Updates
Red Mail
20°
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Search
Main
Israel News
Mideast & World News
Tech & Digital
Real Estate
Finance
Lifestyle
Health & Science
Jewish World
Travel
More
Channels
Opinions
Magazine
Sports
Food
Weather
Podcasts
Sites & Sources
Ynet
Calcalist
yad2
ynetespanol
Вести
mynet
Contact
Contact us
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Accessibility Statement
main
Israel News
Mideast & World News
Tech & Digital
Real Estate
Finance
Lifestyle
Health & Science
Jewish World
Travel
20°
Weather
YnetGlobal Channels
Opinions & Analysis
Magazine
Food
Sports
Weather
Podcasts
Sites & Sources
ynet
calcalist
yad2
Español
Вести
mynet
more channels
Israel News
Mideast & World News
Tech & Digital
Finance
Lifestyle
Health & Science
Travel
Contact
Contact us
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Accessibility Statement
Tags
Ofer Winter
Over 300,000 votes ‘wasted’ in Israel's election: Who lost out and who escaped the damage?
The final tally reveals 306,172 votes cast for parties that missed the Knesset; Hendel and Zelekha came closest to winning seats, while Winter and Maoz fell well short and even the Pirate Party outpolled former deputy minister Sharren Haskel
Saar Haas
|
10.30.26
High voter turnout leaves small parties below electoral threshold | This is who missed out
Exit polls show Ofer Winter's Amcha Yisrael, Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha's combined party, and Moti Leitner's Haredi Public Party failing to win seats; Winter's allies blame Netanyahu's campaign, while Hendel holds out hope for soldiers' ballots
Roy Rubinstein
|
10.27.26
Ben-Gvir won't have a surplus-vote agreement after refusing to sign with Winter
His Otzma Yehudit party shared a message similar to that of the Likud campaign, saying that the chairman of the Amcha Yisrael party is 'Bennett 2.0'; The agreement ensures that votes that could be combined to equal another Knesset seat do not go to waste
Amir Ettinger
|
10.13.26
Bennett vows to shift 30 billion shekels from draft dodgers; Winter proposes 25% Haredi exemption
Ahead of Israel's October 27 election, Bennett promises free daycare and housing subsidies for reservists while Ofer Winter proposes higher military pay and a Torah-study exemption for up to a quarter of Haredi men eligible for the draft; meanwhile, Likud is targeting Winter's party despite his support for Netanyahu
Moran Azulay, Amir Ettinger
|
10.11.26
Gantz refuses to quit election race as Netanyahu brands Winter ‘Bennett 2’
Despite polls showing Blue and White below the electoral threshold, Gantz vows to run to the end, warning that political division could bring disaster; Netanyahu steps up attacks on Ofer Winter, accusing him of potentially handing right-wing votes to the left
Yuval Karni
|
10.10.26
Ofer Winter calls for Gaza resettlement, rejects Oct. 7 state commission: 'We'll back Netanyahu for PM'
Amcha Yisrael leader says he would double combat soldiers’ pay, push Haredi enlistment and demand an immediate Oct. 7 inquiry, while ruling out a repeat of the current coalition and leaving the door open to Liberman in a broad right-wing government
Yuval Karni
|
10.04.26
Smotrich: Israel should ‘go to war’ in West Bank, ‘do what we did in Gaza’
Religious Zionist Party leader calls for dismantling Palestinian Authority and eliminating terror infrastructure; accepts ‘collective responsibility’ for Oct. 7, defends government’s wartime record and vows crackdown on illegal weapons and crime
Moran Azulay
|
09.27.26
Former IDF chief, sidelined hawk or ex-PM: who will be Israel’s next defense minister?
Ofer Winter, Naftali Bennett, Gadi Eisenkot and Yair Golan offer sharply different visions for Iran, Gaza and the West Bank, but all would face rebuilding the IDF, exhausted reserves and the fight over Haredi conscription
Elisha Ben Kimon
|
09.08.26
In apparent jab at Netanyahu, Winter says October 7 failures demand new leadership
Amcha Yisrael chief says those who failed to establish a trusted inquiry, integrate Haredim into the IDF or deliver a clear outcome in Gaza should not be expected to succeed now
Amir Ettinger
|
09.02.26
Smotrich, Feiglin agree on joint election run in bid to clear Knesset threshold
Zehut leader Moshe Feiglin is set for No. 2 on Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism slate, though former general Ofer Winter could still be brought in above him
Moran Azulay
|
09.01.26
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 Segalovitz joins Ra’am
Moran Azulay
|
08.30.26
Netanyahu’s election plan falters as Israel’s right splinters
With candidate lists due soon, Netanyahu is trying to prevent right-wing votes from being wasted below Israel’s electoral threshold, but Ben-Gvir and newcomer Ofer Winter insist on running independently
Moran Azulay
|
08.30.26
The small-party showdown that could decide Israel’s next government
Hendel and Tropper court disaffected religious Zionists and reservists, while Erdan, Edelstein, Gantz and Winter maneuver to survive the threshold and reshape the race for 61 seats
Moran Azulay, Yuval Karni, Amir Ettinger
|
08.06.26
Hot Tags
Today
This Week
This Month
Ahmad Tibi
Aliyah
Anniversary
Antisemitism
apology
Arab Israelis
Archaeology
Australia
Avigdor Liberman
Balad
Hot Tags
Today
This Week
This Month
Ahmad Tibi
Aliyah
Anniversary
Antisemitism
apology
Arab Israelis
Archaeology
Australia
Avigdor Liberman
Balad
Related Tags
IDF
October 7
Benjamin Netanyahu
West Bank
Election
Israel elections 2026
Knesset
Itamar Ben-Gvir
Bezalel Smotrich
Israel Katz
""