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Israel elections 2026

Israeli General Election polls, October 8, 2026.

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Israel elections 2026

Netanyahu and Eisenkot fall, while Bennett rises | i24NEWS Poll

The Likud party and the Yesh Atid party each lose 2 seats • Bennett gains at the expense of Eisenkot • And a shift in the bloc landscape • The full data

i24NEWS

Read time: 3 min.


Base aérienne de Tel Nof, le Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahou

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Israel elections 2026

Netanyahu ordered to remove Air Force base video from personal social media

The Central Eelctions Committee also ordered Netanyahu and the Likud Party to pay NIS 2500 to the petitioner as well as remove the video

i24NEWS

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Naftali Bennett

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Israel elections 2026

"Draft evasion poses a threat to Israel's security," Bennett pledges security cabinet ban on draft dodgers

Bennett said combat troops are giving up captured positions because no one is there to hold them. He said they later return to retake the ground, at a cost in blood

i24NEWS

Read time: 3 min.


Ofer Winter

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Israel elections 2026

Amcha Yisrael unveils framework for independent October 7 commission of inquiry

According to the party's plan, the new Knesset would elect the commission's chairperson and deputy by secret ballot from a list of retired judges nominated by lawmakers themselves

i24NEWS

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Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party speaks during an election campaign rally in Haifa, September 23, 2026.

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Israel elections 2026

Gadi Eisenkot challenges Netanyahu to televised debate ahead of Israel election

Eisenkot's party said it was ready to hold the debate immediately under those terms, claling for talks to coordinate the details as soon as possible

i24NEWS, Yuval Barnea

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Yoseph Haddad (L) and Ofer Winter (R)

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Israel elections 2026

Do you support the establishment of a Palestinian state? Yoseph Haddad's old interview - and the clarification

A video in which the candidate placed second on the "Amcha Yisrael" list expresses support for the two-state solution and peace with the Palestinians was published on social networks

i24NEWS

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Sami Abu Shehadeh, président du parti Balad

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Israel elections 2026

Accepted the Supreme Court's proposal: Abu Shehadeh withdraws from the Knesset race

Ben Gvir welcomed the move: "Otzma Yehudit will continue to fight with all its might against supporters of terror and haters of Israel who seek to enter the Knesset"

i24NEWS

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Sami Abu Shehadeh, président du parti Balad

4 min

Israel elections 2026

Attorney General advise to Supreme Court: Abu Shehadeh should be disqualified from elections

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Prosecutor Amit Isman informed the Supreme Court that the disqualification of the Balad chairman should be approved

i24NEWS

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Le chef du parti orthodoxe Agoudat Israël, Itzhak Goldknopf

2 min

Israel elections 2026

UTJ Faction won’t vote against Eisenkot-led government - report

It’s expected that the Degel HaTorah faction will, like Agudat Israel, not vote against an Eisenkot-led government

i24NEWS

Read time: 2 min.


Yocheved Lifshitz (L) and Itzik Bunzel (R)

4 min

Israel elections 2026

Likud candidate who told captivity survivor, 'I wish there was a way to return you to Hamas,' offers apology

Candidate Itzik Bunzel lost his son during the war, while Yocheved Lifshitz, 88, was kidnapped with her husband Oded; she was released after 17 days, but her husband was murdered in captivity

i24NEWS

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahou attends a Likud election campaign event ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2026.

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Israel elections 2026

Likud rethinks election strategy as Ofer Winter rises in polls

Party officials weigh the risk of lost seats while planning a stronger turnout push in Likud strongholds

i24NEWS

Read time: 3 min.


Yoseph Haddad, membre du parti Amkha Israël

5 min

Israel elections 2026

Yoseph Haddad outlines plan to overhaul Israel’s public diplomacy

The No. 2 in Ofer Winter's Amcha Israel; if they enter government Haddad wants to be Israel's public diplomacy minister

Ariel Oseran

Read time: 5 min.


افيغدور ليبرمان 06.09.2026

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Israel elections 2026

Lieberman sparks uproar with call to transfer Area C to Jordan, then claims: “I got confused”

The chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu said during a podcast interview that "territories from Judea and Samaria should be transferred to Jordanian control"

i24NEWS

Read time: 7 min.


