JPost.com - Israel Election 2026

Polymarket: Gap between Eisenkot's Yashar, Netanyahu's Likud widens in former IDF chief's favor

BY ELI LEON — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:49:18 GMT

Polymarket figures reflect the prices of prediction-market contracts, which change with trading activity and can therefore move quickly.

Ra’am, Joint List fight bids to bar them from Knesset election

BY SARAH BEN-NUN — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:18:25 GMT

Ra’am, the Joint List, Balad and two candidates asked the Central Elections Committee to reject six petitions seeking to bar them from the 2026 Knesset election.

Intercity buses, Israel Railways to be free on election day, Central Elections Committee decides

BY ANNA BARSKY — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:38:39 GMT

The free bus service will start at 8:00 p.m. on the Monday before the election and last until the end of public transportation services on election day.

Herzog's stance on Netanyahu's pardon raises possibility of compromise if election ends in deadlock

BY ANNA BARSKY — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:55:48 GMT

The president says his considerations on Netanyahu’s pardon request are "solely substantive," as unity government and rotation scenarios resurface amid coalition uncertainty.

Ben-Gvir says Netanyahu 'doesn’t exactly answer' his phone calls as relationship sours

BY MIKI LEVIN — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:46:09 GMT

"It is very difficult for me that we were - I won’t say friends, but we were in a very, very good relationship - and suddenly it stopped,” said Ben-Gvir.

Likud files petition demanding Eisenkot's Yashar remove anti-Netanyahu campaign ads

BY ANNA BARSKY — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:51:18 GMT

Likud claims the videos present journalistic sources and Netanyahu’s remarks in a partial and misleading manner, amounting to “unfair interference” with the party’s election campaign.

Majority believe Israel should help Saudis against Houthis as Likud continues downward trend - poll

BY MOSHE COHEN — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:20:53 GMT

Thirty-eight percent said such assistance should be conditioned on a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, while 16% supported assisting the kingdom even without diplomatic return.

‘I don’t work for Netanyahu': Ofer Winter can be Israel's next kingmaker - interview

BY ZVIKA KLEIN — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:46:44 GMT

Winter hopes for a double-digit seat tally, drawing support from the Likud, other right-wing parties, the center, and first-time voters. That remained his assessment of his party’s potential.

Israel Election 2026: What are you voting for when you choose a party hovering at the threshold?

BY SHIR PERETS — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:04:23 GMT

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

'Dangerous incitement': Bar Association demands Smotrich remove AI video featuring justices, A-G

BY ANNA BARSKY AND GILAD MORAG — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:56:35 GMT

The Bar Association claimed that the AI-generated video, which depicts Israeli justices being dragged away from a protest, was an "attempt to intimidate" the Judicial system.

High Court bars parties from reporting who voted at polling stations ahead of election

BY SARAH BEN-NUN — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:33:07 GMT

The unanimous ruling overturns permission for real-time voter reports, but leaves parties free to contact voters and encourage turnout.

Haredi parties plan to remain outside government coalition until draft law is resolved

BY ANNA BARSKY — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:11:32 GMT

Once the issue that has shaken the haredi political establishment is resolved, the haredi parties could then consider joining the sitting government.

Eisenkot leads most polls, but Netanyahu shortens distance, according to some of the top pollers

BY MAARIV — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:53:11 GMT

Across the five polls, Eisenkot’s Yashar averaged 22.2 seats, ahead of Likud’s 21.2, while the bloc picture remained inconclusive with the Netanyahu leading by a thin margin.

Housing costs top young Israelis’ election concerns, security trails far behind - poll

BY AVI SOLOMON — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:49:29 GMT

A new Israel 2050 survey published Wednesday night found that economic and social issues, led by housing affordability, top young voters' priorities ahead of the elections.

Justice Minister allows Shin Bet to decide on security for party leaders after full panel no-show

BY IDAN KWELLER — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:05:54 GMT

The committee, chaired by Levin, was expected to decide whether party leaders who do not hold official positions would receive security protection until the 26th Knesset is sworn in.

Herzog stresses elections are 'not civil war,' says he sees no reason results would not be accepted

BY 103FM — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:43:30 GMT

Herzog also addressed the controversy surrounding the documentary film "NAZA," as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial and West Bank settler violence.

