Israel Elections 2026
Arab Hadash-Ta’al, Ra’am parties sign agreement to reduce risk of lost votes
The move follows Ra’am, Hadash-Ta’al, and Balad running separately in the previous election and not signing an agreement on excess votes.
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Israel Election 2026: What do Arye Deri's Shas and Yaakov Asher's United Torah Judaism stand for?
"If I put this ballot in the box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?"
How would Israeli Jews vote in a US election and how would US Jews vote in Israel? - opinion
My immediate curiosity was straightforward: How would Israeli Jews vote in a hypothetical 2026 US national election, and how would American Jews vote in Israel’s October 2026 Knesset election?
Bennett-Liberman, Eisenkot-Golan: Opposition parties sign surplus vote-sharing agreement
A voter surplus is the number of votes a party has left after winning its initial Knesset seats. Surplus-vote agreements can help allied parties turn those extra votes into another seat.
Israeli polls split on 2026 Knesset election possibilities, as Yashar, Likud vie for primacy - poll
The bloc averages also show no clear outcome: Netanyahu’s bloc, including Winter, stands at 53.6 seats, compared with 53.4 for the Zionist opposition bloc.
Knesset speaker calls on Winter to withdraw from election, claims he is endangering right-wing bloc
“The greatest danger to the right is not the left, it is the right itself. In 1992, despite the fact that the right received more votes, the left formed a government,” Ohana claimed.
The perfect storm: Why this Rosh Hashanah may start Israel's most challenging year yet - opinion
A convergence of trends and events – some global, some local – threatens to turn the Jewish New Year into a “perfect storm” for Israel, from elections and war to diplomacy and climate change.
With Eisenkot, Israel can defeat Iran, ex-Mossad official and Yashar list member Bachar says
Now on Eisenkot’s list, she believes her party is well positioned to triumph in the October elections and “make Israel great again.”
High Court presses parties on legal basis for real-time voter tracking, focuses on privacy
The court’s decision will determine whether parties may use the information during the October 27 election to identify likely supporters who have not voted and target them with calls and messages.
Otzma Yehudit issues request for Ra'am, Abbas to be barred from 2026 Knesset elections
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, chairman of Otzma Yehudit, stated that Ra'am and Abbas were "wolves in sheep's clothing," and called them "Hamas-supporting terrorists."
Right-wing activists protest Ofer Winter’s independent Knesset run with wreath outside his home
Activists accused People of Israel chairman Ofer Winter of weakening the right-wing bloc, while Winter defended his decision to run separately and back Benjamin Netanyahu.
