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L: Yashar party chair Gadi Eisenkot, on November 1, 2025. (Moshe Shai/Flash90) R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 28, 2026, 4:42 am
Poll shows Eisenkot and Netanyahu neck and neck as public’s preferred PM
Survey shows new center-right alliance of Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper would win four seats; anti-Netanyahu bloc still falls short of 61-seat majority without Arab parties
By ToI Staff
A person votes at a polling station during the Likud party internal vote in Jerusalem, July 27, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 28, 2026, 12:29 am
Likud approves Netanyahu’s plan to expand his control over party slate
Measure gives premier unprecedented influence over more than 1/3 of party’s realistic ticket; lawmakers believe he may give some of his 8 reserved slots in the top 29 to politicians outside of Likud
By Ariela Karmel
Then opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, cast their votes in the Likud primary in Tel Aviv, August 10, 2022. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)
July 26, 2026, 3:15 pm
Likud court overturns Netanyahu bid to cancel party primary in case of war
Tribunal stresses importance of maintaining vote for election slate, says nixing it would be ‘wholesale violation of party constitution,’ will step in if emergency prevents ballot
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel speaks to the media as she announces her resignation at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
July 23, 2026, 3:13 pm
MK Haskel testifies lawmakers were told to film their votes for comptroller, show Netanyahu
Watchdog calls for perjury probe as New Hope lawmaker’s affidavit contradicts those submitted by Likud MKs; High Court has annulled vote and ordered new one
By Jeremy Sharon
Left: Gal Eisenkot (IDF). Right: A young man depicted wearing a 'Unity of Israel' shirt in an AI-generated ad, shared by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, against Gadi Eisenkot, on July 21, 2026. (Screenshot via X)
July 21, 2026, 7:46 pm
Critics accuse Netanyahu of mocking Eisenkot’s slain son in AI-generated ad
Video shows Yashar chief running past young man wearing ‘Israeli unity’ shirt, to instead hug Arab party Ra’am’s chairman Mansour Abbas; Likud denies young man is meant to resemble Gal Eisenkot
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote in the party primaries at a polling station in Tel Aviv, on August 10, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90/File)
July 19, 2026, 9:03 pm
Likud grants Netanyahu 8 slots on Knesset list, option to nix primary in wartime
Key panel authorizes PM to convene committee of Likud mayors to choose list if security conditions prevent primary vote; MK Bitan accuses panel chair of harming party’s democracy
By Ariela Karmel and Stav Levaton
Central Election Committee workers count ballots at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, after the general elections, on March 25, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 17, 2026, 8:31 am
As Likud challenges the election watchdog, some fear it may challenge the election outcome, too
Netanyahu’s party has been slamming appointments of Central Elections Committee officials, a campaign some experts see as laying the groundwork to contest the vote itself; Likud dismisses the notion, says it has always doubted committee’s neutrality
By Sam Sokol
MK Yitzhak Goldknopf, center, alongside Likud's Justice Minister Yariv Levin, left, and Defense Minister Israel Katz, right, during a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of Haredi draft evaders in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 16, 2026, 4:50 pm
Pyrrhic victory on law banning arrests of draft dodgers could cost Netanyahu coalition at ballot box
Likud and its allies went to mat for an unpopular law meant to shield ultra-Orthodox from military conscription, losing vital support in the name of legislation that is already on its way to being struck down
By Tal Schneider
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against conscription to the IDF, July 15, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 15, 2026, 7:20 pm
High Court freezes implementation of law banning arrest of Haredi draft-dodgers
Court cites previous rulings and ‘weighty arguments’ by petitioners who argue law is discriminatory. Cabinet minister, MKs call on police to disobey the order
By Jeremy Sharon
L: Yashar party chair Gadi Eisenkot, on November 1, 2025. (Moshe Shai/Flash90) R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 14, 2026, 2:32 am
Poll shows Eisenkot with significant lead over Netanyahu as preferred PM; Knesset blocs static
TV survey says former IDF chief’s Yashar party would get the most votes if election held now, though together with rest of the anti-Netanyahu bloc would lack a parliamentary majority without Arab party support
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting alongside Likud MK Yuli Edelstein at the Knesset on June 13, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
July 5, 2026, 5:14 pm
Joining legion of Likud castoffs, Edelstein may not yet be clear of Netanyahu’s pull
Splitting from the party that already quit him, the former Knesset speaker becomes the latest senior Likud politician to strike out on his own, though breaking free may not be so simple
By Tal Schneider
Minister of Heritage Amichay Eliyahu (left) attends a unity conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 22, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Nitzan Alon attends the Herzliya Conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, July 1, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 2, 2026, 2:37 pm
Far-right minister says IDF hostage point man ‘to blame’ for Oct. 7 abductions, killings
Amichay Eliyahu leads coalition backlash against Nitzan Alon for pushing back after Smotrich claimed credit for captives’ return, says top general would have enabled Hamas to threaten Israel again
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Gadi Eisenkot (right) greets supporters at the launch of his Yashar party’s election campaign, in Hod Hasharon, central Israel, June 30, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 1, 2026, 3:40 pm
Gadi Eisenkot launches a centrist campaign tailored for the commuters of Route 4
Running under the heavy shadow of wartime grief, the former IDF chief aims to capture Israel’s middle class while keeping a fractured opposition bloc from collapsing
By Tal Schneider
Likud Knesset Faction Secretary Aliza Barashi reacts during the state comptroller election in the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 17, 2026, 9:14 pm
In full comptrol: Why Netanyahu fought so hard over the state comptroller election
Critics of Michael Rabello’s appointment argue Netanyahu’s longtime lawyer and adviser may adopt a politically partisan approach to what he does and does not audit
By Jeremy Sharon
Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 11, 2026, 11:12 am
Eisenkot hits back as Netanyahu’s Likud takes aim at his English-language skills
‘Where was Netanyahu’s excellent English on Oct. 7?’ former IDF chief jabs, dismissing campaign mocking his fluency as a ‘racist’ attack led by PM’s ‘despicable’ aide Jonatan Urich
By Shira Silkoff
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