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With electoral deadlock possible, anti-Netanyahu bloc targets control of Knesset after election
Eisenkot, Bennett, Lapid, Liberman and Golan are coordinating a move to replace Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana with support from Arab parties, giving them control of the legislative agenda and a possible test run for a minority government
Amir Ettinger | 09.30.26
הרב לנדו בנאומו במונסי
Top rabbi calls Haredi election boycott a ‘great crime’
Rabbi Dov Lando condemns efforts to suppress ultra-Orthodox turnout as Degel HaTorah battles voter frustration over failed military draft law ahead of election
Shilo Freid | 09.30.26
נתניהו
Netanyahu: ‘There are signs our enemies will try to attack us ahead of election’
Speaking at Tel Nof Airbase 28 days before Israel’s Oct. 27 election, PM warns Israel’s adversaries: ‘Don’t mess with us, not now and not ever; our long arm will reach you anywhere, at any time’; opposition leader Lapid asks for urgent security briefing
Itamar Eichner | 09.29.26
קמפיין השפעה ברשת של עוצמה יהודית בעזרת בוטים ברשתות החברתיות
Ben-Gvir’s secret online army? Watchdog flags bots boosting far right
FakeReporter says more than 100 AI-generated profiles posed as Israelis, amplified Otzma Yehudit messages and attacked political rivals and allies, raising concerns over coordinated election influence
Amir Ettinger | 09.29.26
Iran Israel election
Fake Israelis, real influence: Iran-linked network infiltrates Israel's election debate to sow chaos
Golden Owl report finds dozens of personas posing as Israeli voters, recycling AI content and false election claims to deepen distrust, division and despair ahead of Oct. 27 vote
Ilan Levinsohn | 09.25.26
צעיר ניסה לתקוף את בנט בפתח תקווה
Object thrown at Naftali Bennett during Bnei Brak campaign stop; suspect arrested
Former PM was unhurt; his party said a staffer was struck in the head as activists disrupted the restaurant event, while police arrested a suspect at the scene
Moran Azulay, Maya Cohen | 09.25.26
סאמי אבו שחאדה
Election panel disqualifies Arab party head over calling Oct. 7 'important historical event'
In an unusual move, Justice Noam Sohlberg backed the disqualification, while Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said there was a basis to bar Sami Abu Shehadeh; he said he regretted his Oct. 8 article and denied supporting Hamas' armed struggle
Amir Ettinger, Shilo Freid | 09.23.26
סאמי אבו שחאדה
Election panel weighs bid to bar Arab party leader who called Oct. 7 an 'important historic event'
Otzma Yehudit says Sami Abu Shehadeh’s Oct. 8 article amounted to support for armed struggle; the attorney general says the case meets the legal threshold for serious review, while Abu Shehadeh says he did not yet know the scale of the massacre
Amir Ettinger | 09.23.26
גדי איזנקוט
Eisenkot backs election ban for Arab party head who called Oct. 7 an ‘important historic event’
Yashar! says Sami Abu Shehadeh crossed the legal threshold by describing the Hamas attack as a ‘historic event’; Balad leader says he never supported the massacre, as Eisenkot also prepares to meet Avigdor Lieberman and challenges Smotrich’s AI campaign
Yuval Karni | 09.22.26
Israel election 2026: where every party stands on the judicial overhaul and Supreme Court
The issue that sparked unprecedented protests is back at the center of the campaign, with parties divided over judicial appointments, Supreme Court powers and constitutional reform; Likud declined to answer
Amir Ettinger, Einav Halabi, Moran Azulay, Yuval Karni | 09.22.26
סרגיי זורקובסקי ומשפחתו, אולג יעקובלב, אלסטר מורן, טטאינה, פולינה גולניק
Russia-Ukraine war creates new voting bloc in Israel as immigrants find their political voice
More than 102,000 immigrants from Russia and Ukraine since the 2022 invasion are eligible to vote in the October 27 election; several tell ynet that democratic institutions, minority rights, regional investment and immigrant integration are shaping their priorities
Matan Keselman | 09.20.26
צילום: אוהד צויגנברג
Democracy isn’t cheap: Election Day will cost Israel $1.3 billion. Here’s why
Oct. 27 election will cost billions, driven by double pay for workers, a daylong economic shutdown and election and party funding
Gad Lior | 09.18.26
תרגיל בחירות בתיכון "בליך"
Israel’s ‘bellwether’ high school hands anti-Netanyahu bloc win, Eisenkot tops vote
Blich High School in Ramat Gan, whose mock votes anticipated Israel’s 1977 and 1992 political shifts, gave Yashar! 32.2%, Beyachad 22.4% and Likud 15.5% after senior politicians spent days campaigning there to students too young to vote
Maya Cohen, Meir Turgeman | 09.17.26
Naftali Bennett, Avigdor Liberman, Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot
War cost Israel half a trillion shekels. Who will tell voters what comes next?
War costs, a growing defense budget and weak growth will force the next government into tough choices, but election campaigns favor security and unity, leaving tax hikes and spending cuts for the day after
Gad Lior | 09.15.26
מליאת הכנסת
Despite calls for wide coalition, Netanyahu reassures Ben-Gvir he will stay in government
Ben-Gvir and Tally Gotliv are campaigning to pull right-wing voters from Likud, warning he could be sidelined; Likud officials fear a strong Otzma Yehudit result would give the far-right party leverage to demand senior cabinet posts
Moran Azulay | 09.14.26
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