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Women hold signs as they protest for women's equality, in Tel Aviv, on August 23, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
October 15, 2026, 5:01 pm
A record number of women are poised to enter the next Knesset
While the 2026 election largely ignores gender equality, structural changes in centrist parties and a grassroots ultra-Orthodox movement might be quietly shifting the political map
By Tal Schneider
Jacob Bardugo, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's personally selected candidates for Likud's slate in the October 27, 2026, general elections, at an event in Jerusalem where Netanyahu presented the candidates, September 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 5, 2026, 8:36 am
Placed on Likud’s slate, pro-Netanyahu pundit Jacob Bardugo amps up political clout to 11
Doggedly loyal Channel 14 firebrand long operated inside the PM’s political orbit from behind the scenes, but is now set to assume real influence with the No. 11 slot on Likud’s electoral slate
By Stav Levaton
Yashar candidate Devora Sharifian Bachar on August 3, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
September 27, 2026, 8:01 am
Yashar’s Iran-born spy-turned-teacher eyes education overhaul with Knesset bid
Devora Sharifian Bachar rebelled against her family to join an elite ops team, and then brought her security ‘intuigence’ — intuition and intelligence — to classrooms in Eilat. Now she’s on a mission to revamp schools nationwide
By Tal Schneider
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
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Gila Gamliel attends a Science and Technology Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 26, 2026, 6:40 pm
Likud recount could push veteran minister out of Knesset as fraud claims roil party
Etty Atia, backbencher and ally of Likud bigwig Haim Katz, overtakes Gila Gamliel in fresh tally of primary vote; Gamliel says Katz trying to ‘steal’ vote, files police complaint
By ToI Staff
A polling station for the Likud primary in Jerusalem on December 10, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 16, 2026, 5:18 pm
Likud politicians ready to battle for shrinking number of spots in Monday primary
Party polling at 22-24 seats in October election, with Netanyahu controlling a third of the top 30 slots, making the hastily convened vote a tighter race than normal
By Sam Sokol
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest outside Military Prison near Kfar Yona, central Israel, against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, June 17, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
July 28, 2026, 3:25 pm
High Court extends freeze on law banning arrest of Haredi draft dodgers
Justices barely challenge legal arguments that law is discriminatory and violated Knesset procedure, speak out sharply against Haredi claim in court that Torah ‘forbids’ enlistment
By Jeremy Sharon
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
A sign for credit agency Moody's, on August 13, 2010, in New York. (AP/ Mark Lennihan)
July 15, 2026, 5:06 pm
Moody’s lowers Israel’s growth outlook, cites heightened risk of conflict, ‘weakened institutions’
Rating agency maintains Israel’s credit rating but cautions about lingering economic fallout from defense spending and threats to judicial system
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A man outside the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 15, 2026, 8:09 am
Knesset passes law restoring Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly over kosher certification
Coalition passes raft of contentious laws aimed at appeasing Haredi parties, which say their ‘rift’ with Netanyahu is over
By ToI Staff and Zev Stub
Illustrative. The Tel Aviv University campus. May 15, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90/ File)
July 13, 2026, 11:15 pm
Deans of all Israeli med schools warn against bill expanding gender segregation in higher ed
Heads of all 9 institutions pen letter urging MKs to reject bill, set to become law this week; say it could jeopardize international recognition, degrade Israel’s medical capabilities
By Zev Stub and ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, January 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 8, 2026, 2:43 pm
Levin urges Knesset to ignore High Court order for new state comptroller vote
Justice minister says Michael Rabello should take up the post of independent watchdog despite court’s order to hold a new election because the last one was illegal; Eisenkot calls Levin enemy of Israeli democracy
By Jeremy Sharon
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
Attorney Michael Rabello, elected by MKs as state comptroller on June 3, 2026, seen at the Knesset on June 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2026, 9:01 pm
High Court rules state comptroller election violated ballot secrecy, must be held again
Deputy court president says ‘real possibility’ that six MKs who filmed their vote for Netanyahu’s lawyer influenced outcome of the election; Rabello said refusing to take up post unless a new vote held
By Jeremy Sharon
View of a seaside mosque in Jaffa, February 15, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
July 1, 2026, 7:57 pm
Knesset advances far-right MK’s bill to lower volume of mosque calls to prayer
Otzma Yehudit’s Zvika Fogel says it’s ‘not a political issue’ but one of equal law enforcement, though Arab lawmakers point to lack of effort to curb violent crime in minority community
By Ariela Karmel
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