2026 Israeli Elections

'Bibicoin will destroy Israel': Eisenkot slams Netanyahu's crypto plan for alternative funding

Eisenkot's campaign video claimed that the alternative system would generate "an economy like North Korea and Iran," and result in "the end of high-tech, the end of healthcare, the end of security."

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, days before Israel’s general elections, October 22, 2026.
WHO’S IT going to be on October 27?

When the 'choosing people' head back to the ballot box, will they take a leap of faith? - opinion

Esti Ayalon Kovo

Esti Ayalon Kovo enters Knesset race to stop Jerusalem’s problems from spreading across Israel

Dan Illouz.

Choosing conviction over party lines, Dan Illouz leaves Likud in bid to shape Israel’s future


Israel has not invested enough resources into hasbara, and now we are paying the price - opinion

We need to find a way to project the factual reality of the one Jewish state; currently, we are paying the price of not recognizing the significance of the battle of the word.

FOUR DAYS to the election of a new Knesset.

Would ousting Netanyahu cure Israel's chronic public relations failures? - opinion

Could we just tell the world that the defeated Netanyahu was responsible for anything they did not like about Israel and that there is no reason to not like us anymore?

ZIMBABWE PRIME MINISTER Robert Mugabe meets with US president Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office, 1983.

Beyond the polls: What are Israelis really thinking as they head to the ballot box?

Each new poll produces a headline that often disagrees with other outlets. Israelis follow polls like a tennis match, their heads swiveling from side to side, following the ball in play.

BALLOT PAPERS of various political parties displayed at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham, Oct. 14.

Yair Lapid: The upcoming election is about what we want Israel to be - opinion

This is not a choice between Right and Left, or between religious and secular Israelis. This is a choice between those who carry this country on their backs and those who hitch a free ride.

Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett are seen at a B'Yachad event.

Netanyahu bloc falls to 48 seats as opposition reaches 54, days before election - poll

A final Maariv poll shows the opposition widening its lead, with Eisenkot ahead of Netanyahu and 60% of Israelis favoring a unity government.

Election campaign billboards featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot and Likud party chairman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders are displayed along a roadside in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections.

Editor's Notes: Israel's election exposes deep political divisions after Gantz withdrawal - comment

Here is my request, the only one I’ll make before the polls open. Give yourself permission to notice one thing that complicates your choice.

Benny Gantz visits the site of an Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, March 2, 2026

High Court blocks Likud-backed digital voter tracking at polling stations ahead of elections

The High Court rules 2-1 against real-time voter counting by political party representatives ahead of Israel's 2026 elections.

 An Israeli man walks with his son to cast his ballot on the day of Israel's general election in a polling station in Rahat, Israel November 1, 2022.

WATCH: Fueled by a life's mission, Netanyahu asks Israelis for time to 'finish the job' in Iran

Netanyahu to 'Post': I want five more terms • 'I'll form gov't with current coalition partners; Eisenkot ruled me out' • Trump's support 'surprised' PM, Israel must capitalize before tide turns in US

In a birthday interview beginning after 2 a.m.,  the prime minister made his case for another term.  We pressed him on Qatar, his trial, and the question  outlasting this election: What happens after Trump?

Israel Election 2026: Pollster Shmuel Rosner says Israelis have already made up their minds

Shmuel Rosner, a JPPI senior fellow and Channel 13 election pollster, argues that Netanyahu's late blitz is not a play for 61 seats, but a move to stop the opposition from forming a coalition.

BALLOT PAPERS of various political parties displayed at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham, Oct. 14.

I met Gadi Eisenkot. He did not perform leadership. He practiced it - opinion

Israel will be renewed not by the loudest people in the room, but by those who enter ready to work. Gadi Eisenkot and Yaffa Tabaja may represent that renewal.

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot speaks during a conference organized by the Israel Democracy Institute in Tel Aviv, October 15, 2026