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L: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett at a B'Yachad party event in Tel Aviv, September 6, 2026. R: Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman at a party event in Tel Aviv, September 6, 2026. (Flash90, Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 6, 2026, 11:59 pm
Anti-Netanyahu leaders Bennett and Liberman unveil their parties’ Knesset election slates
B’Yachad head Bennett vows to ‘fix Israel’ with list of former MKs, ministers and senior civil servants; Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu slate boasts ex-Likud members as he vies for leadership, swipes at Eisenkot
By Ariela Karmel, Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Yashar chair Gadi Eisenkot (center) along with Zionist Home leader Chili Tropper (second from right) and candidates Shira Shapira, Elyasaf Peretz and Shlomi Yehiav, in a photo published on September 6, 2026, following a political merger. (Yahav Trodler/Yashar)
September 6, 2026, 8:39 pm
Ditching Hendel, Zionist Home chair Chili Tropper merges party into Eisenkot’s Yashar
Israel Prize laureate Adi Altschuler also joins Yashar, tapped as candidate for education minister; Ben Gvir publishes Otzma Yehudit slate, prompting disgruntled MK to resign
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Ofer Winter takes the applause at the launch of his People of Israel party, in Jerusalem, August 25, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 6, 2026, 4:01 am
Report: Days after Oct. 7, Ofer Winter tried to talk PM out of Gaza ground offensive
Right-wing ex-general said to have told Netanyahu during secret meeting that 15,000 soldiers would die, thousands would be kidnapped if they went into Gaza; Winter denies report
By ToI Staff
United Torah Judaism MKs Moshe Gafni (left) and Uri Maklev attend a National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset on February 9, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 6, 2026, 2:19 am
Veteran Haredi MK Moshe Gafni to be removed as leader of UTJ’s Degel HaTorah faction
Gafni and MK Uri Maklev won’t run in October 27 election, with rabbinical leader saying it is time to ‘refresh’ party list; shake-up said driven by internal dispute over military draft
By ToI Staff
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at a Knesset House committee meeting, Jerusalem, June 8, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 2, 2026, 7:32 pm
AG says Ovadia Yosef memorial event can be held before election if it is privately funded
In letter to Religious Affairs Ministry, Baharav-Miara proposes splitting planned ceremony for late Shas spiritual leader into two separate events to assuage electioneering concern
By ToI Staff
Ra’am party chief Mansour Abbas (left) holds a joint press conference with new party member Yoav Segalovitz in Nazareth, August 31, 2026. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)
September 1, 2026, 1:03 pm
Full speech: Yoav Segalovitz joins Arab party Ra’am with hopes for ‘a shared future’
Former senior police official and Yesh Atid MK calls on ‘Jews, Arabs, Muslims, Christians and Druze to put their trust in this move and join us’
Left to right: Former minister Gilad Erdan and MK Yuli Edelstein in Tel Aviv, August 6, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper in Jerusalem, August 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 30, 2026, 8:17 pm
With only days left to submit slates, small parties are still jockeying for position
Despite polling under the electoral threshold, newly established right-wing factions seen as unlikely to agree on any sort of joint run until right before September 8 deadline
By Sam Sokol
Gadi Eisenkot speaks during a rally marking 30 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on November 1, 2025. Rabin was assassinated on November 4, 1995 by a Jewish extremist during a pro-peace rally. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
August 29, 2026, 5:08 pm
The nightmare of the 1992 election is coming back to haunt Netanyahu
Allegations of stolen ballots in Likud’s primary highlight internal rot that, combined with the PM’s fear of right-wing splinter factions, mirrors the collapse of the party in 1992
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen in the Knesset on July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 28, 2026, 4:05 pm
Ben Gvir refuses Netanyahu’s demand to merge with Smotrich; Likud: He’s crowning Eisenkot
PM’s party accuses the Otzma Yehudit leader of ‘burning votes’ for sake of his ego after he turns down PM’s invite to so much as meet with Smotrich ‘to save the right-wing bloc’
By ToI Staff
Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg presides over a hearing at the High Court of Justice on petitions against the law freezing arrests, investigations, and enforcement measures against Haredi draft evaders, July 28, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 28, 2026, 10:30 am
Election czar seeks clarification on party leaders’ requests for security protection
CEC chair Sohlberg asks National Security Council to determine who is responsible for assessing inquiries from non-MK party leaders and to set out clear criteria on the matter
By ToI Staff
Religious Zionism chairman and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich presents his plan to "Judaize" the Negev and Galilee while curtailing Arab building, August 27, 2026. (Courtesy of Religious Zionism)
August 27, 2026, 6:47 pm
Smotrich calls to ‘Judaize’ Negev, Galilee as part of his settlement ‘revolution’
Far-right minister’s pre-election plan would establish dozens of towns for one million new Jewish residents while curbing Arab building
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Negev Conference in the southern city of Dimona, southern Israel, July 17, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
August 27, 2026, 4:06 pm
With debutant Winter poised to cannibalize his bloc, Netanyahu has reason to sweat
New People of Israel party seen as most likely to draw votes away from PM’s coalition allies, as well as his own Likud, with rivals and other small right-wing factions already siphoning away support
By Sam Sokol
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot, at a campaign conference of at the Darom HaSharon Regional Council building in central Israel, July 27, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 26, 2026, 11:45 pm
Spyware reportedly found on phones of 2 senior Eisenkot campaign officials
Malware, including wiretapping software, reportedly found during daily cybersecurity check at opposition Yashar party headquarters
By ToI Staff
Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, speaks during a party rally at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, July 25, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 26, 2026, 11:27 pm
Democrats chair Yair Golan said to request security detail due to threats on his life
Request reportedly cites posts saying Golan should be hanged, shot, maimed; Eisenkot trades barbs with hawkish newcomer Winter as PM’s glumness on Likud’s chances is backed up by poll
By Sam Sokol
Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas (left) and former Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovitz in a handout photo released by the party on August 26, 2026. (Courtesy)
August 26, 2026, 7:35 pm
Abbas eyes Segalovitz pact amid backlash for saying he’s ‘compelled’ to accept Jewish state
Ra’am chair angers right-wing lawmakers in Facebook post asserting that Arab politicians must accept ‘imposed’ reality of Israel’s Jewish character; Erdan: Abbas wants a caliphate
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
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