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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

Israeli elections

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen attends a menorah-lighting ceremony on the sixth night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, at the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv, December 30, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 8, 2025, 7:20 pm
Ex-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen said considering forming new party before next election
Cohen reportedly received offers to join existing factions but is inclined to go his own way; ex-PM Bennett, ahead in polls, completes registration for new party
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Knesset plenum on March 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 6, 2025, 4:14 am
Poll shows Netanyahu bloc sinking, with 60% of Israelis wanting him to resign as PM
Survey says pro-Netanyahu bloc would fall to 48 seats if Bennett runs; 3/4s of respondents back state commission of inquiry into the Oct. 7 onslaught, which the premier opposes
By ToI Staff
Route 4 near Ra'anana in the direction of Tel Aviv is blocked by protesters calling for elections, on June 16, 2024 (Danor Aharon via anti-government protest movement)
June 16, 2024, 10:31 am
Protesters block major highways and interchanges in call for early elections
Anti-government groups demonstrate for equality in military draft outside IDF induction center, call for ‘tax boycott’ outside Tel Aviv government office
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and war cabinet minister Benny Gantz at a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
May 30, 2024, 1:59 am
For first time in a year, poll shows Netanyahu preferred to Gantz as prime minister
TV survey finds PM’s Likud party gaining on his centrist rival’s National Unity, which also stands to lose most from a possible new alliance of PM’s former right-wing partners
By ToI Staff
War cabinet observer, Minister Gadi Eisenkot, speaks at the annual Meir Dagan conference at Netanya Academic College, May 29, 2024. (Courtesy)
May 29, 2024, 9:23 pm
Eisenkot: Israel needs elections this year; Netanyahu government must be replaced
War cabinet observer accuses PM of selling illusory slogans about ‘total victory’ against Hamas; says intensive stage of war should end within weeks; hostages must be returned
By ToI Staff
A protest convoy on Route 2 at Rishon Lezion joins demonstrations around the country calling for early elections, May 28, 2024. (ERAN/Pro-Democracy Movement)
May 28, 2024, 1:18 pm
Protest convoys around the country snarl traffic in call for early elections
Anti-government activists call out handling of war in Gaza, alleged abandonment of hostages held by Hamas; protest leader says government has broken partnership with citizens
By ToI Staff
Histadrut chair Arnon Bar-David speaks at a conference hosted by the Yedioth Ahronoth news outlet, May 8, 2024. (Ynet video: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 8, 2024, 5:05 pm
Histadrut head urges early elections, hints at potential future general strike
Arnon Bar-David says he has lost trust in government, but timing is key for any drastic action to force national vote; government decision on hostage deal could play a part
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raises a toast at the weekly cabinet meeting ahead of the Jewish New Year, September 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 3, 2024, 1:04 pm
Despite Oct. 7, Netanyahu is determined to run for reelection, and certain he can win
PM is confident his hostage deal offer, praised by the US, will help silence critics. And if it leads to far-right bolting his coalition, that will only ease his path to victory
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 31, 2024. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash 90)
April 8, 2024, 8:31 pm
Poll: 71% think Netanyahu should resign either immediately or right after war
Surveys by two top news outlets find half of Israelis want early elections, most think government not doing enough to bring hostages back from Gaza
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
In a photo provided by anti-government activists, protesters hold a banner calling for elections outside the home of Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel, in Tel Aviv, February 22, 2024. (Udi Salmanovich)
February 22, 2024, 10:36 pm
Protesters rally outside lawmakers homes to demand elections, return of hostages
Demonstrations yell ‘shame,’ demand hostage deal now, blame government for October 7 massacre; Eisenkot urged to ‘be a leader’ and bolt coalition
By Michael Horovitz
FILE - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and war cabinet Minister Benny Gantz address a press conference at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, November 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 31, 2024, 4:43 am
Gallant said to pitch elections in 2 years or 6 months postwar, whichever comes first
Defense minister looking to diffuse political tensions between Netanyahu and Gantz amid sinking popularity of premier in wake of Oct. 7, unsourced Channel 12 report says
By ToI Staff
Protesters hold flags and placards during a rally in Tel Aviv on January 27, 2024, demanding the government's resignation and early elections, amid the ongoing war in Gaza. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
January 29, 2024, 10:56 am
Hundreds of family members of Oct. 7 victims launch petition calling for elections
Yael Alon, whose son Dor Sade was killed in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, says events before and after Hamas onslaught show Israel never learned from errors of Yom Kippur War
By ToI Staff
Benny Gantz speaks at the launch of the National Unity party campaign for the upcoming elections in Tel Aviv, September 6, 2022.(Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 24, 2023, 11:15 am
Election poll shows Gantz at 43 seats, Netanyahu’s Likud at 18, Smotrich out
Wartime survey finds coalition parties would crash to 41 seats, opposition parties would skyrocket to 79; respondents prefer Gantz to Netanyahu as PM, 52%-27%
By ToI Staff
File: An election campaign billboard for Israel's Blue and White opposition party led by Benny Gantz, right, depicting him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud party, hangs in the city of Bnei Brak, on March 14, 2021, ahead of the March 23 general election. The writing in Hebrew reads 'Benny to the Knesset or Bibi forever.' (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
July 10, 2023, 3:19 am
Netanyahu coalition still projected to fall short of majority if new elections held
New TV polls show hardline coalition with just 54 seats, down 10 from November vote, and opposition with at least 61 seats, if Israelis go to the polls yet again
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Campaign posters prior to general elections, in Tel Aviv, on March 17, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 17, 2023, 5:05 pm
Parties have racked up nearly a quarter of a billion shekels in election debts
Likud owes Knesset NIS 70 million, while Jewish Home and Meretz are unlikely to be able to pay back the tens of millions they owe after failing to enter parliament
By Tani Goldstein
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