's just that kind of behavior that drove him to join Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope

Defense minister cancels press conference Saturday; officials in his party say slate needs a 'significant' shakeup if it's to survive the upcoming election

Ze'ev Elkin: 'Netanyahu's personal interests are guiding his decisions'; fellow defector Yifat Shasha-Biton says Israel must have a change of leadership

Ashkenazi and Nissenkorn may quit politics, unsourced reports say, though party colleagues want the foreign minister to take over, and the justice minister is mulling move to Labor

Onetime confidant has accused the prime minister of destroying the party; colleagues say they were blindsided by the move

Israeli politics are littered with ex-Likudniks who left in anger at the PM. Elkin is different, and his reasons for leaving reflect the growing disquiet of many in the party ranks

In stunning rebuke, onetime confidant says PM puts his personal needs ahead of Israel's, has 'destroyed Likud': 'I can't tell voters to support someone I’ve stopped believing in'

Israelis have become inured to cynical politicians' slogan-filled TV statements. But Ze'ev Elkin was emotional and specific. And, as someone once very close to the PM, devastating