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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Cheers at Yashar party headquarters as exit polls give opposition bloc the edge, though not a majority
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Activists celebrate at the Yashar party headquarters in Tel Aviv as exit polls show the opposition bloc winning more seats than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc, on October 27, 2026. (Matan Siegel/Times of Israel)
As Hebrew media begin publishing exit polls, supporters of Gadi Eisenkot’s centrist Yashar cheer at the party’s headquarters in Tel Aviv as projections show the opposition bloc winning more seats than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc.
The polls show Netanyahu’s Likud as the largest individual party, but neither bloc appears to have secured a Knesset majority or a clear path to forming a government.
Supporters wave Israeli and party flags and chant, “Bibi, go home” and “Who’s coming? The next prime minister!”
More from today’s Liveblog:
- Beating polls, Ra’am chief vows to turn achievement into ‘political force,’ says Jewish candidate Segalovitz ‘made history’
- Sa’ar says left’s celebration ‘premature,’ PM mum on projections showing his bloc well short of a majority
- Updated Channel 13 exit poll: Arab parties gain a seat, now at 18; Zionist opposition bloc down 1, to 52
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