Anshel Pfeffer

Israelis head to the polls for their closest election in living memory

A pledge to annex West Bank settlements, the shape of the next coalition and Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption allegations dominate the campaign's final days

Indirect talks underway after a week of tension in Gaza

40,000 Palestinians took part in last week's protests

WhatsApp the focus for voter influence concerns

Accusations of fake news and false social media accounts dominate the narrative ahead of next week's election

Bibi's coalition ahead, but a few seats could change everything

Up to half of Israelis are predicted to vote for small parties teetering on the electoral threshold next Tuesday

‘Corrupt Bibi’ or ‘flaky Benny’: the choice Israelis must make

With less than a fortnight to go, the battleground is still over the few “soft-right” voters who could pick either man

The last thing Netanyahu wants is a small pre-election war

The Israeli Prime Minister has never been a fan of using the IDF's largest armoured divisions as an instrument of policy

The British oleh who watched a Gaza rocket fall on his home

‘There was a boom, then quiet and dust everywhere, and then screaming. It was terrible.’

After internal ructions, Hamas set to resume Israel border protests

Protests against the territory's leadership forced the cancellation of the weekly demonstrations last Friday

Perfume fashion shoot aims to animate Israeli election campaign

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked's viral 'advert' comes amid falling poll ratings for her New Right party

Israel revives the Ashkenazi Mizrahi divide for the election

Labour’s Avi Gabbay drags out an old Max Hastings quotation in a sign that the opposition has learned how to fight dirty, Anshel Pfeffer writes

Zehut makes election even more bizarre

Nation State law is about Bibi’s re-election: nothing else matters

The Prime Minister showed little interest in the bill until the election drew close last year, Anshel Pfeffer writes