Israel's Ben-Gvir poised for election gains as young voters turn to right-wing
Young Jewish first-time voters are moving right as security fears and post-Oct. 7 politics strengthen support for hardline parties, polls show.
- On Tuesday, October 27, 2026, Israelis voted in a high-stakes legislative election, with exit polls indicating a deadlock between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and challenger Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar! party, leaving neither bloc with the 61-seat majority required to govern.
- This election served as a referendum on Netanyahu's leadership following the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks and three years of subsequent war, with voters split between his security track record and opposition demands for accountability.
- Israel's 120-seat Knesset requires a 61-seat majority to govern, and no single party has secured an outright majority in the country's 78-year history, giving smaller parties outsized leverage in coalition negotiations.
- National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and his Otzma Yehudit party targeted Likud voters while Ben-Gvir warned against forming a unity government with Eisenkot, complicating the path to a stable right-wing coalition.
- Persistent deadlock could trigger a new 90-day election cycle, potentially delaying urgent decisions on Gaza's reconstruction and military deployments in the West Bank and Lebanon.
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With 50 percent of the vote counted in Israel's crucial general election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's camp is ahead of the opposition on Wednesday, Central Election Commission data showed.
Donald Trump believes that his support has "much" helped Benyamin Netanyahu. The Israeli Prime Minister's coalition ahead of the opposition bloc after half of the votes cast were counted.
The prime minister's bloc would obtain 56 seats, while the opposition would need the support of Palestinian groups.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helped him "very much in the parliamentary elections that took place a day before in Israel, whose voting process is still under way.
US President Donald Trump said his support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helped him "a lot" in the parliamentary elections. Israel's elections were held yesterday with the counting still underway. "I think when I announced my support, it helped him a lot," Mr. Trump told reporters accompanying him on Air Force One, referring to Mr. Netanyahu. The right-wing-far-right coalition under the Israeli prime minister and that of his oppo…
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