Israel Elections

After years of war, division, Israelis vote in record numbers to shape their future - editorial

Whatever government eventually emerges from the votes for the 2026 Knesset, the scale of Israel's participation deserves recognition. Israelis showed up.

Israelis cast their votes at a polling station in Jerusalem during Election Day, October 27, 2026.
 President Isaac Herzog.

Netanyahu or Eisenkot? Israel's election leaves Herzog with an impossible choice - comment

(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Eisenkot and Netanyahu have reason to celebrate, but Israel does not, yet - comment

Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman at the party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026.

Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu projected to win 8 seats in next Knesset, election polling data predict


Winter vows to block haredi draft ultimatum to Netanyahu, says People of Israel will stay in race

Winter's comments came as he stressed his party would remain in the running amid ongoing pressure to resign from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and RZP's Bezalel Smotrich.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Ofer Winter.

Eisenkot rules out serving in Netanyahu-led government, even under rotation deal

"Absolutely not. I will not serve under Netanyahu, not even in a rotation agreement. If that happens, you'll see it, I'll resign an hour later," Eisenkot said.

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot speaks during an election conference at Tel Aviv University, October 18, 2026

With just six days until Israel's elections, IDF steps up Gaza ops., prepares for Hamas attacks

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, who visited the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, also addressed heightened security tensions ahead of the October 27 election.

Israeli soldiers enter Gaza at the border as seen from Israel, October 3, 2025

Gantz didn't fail because he's a good person, he failed because he performed poorly - editorial

Israel needs good people in politics. It also needs those people to make wise political decisions.

Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz leads Blue and White, which is polling below the electoral threshold.

'A duty of national honor': Ben-Gurion’s historic 1949 radio address resurfaces ahead of elections

The former leader also addressed IDF soldiers serving at the time in Israel's War of Independence, saying that they should vote as free citizens.

Israel's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion casts his vote in the first election to the Knesset in 1949.

Yair Golan vows to replace Netanyahu, backs coalition with Arab party Ra'am - interview

Golan told the Post that Netanyahu's absence from deals regarding Israel and the Middle East was "evidence of how this government has turned a strategic asset into an international liability."

Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, with party members following the announcement of the results of The Democrats party primaries ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2026.

How to vote in Israel: A guide for the first-time voter ahead of the Knesset elections - explainer

From finding your polling station to choosing the right ballot slip, here's everything voters in Israel need to know ahead of the big day.

Ballot papers of various political parties are displayed at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 14, 2026

Netanyahu: Arrests of haredi draft evaders 'unacceptable,' undermine IDF enlistment efforts

"This is unacceptable. We need to preserve the world of Torah study because it has preserved us," the prime minister told Kol Barama during a Tuesday morning radio interview.

Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu visits supporters in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 14, 2026

'I will vote for Liberman,' Netanyahu's ex-NSC head, Likud stalwart Tzachi Hanegbi declares

"In the upcoming election, I will vote for Avigdor Liberman," Hanegbi wrote, describing the decision as a historic personal departure from his political past.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi seen at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, September 28, 2023

Trump endorsement of Netanyahu blasted by liberal policy advocates, Democrats

Reactions to the US president’s support for Israel’s current prime minister are largely divided along party lines.

US President Donald Trump (L) holds hands and speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025.