Eliav Breuer

Eliav Breuer is the Knesset correspondent for The Jerusalem Post.

Formerly a breaking news editor and police affairs correspondent for the Post, he is a graduate of Shalem College in Jerusalem, where he majored in Philosophy and Jewish Thought. Prior to his university studies, he completed his military service in the IDF's elite EGOZ unit.


 President Isaac Herzog.

Operation 'Rising Lion': Targeted op. to neutralize 'immediate existential threat' - Herzog

 A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish man holds a placard next to a police horse as he takes part in a protest against pressure to conscript into the military in Bnei Brak, Israel, June 5, 2025. The words in Hebrew read "We will not enlist in the enemy army."

Much ado about nothing: Coalition remains standing as core issues remain unsolved - analysis

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf seen in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023

Ultra-Orthodox minister resigns from Israeli gov't over IDF draft law debacle


Opposition's Knesset dispersal bill fails after Edelstein, haredim reach draft bill agreement

When the opposition called for the vote, Deputy Minister Yaakov Tesler and MK Moshe Roth of Agudat Yisrael voted in favor of dissolving the Knesset.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen outside his office at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on June 11, 2025.

Knesset dispersal postponed after agreement between Edelstein, haredi leaders

This decision came after MK Moshe Gafni reported on the results of the negotiations between Netanyahu and Edelstein to Rabbi Hirsch.

 Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on May 8, 2025.

Knesset dispersal vote uncertain as haredim, Edelstein hold late meeting

The negotiations were held in a series of meetings in the Knesset, and involved, intermittently, representatives of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

 Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on March 24, 2025.

Argentina will move embassy to Jerusalem, Milei announces at Israel's Knesset

Argentinian President Javier Milei criticized what he called a “corruption” of Western values, arguing that the global Left has lost its moral compass and was “siding with Hamas.”

 Argentinian President Javier Milei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem on June 11, 2025.

Over 50,000 IDF draft orders to ultra-Orthodox Jews scheduled for July

The announcement means that the IDF will be summoning the entire "pool" of eligible haredi men, in addition to the 24,000 haredim who already received initial draft orders since July 2024.

 A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish man protest against IDF conscription, near Bnei Brak, June 5, 2025

Opposition leaders announce they will go through with Knesset dispersal vote

Despite public announcements that they would support the dispersal bill, haredi politicians were slightly more hesitant on Tuesday night as to whether they would follow through on their threat.

 (L-R) Opposition party heads Yair Golan, Avigdor Liberman, Benny Gantz, and Yair Lapid at the Knesset after the firing of former defense minister Yoav Gallant, November 6, 2024.

Dramatic preliminary vote to disperse Knesset expected on Wednesday

The coalition’s ultra-Orthodox parties have threatened to support the bill due to Netanyahu’s prolonged failure to push through a law to regulate haredi service in the IDF.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf seen in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023

Yoaz Hendel’s reservist group begins proceedings to form new party

Hendel has started collecting signatures to request the Registrar of Political Parties. A poll from June 5 shows that Hendel would win nine seats if an election were held now.

 Yoaz Hendel testifies during a hearing of the civil investigative committee on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 8, 2024.

Huckabee denies reports he acted to prevent collapse of Netanyahu government

“Israel needs both scholars and soldiers, but how they determine the balance is not something I could or would weigh in on," Huckabee wrote on X.

 US Ambassador Mike Huckabee addresses the media outside the US Embassy in Jerusalem, May 9, 2025.

Jewish Agency slams Likud MK for comments against Reform Judaism

"We firmly reject any such disgraceful attack on a distinguished branch of Judaism and its representatives," said Mark Wilf and Doron Almog.

 MK Galit Distal-Atbaryan arrives to a Likud party meeting at the Knesset. December 3, 2023.