JPost.com - Israel Election 2026

MK Tally Gotliv says she would consider joining Ben-Gvir if 'good concrete offer' presented

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 19:33:21 GMT

Gotliv added she remains "loyal to the Likud and the prime minister," but stated that she would consider an offer to join Otzma Yehudit.

Smotrich, Feiglin sign on joint run ahead of October elections, call for broad right wing alliance

BY KESHET NEEV AND MIRIAM SELA-EITAM — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:53:42 GMT

The alliance comes ahead of the deadline for submitting party lists next week and as a group of small right-wing parties continues to fail to pass the electoral threshold in recent polling.

Moshe Har-Zion, son of Israeli hero Meir Har-Zion, joins Ofer Winter's People of Israel party

BY MIRIAM SELA-EITAM — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:14:42 GMT

Moshe Har-Zion will be included on the People of Israel's Knesset slate.

High Court to hear Likud challenge to real-time voter reporting ban

BY SARAH BEN-NUN — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:10:24 GMT

The dispute centers on whether party-appointed polling station observers can send campaign headquarters information showing which voters cast ballots, including when and where they voted.

Yesh Atid MKs Dvora Biton, Tatiana Mazarsky announce they will not join B’Yachad Knesset slate

BY GOLDIE KATZ — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:56:20 GMT

Biton and Mazarsky’s decisions to seek re-election came after Yesh Atid MKs Meir Cohen and Mickey Levy confirmed on Monday that they were also not going to run with the party.

Israel Election 2026: What do Yousef Jabareen’s Joint Arab List and Mansour Abbas’ Ra’am stand for?

BY SHIR PERETS — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:40:54 GMT

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

Yesh Atid MK Levy confirms he will not be on Knesset list, says he is not leaving party

BY TZVI JASPER — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:18:54 GMT

Levy also mentioned that he had met with party leader Yair Lapid, and had agreed to serve as the head of the party's court.

MK Gotliv accuses Netanyahu of pushing her down Likud list due to secret judicial reform deal

BY MAARIV ONLINE — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:56:32 GMT

Gotliv later hinted at a political future outside Likud and said she was considering leaving for another right-wing party, saying “I would consider it seriously.”

Ra’am’s Abbas announces ex-Yesh Atid MK as first Jewish candidate to join Arab party's slate

BY KESHET NEEV — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:40:48 GMT

MK Yoav Segalovitz recently announced his resignation from the Knesset and departure from the Yesh Atid Party, headed by opposition leader Yair Lapid.

Quarter of Israelis consider using AI for election votes amid rising online disinformation surge

BY ANNA BARSKY — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:13:27 GMT

Some 56.8% of respondents said they have encountered fake or impersonating accounts frequently or occasionally, while only about 20% said they had never encountered the phenomenon.

Winter privately met with Netanyahu despite pledging independent run, N12 reports

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:57:51 GMT

According to the report, Netanyahu offered Winter a reserved slot on the Likud list for the upcoming election, alongside additional reserved positions on the party’s slate, which Winter rejected.

Winter, Smotrich cross electoral threshold at expense of Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, Kan poll shows

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 01:11:42 GMT

The Kan poll shows Likud down one seat to 21 mandates from the previous survey and down three seats since the beginning of the month. Otzma Yehudit also declined, falling to seven seats.

WATCH: Likud compares anti-Netanyahu campaigners to school bullies in new election video

BY AARON GLICK — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:26:22 GMT

The campaign video's release comes following a KAN News report on Wednesday that Netanyahu is struggling to win back the seats his party lost in recent polls.

Bennett, Eisenkot draw the battle lines in race to lead Israel’s next coalition - analysis

BY ANNA BARSKY — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:33:27 GMT

Bennett is offering soft-right voters an alternative to Netanyahu, while Eisenkot is seeking to hold the political center while persuading right-wing voters that he is not dependent on the Left.

Ben-Gvir blasts Netanyahu over reported Smotrich-Feiglin merger talks, unity appeal

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF AND MAARIV AND ESTHER DAVIS — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:59:59 GMT

Smotrich largely stayed away from the back-and-forth, writing in a post on Twitter/X that “the time for unity and responsibility is now.”

Israeli citizens abroad push to gain voting rights for upcoming elections

BY NATASHA MOZGOVAYA/JTA — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:04:28 GMT

Israelis whom the government classifies as nonresidents are assigned a designation known as "Code 51" and removed from the voter registry, even though they retain their citizenship.

