2026 Israeli Elections

Israel Election 2026: What do Arye Deri's Shas and Yaakov Asher's United Torah Judaism stand for?

"If I put this ballot in the box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?"

Shas leader MK Arye Deri (L) and United Torah Judaism leader MK Ya’akov Asher.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on May 25, 2026.

Ben-Gvir sues Eisenkot for NIS 100,000 over 'false attribution of incitement to killing, racism'

(L-R clockwise) Itamar Ben-Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich, Arye Deri, Gideon Sa'ar, Yair Lapid, Avigdor Liberman, Yuli Edelstein.

No. 15: Netanyahu's key partners and challengers shaping Israel's future

Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett.

Israeli polls split on 2026 Knesset election possibilities, as Yashar, Likud vie for primacy - poll


How a Jewish ex-police probes chief could revive Mansour Abbas as Israeli Arab kingmaker - analysis

In an official statement last week, Ra’am’s chairman Mansour Abbas and Segalovitz said they had met and held a “cordial and positive” discussion about the possibility of Segalovitz joining Ra’am.

Yoav Segalovitz, former deputy public security minister attends Internal security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on November 8, 2021

Attorney-general asks High Court to block PID appointments until after October elections

The court is considering several petitions against a law passed in June that removes PID from the State Attorney’s Office and places it more directly under the Justice Ministry.

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 8, 2026.

Eight ministers, lawmakers wanted to leave Netanyahu's Likud for Otzma Yehudit, Ben-Gvir reveals

"They see Otzma's polls, they saw how strong we are, and they wanted to join," Ben-Gvir elaborated.

The minister of national security Itamar Ben-Gvir

Despite Israeli election polls, PM's aide assured Trump that Netanyahu is winning - report

At the time of the meeting, the coalition bloc had 49 predicted Knesset seats, according to a Maariv poll - 12 short of the 61 seats needed for a majority.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets US President Donald Trump in the White House, July 28, 2026.

The lie of apartheid: The 2026 Israel election is a display of the country's diversity - opinion

Regardless of the final outcome of this election, it looks like this race could finally bury the apartheid myth about Israel.

MANSOUR ABBAS attends a plenum session at the Knesset’s assembly hall in Jerusalem last month.

The question is not ‘Bibi: Yes or no?’ but the answer is, ‘Which Israel?’ - opinion

Perhaps, after nearly 80 years devoted to changing the Jewish condition, Israel has reached another stage of Zionism.

An AI-generated political cartoon.

Netanyahu's coalition falls to 48 seats as Likud drops behind Eisenkot's Yashar once more - poll

The survey also examined a scenario in which three Arab parties - Hadash, Ta'al, and Balad - run together, while Yoav Segalovich joins Ra'am in the party's second slot. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.

The war exposed a second front: Israel's own decision-making - analysis

Israel’s next government must do more than confront external threats. It must restore sound decision-making, public trust, and democratic accountability as pillars of national security

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (R) visit the scene of a shooting at the Ramot road junction in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on September 8, 2025.
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WATCH: 'I know how to act responsibly': Smotrich outlines election strategy, plan to draft haredim

“I think that right now the Religious Zionist public can and should run on its own as a big, strong, significant party,” Smotrich told the Post.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich

High Court criticizes Knesset retreat on polling stations in nursing homes

Justices questioned whether they could override the legislature, while pressing for practical solutions before next week’s deadline.

President of the Supreme Court Isaac Amit arrives for a hearing on petitions alleging flaws in the legislative process of the Communications Bill at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 13, 2026; Illustrative.