Eisenkot rejects claim he promised Ra'am a place in future coalition during Bedouin meeting

BY SHIR PERETS AND KESHET NEEV — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:42:48 GMT

The denial followed an N12 report in which northern Bedouin local authority heads who met Eisenkot on Tuesday claimed he had promised to bring Ra'am into a government he would lead.

B'Yachad party will pursue LGBTQ marriage rights if part of next government, Lapid vows

BY KESHET NEEV — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:46:56 GMT

The B’Yachad party was formed from an alliance between Bennett and Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid Party. It is one of the leading parties in the opposition bloc seeking to replace Netanyahu in October.

Deadlock deepens as post-deadline polls leave both blocs short of 61 Knesset seats - analysis

BY HERB KEINON — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:09:19 GMT

The deadlock has forced parties to recalibrate. If the country is headed towards yet another deadlock, the question becomes: how can it be broken?

Golan already preparing demands for coalition talks if change bloc government formed

BY YEHUDA SHLEZINGER — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:43:00 GMT

Enshrining issues of democracy and the rule of law, along with ministries already identified, Defense, Justice, Education, National Security, and Communications, are among Golan's demands.

Likud says it will request to ban Arab parties from running in elections

BY KESHET NEEV — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:55:51 GMT

The Likud stated that it would file the requests for the parties' disqualifications, and that "there is no place in the Knesset for those who harm IDF soldiers."

Netanyahu may seek broad national government after election, sources in Ben-Gvir's camp believe

BY MATI TUCHFELD — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 14:18:32 GMT

Sources close to Itamar Ben-Gvir say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's shift in messaging suggests he may prefer a broader coalition, potentially leaving Otzma Yehudit outside the government.

Netanyahu's Likud, Eisenkot’s Yashar trade leads as 2026 election picture stays unclear - poll

BY MAARIV ONLINE — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:16:20 GMT

Five polls released after Israel’s party lists closed show a fragmented race, with Gadi Eisenkot leading most surveys and Benjamin Netanyahu ahead in one.

Maariv pollster analyzes election race, Likud challenges, and threshold battles

BY MOSHE COHEN — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 05:07:59 GMT

Dr. Menachem Lazar analyzed the latest Maariv poll, saying smaller parties remain in a close battle for survival while Likud faces challenges from within its own political bloc.

Arab Hadash-Ta’al, Ra’am parties sign agreement to reduce risk of lost votes

BY YOAV ETIEL — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 01:42:05 GMT

The move follows Ra’am, Hadash-Ta’al, and Balad running separately in the previous election and not signing an agreement on surplus votes

Coalition strengthens as People of Israel crosses threshold, despite Likud dropping one seat - poll

BY MOSHE COHEN — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:31:45 GMT

The poll also found that after the previous survey showed the Reservists and Economic party crossing the threshold while Ofer Winter’s party did not, the two have now switched roles.

Bennett-Liberman, Eisenkot-Golan: Opposition parties sign surplus vote-sharing agreement

BY KESHET NEEV AND SHIR PERETS — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:02:46 GMT

A voter surplus is the number of votes a party has left after winning its initial Knesset seats. Surplus-vote agreements can help allied parties turn those extra votes into another seat.

Israeli polls split on 2026 Knesset election possibilities, as Yashar, Likud vie for primacy - poll

BY MAARIV — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:30:20 GMT

The bloc averages also show no clear outcome: Netanyahu’s bloc, including Winter, stands at 53.6 seats, compared with 53.4 for the Zionist opposition bloc.

Knesset speaker calls on Winter to withdraw from election, claims he is endangering right-wing bloc

BY 103FM AND WALLA — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:02:15 GMT

“The greatest danger to the right is not the left, it is the right itself. In 1992, despite the fact that the right received more votes, the left formed a government,” Ohana claimed.

Bennett can 'fix Israel after Oct. 7,' retired IDF general on B'Yachad slate says - interview

BY KESHET NEEV — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:05:56 GMT

Tibon’s comments came at B’Yachad’s Knesset slate unveiling in Tel Aviv on Sunday, before the deadline for parties to submit their final candidate lists.