FILE - Hadash party Knesset (Israel Parliament) Member Ofer Cassif speaks at the Plenary Hall at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 14, 2019.

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Israel elections 2026

Election Committee disqualifies MK Ofer Cassif from October's Knesset race

The decision, which now moves to the High Court of Justice for review, comes amid a broader wave of petitions targeting Arab and communist candidates ahead of the 26th Knesset elections

i24NEWS

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The discussion on the submission of candidate lists for the elections, archive

2 min

Israel elections 2026

Israel's Central Elections Committee hears petitions to disqualify Arab parties & communist candidates

A series of hearings on petitions filed against candidates and party lists seeking to run in the elections will take place over the next two days

i24NEWS

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Tally Gotliv and Itamar Ben-Gvir

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Israel elections 2026

Ben Gvir for Defense Minister, Gotliv for Justice Minister: Otzma Yehudit publishes coalition demands for the next government

Otzma Yehudit announced that they want party chief Itamar Ben Gvir for the Defense Ministry and Tally Gotliv for the Justice Ministry

i24NEWS

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A man walks by an election campaign billboard showing Sami Abu Shehadeh, head of the nationalist Balad party, in the northern Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm.

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Israel elections 2026

Israel AG backs possible disqualification of Balad leader over October 8 comments

Sami Abu Shehadeh called the Hamas attack "an important historical event from a military, political and strategic perspective," on October 8, 2023

Yuval Barnea

Read time: 2 min.


Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, together with party members, attends the presentation of the party’s candidate list ahead of the upcoming general elections in Rosh HaAyin, September 7, 2026.

2 min

Israel elections 2026

Gadi Eisenkot widens the gap against Benjamin Netanyahu on Polymarket

The predictive platform gives the Yashar party a 62% chance of winning the most seats in the Knesset, compared to 39% for Likud

i24NEWS

Read time: 2 min.


Ballot box

3 min

Israel elections 2026

Israel High Court bans parties from collecting real-time voter data on election day

Prior to the decision, Israeli political parties were permitted to collect data on voters at polling stations and determine whether potential voters had voted

i24NEWS

Read time: 3 min.


يائير جولان

3 min

Israel elections 2026

"Fabricating stories of betrayal": Yair Golan files massive lawsuit against Sara Netanyahu

The chairman of "The Democrats" is suing the Prime Minister's wife after she made a statement in an interview on Channel 14 that implies he had prior knowledge of the October 7th attack

i24NEWS

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Le ministre de l'Egalité sociale Meirav Cohen participe à une réunion, à la Knesset, le 21 juin 2021

3 min

Israel elections 2026

“Israel will not survive without drafting the ultra-Orthodox,” Meirav Cohen warns

Lawmaker Meirav Cohen put drafting the ultra-Orthodox at the heart of the election campaign after the B'Yachad party, led by Naftali Bennett, submitted its candidate list

i24NEWS

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Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with "Cabinet Friday", 02.09.2026

2 min

Israel elections 2026

Party lists for the Knesset close today, Netanyahu waits until last moment to submit his reserved slots

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to publish this afternoon the list of reserved spots in Likud, after yesterday ignoring an ultimatum from the court

i24NEWS

Read time: 2 min.


Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, together with party members, attends the presentation of the party’s candidate list ahead of the upcoming general elections in Rosh HaAyin, September 7, 2026.

5 min

Israel elections 2026

Gadi Eisenkot unveils Yashar’s final candidate list for 2026 election

Eisenkot's list is heavily focused on security, but each member represents a different sector of Israeli society, which may appeal to many in Israel's dissatisfied center-right

Yuval Barnea

Read time: 5 min.


Le chef du parti Bleu et Blanc Benny Gantz, celui du parti Nouvel espoir Gideon Saar et Gadi Eizenkot tiennent une conférence de presse à Ramat Gan le 14 août 2022.

2 min

Israel elections 2026

"A vote for Yashar! brings us closer to civil war," says Blue and White party

Shaul Meridor, number 7 in the "Yashar!" party, was interviewed by i24NEWS and said that "Anyone who is not in the four parties is in Netanyahu's bloc"

i24NEWS

Read time: 2 min.


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