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United Torah Judaism party chairman MK Yaakov Asher alongside members of his party at the party’s election headquarters in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, central Israel, following the release of exit poll results on Israel’s general election night, October 28, 2026. (Hilel Ben Or/Flash90)
November 9, 2026, 7:11 pm
Haredi UTJ says it won’t vote to replace Knesset speaker, rejecting opposition push
Party head says speaker should be switched only after government formed; Eisenkot, Liberman meet to form ‘stable’ coalition; returning MK lined up to head key Knesset committee
By Ariela Karmel, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Israeli President Isaac Herzog delivers a statement to the press at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem following consultations with representatives of political parties on whom to task with forming Israel’s next government, following the elections to the 26th Knesset, November 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 6, 2026, 10:37 am
Herzog’s TV show was a desperate push for a unity government most MKs bitterly oppose
The president turned an archaic electoral procedure into a political talk show, pressuring parties to partner with Netanyahu. But he hit a brick wall in the form of the pro-Eisenkot majority
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Tel Aviv shares tumble amid looming political deadlock following Israel's national election. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Miriam Alster/Flash90, Yonatan Sindel/Pool Photo via AP)
October 28, 2026, 8:24 pm
Tel Aviv stocks drop and shekel slides as election results dent hopes for change
As near-final vote count indicate a looming political deadlock, investors brace for weeks of uncertainty, after betting on a change in government
By Sharon Wrobel
A screengrab of a video showing Achi party spiritual leader Haim Yosef Abergel (Left) making a deal with Education Minister Yoav Kisch (Right), while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joins on the phone, published by Channel 13 on October 25, 2026, (Channel 13)
October 26, 2026, 11:51 am
Opposition rages at ‘corruption’ as PM filmed convincing small Haredi party to drop out of race
New footage shows Likud minister and Haredi leader accused of sex crimes, with Netanyahu on the line, reaching agreement on Achi party’s withdrawal in exchange for deputy minister role
By ToI Staff
Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar. (Courtesy)
October 23, 2026, 8:52 am
After years studying Haredi Jews, Israeli researcher feels at home amid the Amish
Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar, an Orthodox Jewish woman from Jerusalem, makes regular trips to Pennsylvania to study parallels and divergences between the two highly traditional societies
By Michele Chabin
Prof. Zvi Eckstein, head of the Aaron Institute for Economic Policy at Reichman University and former deputy governor of the Bank of Israel. (Oren Shalev)
October 17, 2026, 12:32 pm
A top economist sees Israel’s fiscal future on the ballot as costs of war, division mount
Ahead of election, former central bank deputy governor Zvi Eckstein says outgoing government’s decisions have impacted country’s growth, with economy at risk unless changes are made
By Sharon Wrobel
Yeshiva students study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva in Jerusalem on August 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 15, 2026, 2:50 pm
Funding Haredim and others threatens Israel’s status as advanced economy, researcher claims
Calling for single education system and funding transparency, Prof. Dan Ben-David reveals benefits for Haredim outstripped funds for hospitals and higher education combined in 2024
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) interviewed on the pro-government Channel 14, October 13, 2026. (Screenshot); Left, from top: Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot at a youth conference in Jerusalem, October 11, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Former PM and B'Yachad party chairman Naftali Bennett in Herzliya, September 23, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman (Gili Yaari/Flash90))
October 14, 2026, 5:03 pm
Unless the opposition steps up its game, Netanyahu, the PM of Oct. 7, could yet survive this election
It’s a combination of his own shameless efforts to rewrite history, his opponents’ inability to adequately hold him to account for that blackest of days and much more besides, and, perhaps, Israel’s changing demographics
By David Horovitz
Ultra-Orthodox men block Bar-Ilan Street and clash with police during a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, in Jerusalem, October 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 9, 2026, 5:25 pm
Report: Netanyahu asked Haredi parties to cancel Thursday’s anti-draft protests, fearing optics
TV report says ultra-Orthodox politicians clarified to PM that demonstrations, which saw three arrested amid clashes with polices, were called by extremist Jerusalem Faction
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Dov Lando in Bnei Brak, August 21, 2025. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
October 6, 2026, 1:14 am
Top Haredi rabbi denounces Israeli state, religious soldiers; opposition rebukes him, notes ties to Netanyahu
Rabbi Dov Lando, an influential figure in the United Torah Judaism party, says Zionism ‘made Arabs hate us’ and Arab rule would have been preferable to establishment of state
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Jewish world, real estate and archaeology reporter Zev Stub appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)
October 4, 2026, 2:15 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 4 – In Bnei Brak, poverty, density and religious needs reshape real estate
Reporter Zev Stub discusses the housing and office market in Israel’s largest Haredi city, essays from Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, and ritual baths discovered near the Temple Mount
By Jessica Steinberg and Zev Stub
People of Israel party chair Ofer Winter speaks at a party event in Rishon Lezion, September 15, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 4, 2026, 6:57 am
Winter says he’ll demand ultra-Orthodox IDF service, but would still join coalition with Haredim
Right-wing ex-general calls Netanyahu ‘sucker’ but says he’ll support him for PM; Yoseph Haddad, Arab candidate in party, disavows past support for Palestinian state
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter gives a statement to the media at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, after his son Neria, an IDF reservist, was hospitalized in critical condition after being seriously wounded in a car-ramming attack the previous day, September 24, 2026. At right is Leiter's son Noam. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 2, 2026, 2:26 pm
Three years after October 7, Israel’s citizens and its leaders are worlds apart
The tragic story of Ambassador Leiter’s family reflects a society united in crisis, yet fundamentally betrayed by politicians who actively evade responsibility for their failures
By Shalom Yerushalmi
William, a nine-year-old Armenian Christian boy from Jerusalem, who was pepper-sprayed by a Jewish extremist on Yom Kippur, speaks to Channel 13, in an interview aired September 26, 2026. (Screenshot)
September 28, 2026, 1:42 pm
Suspect arrested in Yom Kippur pepper-spraying of Christian child in Jerusalem
Police say 22-year-old from Haredi-majority settlement of Ganei Modi’in arrested in northern Israel after assault, in which extremists attacked child upon hearing him speak English
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrate against Cafe Basimta operating on Shabbat and clash with police, while secular protesters hold a counter-demonstration in support of the cafe in central Jerusalem, August 15, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
September 2, 2026, 6:15 pm
As weekly Haredi protests take a toll, Jerusalem cafe says it may close on Saturdays
Spokesperson for Cafe Basimta says business will make decision in coming days as some fear ultra-Orthodox rallies hounding the coffeehouse may escalate out of control
By Zev Stub
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