Smotrich enters joint ticket talks with former Likud MK Feiglin as Likud slams Ben-Gvir

BY CORINNE BAUM AND ANNA BARSKY — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:53:34 GMT

Simultaneously, tensions grew between National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Likud party after he announced that Otzma Yehudit would not run together with the Religious Zionist Party.

From lost ship to new battleground: Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir using Altalena in election spat - analysis

BY DEBORAH DANAN/JTA — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:34:24 GMT

Ben-Gvir publicized the find without informing Netanyahu or Defense Minister Israel Katz, surprising both men, a detail that quickly fed speculation about tensions between the coalition partners.

As Winter fuels Netanyahu’s discontent, Israel's Right faces a new dilemma

BY HERB KEINON — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:42:49 GMT

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Ofer Winter is betting Israelis want new leadership after October 7, while Netanyahu warns the new party could waste right-wing votes and weaken his bloc in the coming election.

Winter's claimed support for Netanyahu overshadows his campaign, may siphon Likud voters - analysis

BY ANNA BARSKY — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:07:19 GMT

Winter is seeking to remove from the agenda the campaign portraying him as a risk to the right, as someone who could help replace Netanyahu or siphon votes away from the bloc.

Ofer Winter, unification of Arab parties, shake up Knesset seats, push RZP below threshold - poll

BY MOSHE COHEN — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:43:15 GMT

The data shows that Winter’s entry has created greater complexity within the coalition bloc. Without him, the bloc led by Benjamin Netanyahu receives 43 seats, while with him it rises to 48 seats.

Gilad Erdan confirms talks with Benny Gantz on possible election alliance

BY YEHUDA SHLEZINGER AND 103FM — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:15:53 GMT

Gantz also criticized calls to form another narrow coalition without the traditional right, arguing that both a narrow “change” government and a fully right-wing government had failed.

Netanyahu calls for Otzma Yehudit and RZP to unite, Ben-Gvir signals his opposition

BY ESTHER DAVIS AND MAARIV — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:50:53 GMT

"Only a large Otzma Yehudit, together with Smotrich and Ofer Winter running together, only in this way can a fully right-wing government be formed," Ben-Gvir said.

Ofer Winter says new People of Israel party will only back Netanyahu for PM

BY AVI SOLOMON — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:13:26 GMT

Former IDF general Ofer Winter positioned his new party firmly in the right-wing camp, backing Netanyahu and calling for changes to haredi draft policy.

Bennett adds longtime adviser, IDF reservist Jeremy Saltan to B’Yachad Knesset slate

BY SHIR PERETS — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:59:20 GMT

Saltan is also the third immigrant from the United States on the slate, alongside MK Michal Slawny Cababia and Mati Gill.

Matan Kahana: Ofer Winter firmly in Netanyahu bloc, Gantz and Troper should unite or quit race

BY 103FM — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:43:56 GMT

Yashar! party official Matan Kahana told 103FM on Wednesday that Ofer Winter would strengthen Netanyahu's bloc, while condemning MK Zvi Sukkot's destruction of a West Bank memorial as "a disgrace."

Israel extends foreign-passport entry to allow citizens to return home ahead of October elections

BY SHIR PERETS — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:52:02 GMT

“We will ensure that every Israeli who chooses to come to Israel and vote will be able to exercise their democratic right,” The Democrats MK Gilad Kariv.

Minister Gamliel files police complaint over Likud primary recount in Be'er Ya'akov

BY AVI SOLOMON — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:04:12 GMT

The Likud announced on Tuesday that it would conduct a recount of the ballot boxes from Be’er Ya’akov after Gamliel appealed to the party’s Supreme Court.

A new Right? Winter’s People of Israel could secure six seats, at expense of Smotrich's RZP - poll

BY AVI SOLOMON — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:48:22 GMT

Although the Religious Zionism Party also received six seats, it would fail to cross the threshold to enter Knesset, according to the Wendesday poll.

'He's from Muslim Brotherhood': Otzma Yehudit calls to bar Ra'am MK Abbas from Knesset elections

BY SHIR PERETS — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:18:25 GMT

The demand came following a post shared by Abbas, in which he claimed Arab parties were forced to accept Israel as a Jewish state to avoid being barred from elections, and it was not a choice.