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Three days before election, tens of thousands rally in Tel Aviv for October 7 state inquiry

Former hostages, bereaved families and October 7 survivors gather at Hostages Square alongside opposition figures Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Golan and Avigdor Liberman; organizers urge police to prevent alleged coalition-linked attempts to disrupt their rally

Maya Cohen | 10.24.26

Three days before election, Netanyahu warns Iran is preparing to destroy Israel

Calling the final campaign stretch a ‘fateful week,’ Netanyahu claims Tehran has revived its nuclear program; Trump is reportedly weighing new strikes, Iran's president urges renewed US talks and the IDF chief warns war could postpone the election

Moran Azulay | 10.24.26

Flash floods threaten southern Israel on Election Day, with major road closures feared

With Israelis heading to the polls Tuesday, forecasters warn of intense rain, thunderstorms, hail and strong winds starting in the south; flash floods could shut roads in the Negev, Arava and Dead Sea region, with the storm lasting into Wednesday

Ilana Curiel | 10.24.26

ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו בטקס סיום קורס קצינים

Netanyahu has lost his grip on economic reality, and wants to drag Israel down with him

Opinion: Days before the election, Netanyahu warns of crippling sanctions and replacing money with cryptocurrency, after touting a self-sufficient ‘Sparta’; his economic fantasies risk frightening investors and driving capital out of Israel

Sever Plocker | 10.24.26

Israel's border communities fault October 7 response but rate later war management higher

Three years after October 7, 75% of Israel's border-area Jews say war will shape their vote

Among 498 Jewish respondents in Gaza-border and northern communities, 75% say the war will affect their vote; just 31% rate the government's response to October 7 highly, while 43% express high satisfaction with its subsequent handling of the war

Nina Fox | 10.24.26

Final Israel election polls put Eisenkot's Yashar ahead of Likud, but neither bloc wins a majority

Three major TV surveys give the anti-Netanyahu bloc 52 to 56 seats against 50 for the prime minister's allies, leaving Arab parties potentially pivotal; Eisenkot's Yashar leads Likud, while Ofer Winter falls below the threshold in all three

Ofir Yonatan | 10.24.26

Trump, of all people, is protecting Israel's democracy from Netanyahu's Iran gamble

Opinion: Parents at an IDF officers' ceremony watched their children's achievement turn into a political stage; with elections days away, reports of jets near Iran and talk of renewed war make the danger of disrupting the vote impossible to ignore

Shimon Shiffer, Amos Gilad | 10.23.26

Final 100 hours: Netanyahu rallies Likud strongholds as Eisenkot and Bennett chase swing voters

With most polls showing neither bloc winning the 61 seats needed to govern, every vote matters; campaign teams are targeting development towns, coordinating hundreds of volunteers and taking their appeals from shopping malls to family WhatsApp groups

Moran Azulay | 10.23.26

Ben-Gvir calls for Israeli takeover of Gaza, Palestinian emigration in rare foreign media interview

In first interview with foreign media since taking office, far-right national security minister tells TIME Israel must occupy all of Gaza, advocates Palestinian emigration from West Bank and defends Netanyahu over Oct. 7 failures while seeking to push him further right

Itamar Eichner | 10.22.26

יו"ר ש"ס הרב אריה דרעי במעונו של זקן מועצת חכמי התורה, רבי משה מאיה שליט״א

Shas rabbi warns voters backing rival parties will have 'no place in the afterlife'

Senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi says voting for Likud or any party other than Shas forfeits a place in the world to come; former chief rabbi renews attack on Ben-Gvir as ultra-Orthodox parties devise new voter-tracking methods after Supreme Court restrictions

Shilo Freid | 10.22.26

‘In 1949, they brought a cardboard box and called it a ballot box’: Veterans recall 77 years of elections

Zir Luz, 97, cast his first vote from a cardboard box as a soldier in 1949, while Pinchas Avhar, 91, first voted in 1955; ahead of Tuesday's election, the two recall Ben-Gurion, changing loyalties and the growing divisions they hope Israel can heal

Israel Moshkovitz, Eitan Glickman | 10.22.26

Katz claims pre-election threat, says opposition will bear blame for any attack

Despite no concrete intelligence pointing to an Iranian or Hezbollah attack around the October 27 election, Israel's defense minister cites unspecified threats; Lapid accuses him of fearmongering, while Eisenkot says he is shifting responsibility before disaster strikes

Elisha Ben Kimon, Moran Azulay | 10.22.26

‘Most dangerous thing’: Netanyahu government's LGBTQ record, from Hamas comparisons to 37% cuts

An election-eve report documents proposed restrictions on transgender recognition and LGBTQ topics in schools, service cuts affecting vulnerable groups and rejected equality bills; the Aguda warns stalled proposals could return in the next Knesset

Lihi Gordon | 10.22.26

US, Israel prepare for renewed strikes on Iran after midterms, report says

The US and Israel have drawn up plans for a short, intense offensive targeting Iran's nuclear and energy facilities, missiles and drones after the midterms, The New York Times reports; Tehran warns renewed fighting would not be brief

Daniel Edelson, New York | 10.22.26

From Israel's youngest prime minister to oldest candidate: Netanyahu's new record at 77

Thirty years after becoming Israel's youngest prime minister at 46, Netanyahu is set to surpass Yitzhak Shamir's 1992 election record; Ariel Sharon still holds the distinction of being the oldest person to serve as prime minister

Yaron Drukman | 10.21.26

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