Netanyahu touts Trump endorsement on eve of vote, suggests they may restart war on Iran
- On Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 7.3 million eligible voters began casting ballots for the 26th Knesset as polls opened at 7 a.m. across Israel, with final surveys showing a tight race between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition factions.
- Families of victims from the October 7, 2023, attack gathered at Hostages Square to urge citizens to vote, demanding accountability and a state commission of inquiry into the failures surrounding that massacre.
- Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot of the Yashar Party and Yair Golan of the Democrats are campaigning on accountability, criticizing Netanyahu for resisting an independent commission of inquiry into security failures.
- After votes are tallied on Tuesday, President Isaac Herzog will consult party leaders to assign a lawmaker to form a government, who will have 28 days to build a coalition with a possible 14-day extension.
- If attempts to form a government fail, Israel could face another election, with Netanyahu remaining caretaker prime minister until a new government is formed and political uncertainty persists.
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Jerusalem, Oct 27 (EFE).- One hour after the opening of polling stations, candidates from the main parties began to vote in the general elections in Israel, the first since October 7, 2023 and facing two very close blocks in the polls: Benjamin Netanyahu's and [...] The entry The candidates begin to vote in the elections in Israel was first published in HolaNews.
Israel's parliamentary elections began on Tuesday morning. In the first vote since the tragic Hamas terror attack in October 2023, people are deciding whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition will remain in power or be replaced by an opposition led by centrist former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, who is slightly favored by polls. More than seven million people are eligible to vote, with counting beginning immediately after po…
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Voters decide this Tuesday on Israel's future, still traumatized by October 7. The election is a referendum for or against Benjamin Netanyahu, while his rival Gadi Eisenkot promises to gather and appease a deeply divided country.
Israel elections 2026 LIVE: Israelis vote to elect new govt, Netanyahu's rivals invoke October 7 in last-minute appeal
Israel elections 2026 LIVE updates: As Israelis vote today, Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a tough challenge from former military chief Gadi Eisenkot and other opposition leaders.
This morning, on Tuesday morning, the ballot boxes were opened to the Israeli electorate to vote in the 26 Knesset elections, held four years after the previous elections, in anticipation of their results, which are described as the most decisive for the future of the Israeli entity.
Benjamin Netanyahu wants to get to the polls with an image of strength: that of a prime minister capable of talking about you to you with the president of the United States. Nine days before the Israeli election, Donald Trump offered him an opportunity to project that image. The US president called the Israeli leader a “warlike prime minister,” expressed his “full and total support” for re-election and credited him with a decisive role in the of…
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