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Katz says opposition leaders to blame for any future attacks on Israel
Defense Minister Israel Katz arrives to attend a ceremony at the Western Wall during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in Jerusalem’s Old City, September 28, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
By ToI Staff
In response, Eisenkot says defense minister 'preparing the ground for the next disaster and shifting blame in advance'; Lapid calls statement a 'gift' to Israel's enemies
Election campaign posters for the Likud (C, R) and Otzma Yehudit (L) parties are displayed in the northern Israeli city of Safed, ahead of the upcoming election, October 21, 2026. (David Cohen/Flash90)
October 22, 2026, 2:21 pm
The missing ‘peace’ in Israel’s election campaign
Political debate has moved away from resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict even as violent events in the West Bank are making the issue harder to ignore
By Ruth Eglash
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a military conference at the Glilot Base, October 4, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 19, 2026, 4:59 pm
IDF chief puts military on highest alert, orders leave freeze, ahead of Oct. 27 vote
Eyal Zamir instructs military to have more senior officers present in command centers; West Bank forces boosted, but seen unlikely to thwart settler violence
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
A classroom ready for first day of school at Paula Ben Gurion elementary school in Jerusalem on September 1, 2026. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 18, 2026, 5:20 pm
Cabinet okays NIS 2.6 billion in across-the-board ministry budget cuts to fund defense
Opposition figures pan plan that leaves coalition funds untouched; transportation, education, and health ministries to lose NIS 860 million ($277 million) between them
By Ariela Karmel
After meeting for the Negev Summit, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, left, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, pose for a photograph Monday, March 28, 2022, in Sde Boker, Israel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
October 18, 2026, 3:05 am
Arab states see hawks ruling Israel no matter who wins vote, but still sense room for change
Observers tell ToI that even if new leadership leaves security doctrine and opposition to two-state solution in place, shifts in approach to Palestinians and regional diplomacy could change tenor of ties
By Nava Freiberg
Left: Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman speaks in Glilot, central Israel, on October 13, 2026. Right: B'Yachad party chairman Naftali Bennett speaks in Tel Aviv, October 16, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
October 18, 2026, 1:40 am
Bennett, Liberman lay out plans to pass laws against Netanyahu immediately after election
Hawkish opposition chiefs say they’ll replace Knesset speaker, pass term limits for PM, ban criminal defendants from serving in role; Netanyahu urges high turnout among his backers
By ToI Staff and Ariela Karmel
United Torah Judaism election candidate Eliakim Stark speaks at an election event in Beit Shemesh, October 15, 2026. (Screenshot/X/Avi Moskoff)
October 16, 2026, 12:39 pm
Outrage as UTJ candidate likens situation of ultra-Orthodox in Israel to Jews in Holocaust
Stark says draft-dodging men can’t travel for marriage matches: ‘Reminds me of our grandparents’ stories’; Pindrus, Deri regret backing Ohana, a gay MK, as Knesset speaker: ‘Desecration of God’s name’
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Naftali Bennett, left, and Yair Lapid hold a joint press conference announcing they will run together in the upcoming elections, in Herzliya, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
October 15, 2026, 6:49 am
Bennett, Lapid pledge to strengthen Israel-Diaspora ties if they’re in next government
B’Yachad proposes folding Diaspora Ministry into Foreign Ministry, also vows to ‘respect existing prayer arrangements at Western Wall Plaza’ while maintaining Robinson’s Arch as a space for ‘prayer and gatherings in diverse ways’
By Ruth Eglash
Opposition leader Yair Lapid (right) speaking with Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz in Tel Aviv, October 12, 2026. (The Times of Israel)
October 13, 2026, 4:51 pm
At ToI event, Lapid warns president against meddling in post-election coalition talks
Candidates clash over possibility of unity with Likud, West Bank settlements and international isolation; People of Israel’s Eran Ben-Ari backs E1 building: ‘Do you want Jerusalem to be a border town?’
By Ariela Karmel
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot visits the Nova music festival memorial site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel, on the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre, October 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 9, 2026, 3:20 pm
‘Treason’: Opposition demands criminal probe of PM, after ex-military aide’s Oct.7 revelations
Leaders of anti-Netanyahu bloc call on attorney general to investigate allegations Prime Minister’s Office tampered with records from Oct. 7 to cover up failures, lied to comptroller
By Leon Kraiem
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) speaks at the start of a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, October 6, 2026. (GPO/Screenshot)
October 6, 2026, 5:23 pm
Netanyahu claims Hamas will try to attack Israel to influence upcoming election
Katz says Israel has intel indicating terror group plans to target IDF in Gaza on Wednesday’s 3-year anniversary of Oct. 7 attack, warns Hamas and Gaza civilians will pay price if troops harmed
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and 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
A flydubai plane takes off from Ben Gurion airport on September 30, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
October 4, 2026, 4:59 pm
Despite years of warnings, Transportation Ministry, required to check foreign flights, hasn’t done so
Former top ministry official blames Minister Regev for flydubai incident, but she denies responsibility; regional sources say Israel raised no red flags over crew
By Ariela Karmel and Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Yaniv Hayun, one of the Israelis who helped subdue a flydubai copilot who allegedly sought to crash a plane full of Israelis, on the passengers' return to Ben Gurion Airport on September 30, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
October 1, 2026, 8:11 pm
Netanyahu turns the flydubai near-disaster into a perfect campaign prop
As the PM spins a thwarted attack to project strength and potentially boost his poll ratings, the prospect arises of a rotation agreement with Eisenkot to break the looming electoral deadlock
By Tal Schneider
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, surrounded by supporters, during an election campaign tour in Ashdod, September 29, 2026. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
October 1, 2026, 12:50 pm
Will the flydubai attack save Netanyahu’s struggling campaign?
The PM, with his eye for optics, is leveraging the power of incumbency to link himself with the passengers’ heroism — and suggest that Israel is in too much danger to take a risk on someone new
By Ben Sales
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Yaniv Hayun, one of the Israelis who helped subdue a flydubai copilot who allegedly sought to crash a plane full of Israelis, on the passengers' return to Ben Gurion Airport on September 30, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 30, 2026, 11:26 pm
Flydubai attack becomes election flashpoint as opponents draw Oct. 7 parallels
Government allies say attack vindicates Netanyahu’s warnings of pre-vote attacks; opposition says it instead recalls state’s security failures, civilians forced to fend for themselves
By Ariela Karmel
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