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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 reservists to face disciplinary proceedings over alleged selfie after West Bank shooting

The IDF said the conduct shown in footage from the Bani Naim incident appeared inconsistent with military values, as it continues to probe whether the collision was intentional.

IDF soldiers conduct a manhunt for a terrorist who shot Israeli hikers in the West Bank, July 24, 2026.

Hamas plotting October 7 attacks on IDF soldiers in Gaza, Israeli intelligence indicates

Defense Minister Israel Katz: Israel observed intent by Hamas to launch terror attacks on the anniversary of October 7, Hamas and Gazan population will pay "a heavy price beyond all proportion."

Soldiers from the IDF's 7th Armored Brigade operating in the Gaza Strip, January 14, 2026; illustrative.

Jewish settler extremists torch Palestinian homes, livestock shelters in West Bank attack - report

One witness told WAFA the settlers targeted the home of one Palestinian resident, setting fire to hay surrounding the property and causing additional damage.

A man holds a fire flapper near destroyed cars, which Palestinians say were burned by Israeli settlers, in Yabrud, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, October 4, 2026.

Israel was prepared to down flydubai flight with 166 Israelis onboard during attempted hijacking

Had flight 1073 continued toward Israel and reached a predetermined distance, Israeli fighter jets would have entered Jordanian airspace to investigate the aircraft, two sources told CBS News.

Flydubai plane seen at the Ben-Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, September 30, 2026.

Israel 'in the dark' over flydubai terror hijacker investigation as Mossad probes link to Iran

"There is no information that can rule out or confirm an Iranian connection to or involvement with" Omani terrorist co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, an Israeli official said.

Flydubai plane seen at the Ben-Gurion Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, September 30, 2026.

Israel must be ready for any threat, no matter how unthinkable it may seem - editorial

October 7 should have permanently lowered Israel’s tolerance for vulnerabilities whose consequences could be catastrophic.

A Knesset guard lowers the Israeli flags to half-mast to commemorate the National Remembrance Day for October 7 massacre and the Iron Swords war, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, October 27, 2024.

Iranian drone attack leads to removal of US bombers as Trump says noone knows who's running Iran

National Security Council issues warning for Jews abroad on Oct. 7 anniversary • Katz threatens war on PA • Saudi Coalition intercepts Houthi ballistic missile

SCREENSHOT FROM a video released by Iranian media showing an encounter between the IRGC Navy and a US warship in the Strait of Hormuz, which they claim withdrew from the area after receiving a warning.

Haredi protest erupts in Modi'in after Military Police move to arrest draft dodger

Footage of the scene shared by Israeli media showed numerous haredi (ultra-Orthodox) men protesting and clashing with police officers.

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

Brad Pitt on screen, retired IDF combat dogs in the seats

HaHolchim BaRosh arranged the screening; it supports Oketz veterans as they transition into civilian life and maintains a community for former unit members.

Veterans of the IDF’s Oketz canine unit brought their retired military dogs to a special screening of Brad Pitt’s Heart of the Beast at HOT Cinema in Kfar Saba on October 1, 2026.

Shin Bet, IDF call for reinstating administrative detentions, creating settler violence task force

Shin Bet Director David Zini also warned the Security Cabinet that Hamas is planning to kidnap IDF soldiers, particularly during the upcoming election period.

(From R-L) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, National Security Council head Shmuel Ben-Ezra, military secretary Maj.-Gen. Guy Markizeno, IDF chief Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, IDF Intelligence head Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and Shin Bet head David Zini consult, July 24, 2026.