Israel Elections 2026

Segalovitz key to legitimizing Ra'am party in upcoming Knesset elections - analysis

In an official statement last week, Ra’am’s chairman Mansour Abbas and Segalovitz said they had met and held a “cordial and positive” discussion about the possibility of Segalovitz joining Ra’am.

Yoav Segalovitz, former deputy public security minister attends Internal security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on November 8, 2021
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets US President Donald Trump in the White House, July 28, 2026.

'Mr. President, he is winning': Netanyahu aide told Trump despite weak polls - report

MANSOUR ABBAS attends a plenum session at the Knesset’s assembly hall in Jerusalem last month.

The lie of apartheid: The 2026 Israel election is a display of the country's diversity - opinion

MOTI LEITNER, deputy mayor of Beit Shemesh and founder of the Haredi Public Party, at the ‘Jerusalem Post’ studio this week. Leitner argues that ‘those who aren’t studying must take responsibility’ by serving in the IDF or doing national service, while preserving full-time Torah study for select few

As he pushes for ultra-Orthodox draft, Moti Leitner aims to put the Haredi Public on a new path


Israel looks toward record-breaking election season with over half a million first-time voters

First-time voters are expected to account for about 8.7% of all eligible voters in the upcoming election, the largest such wave since the establishment of the state.

(Illustrative) A man casts his ballot at a voting station on the morning of the municipal elections, in Ashdod, February 27, 2024

'We prevented the destruction of Third Temple': Netanyahu shares message on eve of Tisha B'av

"Instead of a civil war, we were brothers fighting shoulder to shoulder to repel those who seek our lives," he added, pointing out that the nation "saved Israel together."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Negev Conference in Dimona, July 14, 2026

Yashar emerges as largest party, Eisenkot preferred for PM if elections held today - poll

Channel 12 poll shows Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar leading with 24 seats, while Eisenkot remains ahead of Netanyahu as the preferred candidate for prime minister.

Amid reports that the Shas Party could be willing to sit with him in government, Yashar Party head Gadi Eisenkot did not rule out that option entirely. Here, Eisenkot attends the Sagi Laws for Equality Confrence at the Peres Center in Jaffa earlier this week.

Main electoral battle will be for Israel's centrist voters, with far-right, left already set - poll

According to the index, 53% of Israelis are completely certain whom they will vote for, while another 29% are fairly certain of their decision.

Israelis enjoy the beach as a heatwave hits Israel, in Herzliya, April 17, 2026

Herzog said Shin Bet warned him of internal, external threats to Israel's 2026 elections

“I call on the people of Israel, in a clear voice: remember that elections are not a civil war," Herzog said ahead of Israel's upcoming elections.

President Isaac Herzog addresses the Israeli people at the beginning of the 2026 election campaign on July 21, 2026.

Civil rights association demands end to initiative preventing citizens from returning to Israel

The association’s action followed reports that senior Transportation Ministry officials were considering measures intended to prevent Israeli citizens living abroad from arriving on charter flights.

Illustrative: A voting box in the an Israeli election in 2015.

Democrats announce Knesset slate ahead of elections, MK Lazimi takes second spot after Golan

The left-wing Democrats are one of the core parties in the opposition bloc seeking to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the elections, set for October 27.

Yair Golan addresses the crowd at the Democrats Party primaries in Tel Aviv on July 20, 2026.

New haredi party launches, aiming to secure spot in Knesset ahead of elections

The new ultra-Orthodox Haredi Public Party led by the deputy mayor of Beit Shemesh, Moti Leitner, launched on Sunday with a large-scale advertising campaign in major haredi cities.

The Haredi Public party launched a large-scale advertising campaign at the entrances to and exits from major haredi cities on July 19, 2026.

Yuli Edelstein attacks Likud over draft legislation, plans new Zionist right-wing framework

“Hundreds of thousands of reservists who see what is happening feel as though they have been slapped in the face. It cannot be that this exacts no political price. What, is everyone blind?” he said.

MK Yuli Edelstein attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, December 9, 2025.

Election season in Israel: Important dates to note before voters head to the polls - explainer

Election season in Israel has officially begun, and the 25th Knesset will become the first time since 1988 that elections have been held after a full four-year term.

Israel Elections: A polling station in Jerusalem, as Israelis vote in their general elections, on March 23, 2021.