Likud

Eisenkot to receive mandate as Netanyahu calls for unity government

Ben-Gvir accuses opposition of betraying supporters • Golan sets base for coalition with haredi parties

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Yashar party chairman and former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot arrives to cast his ballot in Israel’s general elections at a polling station in Herzliya, October 27, 2026.
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot alongside members of his party at the party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, following the closing of polling stations and the release of exit poll results on Israel’s general election night, October 28, 2026.

Eisenkot warns current government harms democracy, Ben-Gvir mocks rumors UTJ might join opposition

Ofer Winter urges Bennett, Liberman to form unity gov't with Netanyahu • Liberman backs Lapid for speaker, calls for haredi draft compromise and parties to join gov't

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Members of the Yashar party speak to the press following consultations with President Isaac Herzog at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on whom to recommend to form Israel’s next government, November 5, 2026.

Eisenkot set to receive mandate to form Israeli gov't as Herzog rounds out consultation meetings

Herzog to hand mandate on Sunday • Eisenkot receives backing of Arab parties Ra’am and the Joint List, although their recommendations do not commit them to ultimately joining his coalition

|BySHIR PERETS, KESHET NEEV
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana cups his ear as MKs react during the State Comptroller elections at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026

Opposition pushes to replace Knesset speaker amid fears of Likud 'January 6' plot to block vote

According to opposition sources, hundreds of Likud Central Committee members are expected to arrive at the Knesset on the day of the vote and attempt to block lawmakers from entering the chamber.

|ByANNA BARSKY, KESHET NEEV

Arab party support gives Eisenkot majority backing as PM, Abbas calls for Hamas disarmament

Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit recommends Netanyahu • UTJ abstains from recommending candidate • Yair Golan's Democrats, Mansour Abbas' Ra'am, Yousef Jabareen's Joint List recommend Eisenkot

NOVEMBER 5, 2026ByKESHET NEEV, SHIR PERETS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Members of the Joint List arrive for a meeting with President Isaac Herzog at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on November 5, 2026.

Herzog announces mandate to be awarded Sunday as he works to bring 'good, stable gov't' for Israel

Liberman said to open door for haredi parties to join gov't • Opposition also seeks to replace Knesset speaker amid fears of alleged Likud plot

NOVEMBER 5, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

High Court says Ohana breached ruling, but leaves comptroller vote to next Knesset

Judges condemn months of delay as key oversight powers remain blocked; speaker and Knesset ordered to pay NIS 10,000 in costs.

NOVEMBER 4, 2026BySARAH BEN-NUN
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026.

UTJ demands draft law from Netanyahu, but will it make Eisenkot pay upfront? - analysis

UTJ demands draft law approval before talks with Netanyahu but remains silent on Eisenkot, risking its main bargaining chip in coalition negotiations.

NOVEMBER 4, 2026ByANNA BARSKY
United Torah Judaism party head MK Yaakov Asher alongside members of his party at the party’s election headquarters in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, October 28, 2026

CEC ratifies official results after finding no evidence of compromised election integrity

The CEC has approved the election results, with Likud and the ultra-Orthodox Shas party abstaining from the vote, according to Israeli media.

NOVEMBER 4, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM, YEHUDA SHLEZINGER
An Israeli votes in the 2026 Knesset election, October 27, 2026.

RZP-Zehut, Shas back Netanyahu, Yisrael Beytenu backs Eisenkot as Herzog ends first consultations

A-G denies request to interrogate senior Arab party MKs • Zehut's Feiglin calls for new elections, claims Knesset 'illegitimate'

NOVEMBER 4, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
President Isaac Herzog receiving the official results of the 26th Knesset election, November 4, 2026.

'Yom Kippur for most pollsters': What Israel’s election taught us about certainty - comment

Israel’s election forced us to rethink the pollsters we trusted and the assumptions we brought into the newsroom

NOVEMBER 3, 2026ByZVIKA KLEIN
Placards are seen on the floor after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to supporters at the Likud party election night event at the Teddy Hall, International Convention Center in Jerusalem in October.
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Eisenkot: Netanyahu lacks majority, opposition bloc will repeal laws that ‘threaten democracy'

Eisenkot’s video statement came ahead of consultations at the President’s Residence, which are set to begin on Wednesday.

NOVEMBER 3, 2026ByKESHET NEEV
Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, leaves after voting during the national election, in Herzliya, Israel, October 27, 2026

Court releases sixth Ra’am vote-buying suspect as Likud’s 'stolen election' allegations unravel

The releases follow judicial criticism of the investigation, but the courts have reached different conclusions about the need to keep individual suspects in custody. 

NOVEMBER 3, 2026BySARAH BEN-NUN
Ballot slip for the Ra'am party.

Netanyahu accuses opposition of hypocrisy over haredi draft law amid coalition talks

Netanyahu accused Eisenkot and the opposition bloc of courting haredi parties despite their previous opposition to legislation regulating haredi military service.

NOVEMBER 3, 2026ByAVI SOLOMON, JONAH DAVIDOV
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu, speak with members of the public in the city of Beit Shemesh, just hours before polls close on Israel’s general election day, October 27, 2026.