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Israeli election campaigns must move past political gimmicks to tackle critical issues - editorial

With two weeks to go, let’s hear how the parties are going to deal with education, transportation, the environment, the unequal IDF draft, the worrying wave of emigration, and the West Bank.

Workers hang a Likud party election campaign billboard featuring Prime Minister and Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders, with the slogan “Right or Palestine,” on a building in Jerusalem, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 14, 2026.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (left) and Yashar party chairman and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot (right).

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee meets with Gadi Eisenkot over West Bank, Gaza, settler violence

Haredi draft protesters attempt to break into IDF office in Bnei Brak, October 14, 2026.

Two haredi protesters arrested after attempting to break into IDF office in Bnei Brak

IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon.

Reservists lose municipal-tax discounts after wartime protection expires, petition says


IDF to launch several West Bank ops. to arrest, interrogate October 7 sympathizers - report

Similarly, on Tuesday evening, the IDF launched a large-scale operation in the West Bank, the goal of which is to demolish memorials throughout the region that "glorify terror."

Israeli soldiers take part in a military operation in the market in the Old City of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, September 27, 2026

Defense officials concerned Iran may launch missiles at Israel amid increasing US pressure

Senior IDF officials told ministers that the measures are having significant implications for Iran’s economic situation, stating that “the situation is deteriorating. Every day, it gets worse."

Iranians in camouflage outfits demonstrate the use of a double-barrel anti-aircraft gun during the inauguration of a training centre by the Iranian army for "Jan-Fadayan" (those willing to sacrifice their lives) volunteers, at Haft-e-Tir Square in central Tehran on October 3, 2026.

'The picture of manpower': IDF reports defense accomplishments three years into war

Three years since October 7, the IDF has struck nearly 100,000 targets, eliminated a swath of high-ranking terrorist officials, and expanded security efforts throughout all of its divisions.

The IDF released a report including pictures and details regarding military accomplishments since the October 7, 2023, massacre.

Number of displaced reaches 200,000 in Yemen as Hezbollah receives $200 million in cash from Iran

Vance says Iran must cut nuclear enrichment to end war • Defense officials concerned Iran may strike Israel amid US pressure • IDF to launch West Bank ops. to arrest October 7 sympathizers

The IDF released a report including pictures and details regarding military accomplishments since the October 7, 2023, massacre.

Three years later, October 7 is still not in the past for Israelis - editorial

The war that began on the morning of October 7 remains unresolved. Hamas has not been disarmed; its future in Gaza remains unsettled, and the question of who will govern Gaza remains unanswered.

A woman cries at the Nova music festival memorial site on October 6, 2026.

Satellite images show renewed activity at secret Iran nuclear site bombed by IDF

Satellite imagery from VANTOR Technologies showed increased traffic to the site and ongoing earthmoving efforts after Israel struck the facility back in March.

IDF destroyed a secret Iranian nuclear weapons development site on March 3, 2026.

Israel Police criticize Military Police over handling of Modi'in draft dodger arrest after riot

Modi'in Mayor Haim Bibas, who also serves as chairman of the Local Authorities Federation, called on the police and the military to review their conduct.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters demonstrate against an IDF recruitment conference for the Haredi community in Jerusalem, August 4, 2026.

IDF headstones to include abduction note if soldier was kidnapped, Knesset announces

The new legislation follows a Defense Ministry announcement on Sunday that 1,318 members of Israel's security forces have been killed across all conflict fronts since October 7, 2023.

 Israeli flags on graves of fallen soldiers in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on May 9, 2024, ahead of Israeli Memorial Day; Illustrative.

'Three years without my Asaf': Mother of soldier killed on Oct. 7 pleads for truth - opinion

You didn’t ask who was Right or Left. You didn’t ask who was for or against. You went out to defend human beings. To defend the residents of the Gaza border area. To defend the country.

Ilan and Clara Hamami stand with a picture of their son, Asaf, who was killed on October 7, 2023.

Israel still struggles to turn lessons into obligations three years after October 7 - analysis

Israel has absorbed more common lessons about security than its fractured public life in the wake of October 7. The problem is that those shared lessons have not translated into shared obligations.

A couple embrace at the Mt Herzl military cemetery, at the section with victims killed in the October 7 Hamas attack, October 05, 2026.