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Candidates for Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party at the presentation of the party's Knesset slate ahead of the upcoming election, in Rosh Haayin, September 7, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Eisenkot: Israel is being led dangerously. We must wake up
No last-minute mergers as most parties submit final Knesset slates for election
By Ariela Karmel, Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Eisenkot, Bennett, Ben Gvir, Winter file independent lists, leaving landscape largely unchanged; Likud expected to submit Tuesday; Smotrich slams Winter for 'gambling' with political right
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
People of Israel party chairman Ofer Winter speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, September 2, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 2, 2026, 11:02 pm
Winter says he’ll only join government if Haredi conscription law is passed first
People of Israel party head said to refuse call from Netanyahu with offer to get 5 guaranteed spots in Likud; Winter says he backs PM but won’t merge with politicians tainted by Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
A composite photo of People of Israel party leader Ofer Winter and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, Channel 14)
August 31, 2026, 8:51 am
Netanyahu warns Winter’s party could ‘bring down’ his bloc; Winter: Need new leaders, untainted by Oct. 7
After PM suggests a meeting, Winter says current government is ‘the real danger’ due to mishandling of war, failure to draft Haredim; PM claims Eisenkot would establish Palestinian state, Eisenkot derides ‘ridiculous lies’
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls on Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich to unite in a video posted to his Telegram channel, August 27, 2026. (Screenshot/Telegram)
August 27, 2026, 9:59 pm
Netanyahu urges Ben Gvir, Smotrich to unite as poll shows Winter’s new party surging
Times of Israel poll gives Winter 6 seats, pushing Religious Zionism below the threshold; PM warns fractured right could sink the whole bloc, but Ben Gvir accuses him of planning to double-cross them
By ToI Staff
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
Ofer Winter (left) takes the applause at the launch of his People of Israel party, in Jerusalem, August 25, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote in the Knesset, July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 26, 2026, 5:33 pm
Netanyahu feels the Winter chill
With two months until the election, the prime minister is facing a potent challenge within his own camp — from an ex-general determined to conscript the ultra-Orthodox and adamant that the political sphere has to change in the wake of the October 7 catastrophe
By David Horovitz
Ofer Winter at the launch of his new People of Israel party in Jerusalem, August 25, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 26, 2026, 4:43 pm
Ofer Winter’s disciplined political launch threatens to upend the right-wing bloc
The former IDF general’s new People of Israel party unveiled a surprisingly diverse slate on Tuesday, openly challenging Netanyahu and refusing to back down under fire
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Ofer Winter at the launch of his new People of Israel party in Jerusalem, August 25, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 25, 2026, 11:57 pm
Winter launches nationalist ‘People of Israel’ party; Netanyahu warns it could doom the right
Controversial ex-general says Israelis will no longer accept same political faces after Oct. 7; does not mention PM; unveils diverse slate including Arab-Israeli influencer Yosef Haddad
By Sam Sokol
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