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People of Israel chairman Ofer Winter speaks at his party’s election headquarters in Glilot, following the closing of polling stations and the release of exit polls, late October 27, 2026. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
October 28, 2026, 11:29 am
‘We fought a machine’: Upstart parties fail to pass threshold, but vow to stick around
Reservists’ Yoaz Hendel insists party’s fate unclear until all ballots, including troops’, are counted; Ofer Winter says PM ran campaign against his party rather than against Hamas
By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel
Democrats party chairman Yair Golan casts his vote at a polling station in Rosh HaAyin, central Israel, during Israel’s general elections, October 27, 2026. (Reuven Schwartz/Flash90)
October 27, 2026, 11:08 pm
‘Traitor’: Opposition candidates face attacks, harassment on election day
Man with knife arrested near Democrats leader Yair Golan; 2 of his party’s activists punched; man swears at father of slain soldier Itay Chen; Haredi candidate accosted, says kids were harassed at home
By Noam Lehmann, Stav Levaton, Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Moti Leitner, chairman of the Charedi Public Party, attends an election conference in Tel Aviv, ahead of the upcoming election, October 21, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 22, 2026, 4:26 am
Charedi Public party makes unorthodox pitch to voters in secular Tel Aviv
Defying pressure to withdraw from next week’s election, fledgling Haredi list insists it can beat the polls and offer ultra-Orthodox voters an alternative to Shas and UTJ
By Stav Levaton
This composite image shows People of Israel party leader Ofer Winter (L) and Charedi Public party chief Moti Leitner. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 22, 2026, 2:38 am
People of Israel, Charedi Public vow to stay in race despite pressure from PM and allies
Eisenkot ‘unequivocally pledges’ not to serve in a Netanyahu-led government, even under rotation deal, as he and Liberman seek to increase voter turnout amid projections of deadlock
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) in Jerusalem, October 11, 2026, and Charedi Public chair Moti Leitner in Beit Shemesh, August 23, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 21, 2026, 6:26 pm
PM said to meet head of Charedi Public party in last-ditch effort to get him to quit race
Netanyahu reportedly tried to entice Moti Leitner to drop out, offering to appoint him as a special adviser for ultra-Orthodox affairs in next government
By ToI Staff
Ofer Winter (left) at the launch of his People of Israel party, in Jerusalem, August 25, 2026; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to vote at the Likud primary in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 20, 2026, 10:51 pm
Netanyahu, Smotrich meet Winter’s rabbi to pressure him to quit race; he refuses
People of Israel party head vows to go all the way, receives endorsement from father of slain hostage Shani Louk minutes after IDF says Gaza strike killed her last kidnapper
By Ariela Karmel and Stav Levaton
The Democrats party chairman Yair Golan speaks during an election conference at Tel Aviv University, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 18, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
October 19, 2026, 10:02 pm
‘Wanted dead or alive’: Golan campaign billboard vandalized, amid fears of political violence
Democrats chair says billboard can be vandalized, ‘hope cannot’; Eisenkot’s Yashar lashes out at Likud in spat over ‘monkey’ slur, warns against PM electioneering at soccer match
By Stav Levaton, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the and Religious Zionism party chairman, tours the Mahane Yehuda Market as part of the party’s election campaign in Jerusalem, October 9, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 13, 2026, 6:38 pm
Smotrich: ‘Complete lie’ that IDF troops are burdened because of Haredi exemption
Far-right minister contradicts IDF assessments, claims some 50,000 reservists are willing to return to fight; Haredi youths tear down election signs for new ultra-Orthodox party
By Ariela Karmel
Dr. Nechumi Yaffe. (Yifat Golan)
September 8, 2026, 8:12 am
In first for Israel, ultra-Orthodox party picks a woman to run on its Knesset slate
Academic Dr. Nechumi Yaffe was appointed special adviser for Haredi affairs on National Security Council in 2020, coordinated emergency response to help families after Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
Moti Leitner, chairman of The Charedi Public, and Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer, head of the party's rabbinic committee, attend the kick-off of the new ultra-Orthodox faction's Knesset campaign in Beit Shemesh, August 23, 2026. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
August 24, 2026, 7:26 pm
Launching campaign, new Haredi party slams ‘detachment, stupidity’ of existing factions
The Charedi Public calls for secular education, workforce participation and the enlistment of everybody who is not learning full-time in yeshiva
By Sam Sokol
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