JPost.com - Israel Election 2026

Eisenkot keeps top, gains support for PM role as uncertainty grows in security, politics - poll

BY MOSHE COHEN — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:28:35 GMT

Among the opposition parties, the Democrats have failed to return to double digits after losing two seats last week, falling to nine, below the level recorded before the party’s primaries.

Bennett has ‘no strategy, no narrative’ as Eisenkot surges in polls, political adviser says

BY 103FM — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:54:44 GMT

Former minister Haim Ramon said the attacks by Bennett and Lapid were unlikely to help them recover lost Knesset seats and could instead benefit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

MK Yoav Segalovitz announces resignation from Knesset, departure from Yesh Atid party

BY MIRIAM SELA-EITAM — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:57:51 GMT

Lapid, following the announcement, praised Segalovitz's "integrity and professionalism" during his years of serving Israel as part of Yesh Atid.

'Right, enlistment, unity': Ex-UN ambassador Gilad Erdan launches new party with Edelstein

BY KESHET NEEV AND SAM HALPERN — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:41:29 GMT

Erdan said in May that he was working toward establishing a new right-wing party said and that he sees himself as a candidate for premier in a post-Netanyahu era.

Majority of citizens believe election integrity is in danger, Israeli Voice Index reveals - poll

BY TZVI JASPER — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:59:40 GMT

All three of the main political bloc supporters had a majority agree that the election's integrity was in danger, although the exact percentage varied widely.

Former Blue and White member MK Eitan Ginzburg joins Naftali Bennett’s B’Yachad party

BY SHIR PERETS — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:59:46 GMT

Ginzburg is the fourth of Blue and White’s eight MKs to defect ahead of the elections, with Biton and Farkash joining Eisenkot’s Yashar, and Tropper joining the Reservists’ Hendel.

IDF to deploy voting stations behind enemy lines in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza ahead of October election

BY JONAH DAVIDOV — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:33:43 GMT

The Chief of Staff outlined a number of preparatory guidelines and procedures to be implemented by the IDF.

High Court asks Levin whether he will advance PID appointments before election

BY SARAH BEN-NUN — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:48:36 GMT

Israeli courts have historically required governments to exercise greater restraint when making senior or long-term appointments that could bind the next government.

Likud lawmakers, ministers forbidden from running in regional primary slots, Likud court rules

BY ANNA BARSKY — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:40:00 GMT

The ruling blocked a move promoted by Netanyahu and the chairman of the party’s Constitution Committee, Minister Haim Katz, which had been approved by just a five votes majority.