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Clockwise from top left: Yesh Atid MKs Meir Cohen, Mickey Levy, Debbie Biton and Tatiana Mazarsky, who resigned from the party ahead of the 2026 election. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 2, 2026, 10:33 pm
Wave of Yesh Atid MKs quit election run as joint slate with Bennett falters in polls
4 MKs, including 2 founding members, vow to remain in the party but won’t run in election; top party officials said to say Bennett should ditch run for PM, merge under Eisenkot
By ToI Staff
Former Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern (left) shakes hands with Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot, in an image published on August 24, 2026. (Gadi Eisenkot/X)
August 24, 2026, 11:32 am
Former Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern makes widely expected jump to Eisenkot’s Yashar
Eisenkot praises ex-IDF manpower chief as ‘outspoken voice for universal service’; Stern says he strives for society ‘where everyone takes part and bears responsibility for its future’
By ToI Staff
MK Yoav Segalovitz attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset on October 20, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 16, 2026, 1:49 pm
How an obscure centrist politician could be key to defeating Netanyahu in October
Yoav Segalovitz’s speculated move from Yesh Atid to Ra’am could give the Arab party a new image — and the opposition the seats it needs to form a government
By Tomer Almagor
MK Elazar Stern speaks during a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 14, 2026, 2:46 pm
MK Elazar Stern announces Yesh Atid exit ahead of likely run with Eisenkot
Lawmaker says will he continue to collaborate with Lapid’s party ‘if I remain in politics’; he is the second Knesset member in recent days to quit Yesh Atid
By ToI Staff
MK Mansour Abbas (left) in the Knesset, July 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); MK Yoav Segalovitz (right) speaks at a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting, June 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 13, 2026, 3:25 pm
Ra’am’s Abbas, former Yesh Atid MK Segalovitz confirm ongoing talks on Knesset run
Negotiations come as Islamist party seeks to shed its religious image; far-right Otzma Yehudit party claims Abbas using the move to turn Negev and Galilee into ‘Islamic territory’
By Sam Sokol
MK Mansour Abbas (left) in the Knesset, July 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); MK Yoav Segalovitz (right) speaks at a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting, June 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 2, 2026, 4:40 pm
A Jewish MK on Ra’am’s slate could reshape the anti-Netanyahu coalition map
Yesh Atid’s Yoav Segalovitz, who has a track record of tackling crime in the Arab sector, is apparently being courted by Mansour Abbas’s Arab party; it could be a major boost to the anti-Netanyahu bloc, but the path to such an alliance may not be smooth
By Tal Schneider
The Judicial Selection Committee meets for the first time in over 18 months in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2023. (GPO)
June 28, 2026, 10:55 pm
After 18-month hiatus, Judicial Selection Committee finally appoints new judges
Following legal pressure through the High Court on Justice Minister Levin, judges appointed to magistrate, family, traffic and youth courts
By Jeremy Sharon
Yesh Atid MK Boaz Toporovsky attends a Law and Constitution Committee meeting in the Knesset, on June 26, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90/File)
May 27, 2026, 9:11 pm
Yesh Atid co-founder and MK Boaz Toporovsky steps away from Knesset
Toporovsky to remain in party, but not in political role; Lapid thanks ‘friend’ for ‘years of service’ to public; former Zionist Council chief Oz Haim named as replacement MK
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
L-R: Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot seen during a visit to Kibbutz Yiftah near the Israeli border with Lebanon, March 9, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90); opposition leader and head of the Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid in the Knesset, March 30, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90); former prime minister Naftali Bennett attends a funeral at the Military Cemetery in Beit She'an on April 9, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
May 10, 2026, 4:55 pm
Eisenkot says Bennett-Lapid uniting without him is ‘not how you build partnerships’
Yashar chairman tells party activists he wanted to join merger, condensing Zionist opposition into three separate slates representing left, right and center
By Sam Sokol
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett, left, and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid formally announce the formation of their new political union titled Together, in Herzliya, April 26, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 27, 2026, 2:09 am
Launching joint slate, Bennett and Lapid promise ‘the era of division is over’
‘We are uniting today to win the elections and to establish a Zionist government,’ says Lapid. ‘To win the elections, the entire Israeli center must stand behind Naftali Bennett’
By Sam Sokol
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, right, and former prime minister Naftali Bennett appear at a press conference announcing their joint slate, called Together, in Herzliya, central Israel, April 26, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 26, 2026, 7:35 pm
Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announce united run under Bennett in 2026 elections
Bennett invites Gadi Eisenkot to join their ‘Together’ slate, declares that ‘the era of division is over’; Lapid calls on entire nation to rally behind new leader
By Sam Sokol
Head of the Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on February 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2026, 7:44 pm
Lapid warns ‘liberal bloc’ may lose next election if it doesn’t unite – behind him
‘If we don’t come to our senses, we will lose,’ opposition leader says, argues his party is best situated to lead; prominent anti-government activist joins Golan’s The Democrats
By Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel
This composite image shows former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot (left), former prime minister Naftali Bennett (center) and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid at a march in support of conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military, in Jerusalem on January 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
January 22, 2026, 10:53 pm
Polls: Bennett-Lapid-Eisenkot merger would be biggest party, but not change overall result
If the 3 anti-Netanyahu parties combine, they would garner 36 seats, Zman Yisrael survey shows, but Zman and Channel 12 say neither pro- nor anti-Netanyahu blocs would net majority
By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff
Supreme Court Justice Yael Willner at a court hearing on who will have authority over the Sde Teiman leak probe, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 11, 2025.(Yonatan SIndel/Flash90)
December 31, 2025, 9:30 pm
High Court halts transfer of NIS 1 billion to Haredi schools as it reviews case
Petitioners accuse government of breaking law by funding institutions allegedly not teaching core subjects; ultra-Orthodox leaders rail against ‘antisemitic’ court
By Jeremy Sharon, Ariela Karmel, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox children dressed up in costumes at their cheder in Jerusalem, several days before the Jewish holiday of Purim, March 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 30, 2025, 11:06 pm
Lapid petitions High Court to halt billion-shekel transfer to ultra-Orthodox schools
Court gives government until Wednesday morning to respond; ‘We will not allow Israel’s ultra-Orthodox children to be turned into second-class citizens,’ says UTJ chairman Goldknopf
By Sam Sokol
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