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Israel election 2026: the 8 battles still shaping party lists before deadline

With candidate lists closing in about 10 days, parties are still weighing mergers, defections and surprise recruits, from a possible Smotrich-Likud deal to Gantz’s future and whether Yoav Segalovich joins Ra’am

Moran Azulay | 08.30.26

Down to the wire: Knesset election slates take shape as deadline nears

With less than two weeks to file candidate lists, parties are still juggling reserved slots, mergers, new recruits and survival around the electoral threshold

Moran Azulay, Yuval Karni, Einav Halabi | 08.26.26

‘We cannot be naive’: Yair Golan warns Netanyahu may exploit security crisis to disrupt election

Democrats chairman rules out a coalition with Likud or Haredi parties, says Arab party could help form next government and predicts Eisenkot is most likely next prime minister, with his party holding decisive role in choosing winner

Yuval Karni | 08.23.26

Bennett, Lapid unveil election blueprint to overhaul Israel’s security and diplomacy

Bennett vows to strike Iran for Hezbollah fire and rewrite Gaza policy, while Lapid pledges to restore US ties and rebuild relations with Europe and Diaspora Jewry

Moran Azulay | 08.19.26

Meet the 'undecided voters' who may determine Israel’s 2026 election

Most Israelis settled on their vote long ago, but a small group is still torn between Netanyahu, Bennett, Eisenkot, fringe parties or staying home; disillusioned with the government yet unconvinced by its rivals, they may decide the election

Nir Tsadok | 08.10.26

Bennett says no coalition with Haredi factions: 'Door shut to draft dodgers'

Former PM warns that Israel faces an existential threat from a separate Haredi society and rejects Gadi Eisenkot’s plan to exempt 3% of each draft cohort, saying it would effectively spare nearly a third of eligible Haredi men

Shilo Freid | 08.06.26

ועידת הביטחון הלאומי של קבוצת "ידיעות אחרונות" בשיתוף המכון למחקרי ביטחון לאומי INSS

Qatar accuses Bennett of spreading lies to advance political ambitions

After former prime minister says intelligence showed Doha funded Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and vows to declare Qatar an enemy state, its Washington embassy accuses him of disinformation; Bennett responds that Qatar financed October 7

Moran Azulay | 07.28.26

Bennett: As prime minister, I will declare Qatar an enemy state

At the ynet-Yedioth Ahronoth National Security Conference with INSS, the former prime minister says intelligence showed Doha funded Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and vows to accelerate the regime’s fall; on serving under Eisenkot, he says, ‘If I need to be a wheel, I’ll be a wheel’

Moran Azulay | 07.27.26

Opposition leaders accuse Netanyahu of falsely claiming Iran had nuclear bombs

'Attempt to rewrite history': Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett claim PM distorting facts to justify his policies and alarm the public

Nina Fox, Moran Azulay | 07.01.26

רה"מ בנימין נתניהו בהצהרה לתקשורת לאחר חתימת ההסכם בין ארה"ב לאיראן

‘If Israel was nearly destroyed, you failed’: Netanyahu under fire over Iran remarks

Opposition leaders accuse Netanyahu of changing his Iran war goals after he said Israel only sought to push back the threat, while Bennett says his government’s term is ending in ‘historic failure’

Moran Azulay | 06.15.26

פודקאסט 120 ואחת עם מורן אזולאי - גדי איזנקוט

‘I am working to be prime minister, Netanyahu is worried,’ Eisenkot tells ynet

Ex-IDF chief says Netanyahu 'knows he is responsible' for Oct. 7, has broken Israel’s security principles and 'will lose,' casting himself as the prime minister’s main challenger

Moran Azulay | 06.11.26

Trump’s dilemma: Is Netanyahu becoming an obstacle to Mideast plan?

Analysis: Behind this week's tense call is a deeper shift in US Middle East strategy: after focusing on military pressure, Trump now wants deals, but sees Netanyahu’s policy as a growing obstacle

Itamar Eichner | 06.04.26

‘Full-on vassal’: Netanyahu under fire after Trump halts Beirut strike

Lapid says Israelis learned of the halt from Trump, not their government, while Bennett, Liberman and Ben-Gvir accuse Netanyahu of losing control and failing to act against Hezbollah

Itamar Eichner | 06.01.26

Bennett: 'Exemption from enlistment given to Haredi public costs us soldiers’ lives'

Former prime minister tells ynet forum that he would not put draft dodgers in prison, but would withhold public funds; Calls on Eisenkot to to join a united political framework under him: 'only way to win is united bloc headed by right-wing figure'

Moran Azulay | 06.01.26

Bennett, Eisenkot meet as anti-Netanyahu bloc weighs next steps

The two polling frontrunners discuss cooperation ahead of a possible Knesset dissolution, while opposition leaders attack government on security, Haredi draft and war

Ilana Curiel, Moran Azulay | 05.18.26