Articles by Alon Yakter

October 20, 2026

Beyond Netanyahu: Israel’s election has two political divides

Alon Yakter
Israel's next election is often framed as a referendum on the country's longest-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Liran Harsgor and Alon Yakter argue that public opinion reveals two different political maps: a clear divide over democracy and institutions, but a far less coherent alternative on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, where voters and candidates struggle to articulate a credible political horizon
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Alon Yakter
Senior Lecturer, School of Political Science, Government, and International Affairs, and Faculty Fellow, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Tel Aviv University

Alon studies public opinion, political behaviour, and electoral politics from a comparative perspective, with particular interest in complex attitude structures and conflictual settings.

He also co-directs the Israel National Election Study (INES) and the Peace Index, two long-running survey projects tracking Israeli public attitudes and voting behaviour.

His work has been published or is forthcoming in the American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, Political Behavior, Public Opinion Quarterly, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Political Science Research and Methods, and PS: Political Science & Politics.

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