Knesset election to take place on October 27, with government set to complete full term

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12 July 2026, 5:56 pm

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Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.

A voter casts a ballot in Tel Aviv during Israel's parliamentary elections on November 1, 2022. (Jack Guez/Pool Photo via AP)

Knesset House Committee chairman Likud MK Ofir Katz announces that elections will be held on October 27, the date set by law, as the current Knesset completes its full four-year term this week on July 17.

Katz makes the announcement during a House Committee discussion on legislation related to party financing ahead of the elections.

Knesset legal adviser Sagit Afik adds during the discussion that the current Knesset “will complete its full term and will not be dissolved,” meaning no early dissolution bill is required.

This would mark the first election to be held on schedule in Israel in nearly 40 years, and the first government to complete its full term in over 50 years.