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Yisrael Beytenu

Activists celebrate at the Yashar party headquarters in Tel Aviv as exit polls show the opposition bloc winning more seats than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc, on October 27, 2026. (Matan Siegel/Times of Israel)
Exit polls show outgoing Netanyahu coalition losing majority, but uncertainty over nature of next government
By Ariela Karmel, Stav Levaton, Leon Kraiem, Shira Silkoff, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Likud projected to be largest party; Jewish-led anti-Netanyahu bloc short of a majority unless its leaders violate campaign pledges not to partner with Arab parties, which are set to make unprecedented gains
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on September 28, 2023 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 20, 2026, 11:42 am
Ex-Netanyahu ally Hanegbi, longtime Likud stalwart, announces he’s voting for Liberman
Former national security adviser says he is breaking with voting habits of almost 50 years to cast ballot for Yisrael Beytenu; laments ‘messianic’ and ‘racist’ voices in PM’s bloc
By 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
Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman Avigdor Lieberman speaks during a conference organized by the Israel Democracy Institute in Tel Aviv, October 15, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 16, 2026, 7:00 pm
Liberman is risking another election to secure his right-wing political future
The Yisrael Beytenu chairman has ruled out a minority coalition dependent on Arab parties. He is banking on Likud defectors, but is actually erecting a roadblock for the center-left
By Shalom Yerushalmi
The change bloc leaders: Avigdor Liberman, Yair Golan, Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett (Official campaign photos, combo created by The Times of Israel)
September 28, 2026, 5:09 pm
By refusing to name a leader, the anti-Netanyahu ‘change bloc’ is making a fatal mistake
An intended reconciliation meeting exposed a critical flaw. In declining to rally behind Gadi Eisenkot, the opposition is inviting relentless, deeply damaging internal rivalry
By Shalom Yerushalmi
L to R: National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot at the Knesset on March 24, 2025; Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman at the Knesset on May 19, 2025; former prime minister Naftali Bennett visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem day, May 26, 2025. (All photos Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 28, 2026, 3:22 pm
Opposition chiefs could not agree at meeting who should be candidate for PM — report
Liberman objected to assertion that head of bloc’s largest party gets to form government, but avoided an ‘argument,’ Channel 12 reports; follow-up meeting to be held in coming days
By ToI Staff
L to R: National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot at the Knesset on March 24, 2025; Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman at the Knesset on May 19, 2025; former prime minister Naftali Bennett visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem day, May 26, 2025. (All photos Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 17, 2026, 2:35 pm
‘Old politics’: Eisenkot accuses Bennett, Liberman of damaging opposition’s chances
Yisrael Beytenu hits back after Yashar chief scolds leaders for refusing to say they’ll support head of largest party for PM; Golan to allies: ‘We’ll all support same candidate’
By Ariela Karmel
L: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett at a B'Yachad party event in Tel Aviv, September 6, 2026. R: Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman at a party event in Tel Aviv, September 6, 2026. (Flash90, Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 6, 2026, 11:59 pm
Anti-Netanyahu leaders Bennett and Liberman unveil their parties’ Knesset election slates
B’Yachad head Bennett vows to ‘fix Israel’ with list of former MKs, ministers and senior civil servants; Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu slate boasts ex-Likud members as he vies for leadership, swipes at Eisenkot
By Ariela Karmel, Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman tours a US- and Israeli-run facility located near the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, which is expected to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, August 12, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/ Flash90)
August 17, 2026, 11:45 pm
Liberman rules out participation in minority government floated by Eisenkot
Hawkish opposition MK says his party ‘won’t be there’ if the Yashar chair cobbles together a coalition with fewer than 61 seats that relies on external support
By ToI Staff
Ruby (left) and Hagit Chen, parents of Itay, an IDF soldier who was killed fighting Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023, and his body abducted to Gaza and returned in November 2025, speak at a rally in Tel Aviv's Habima Square, August 8, 2026. (Yoav Loeff / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
August 9, 2026, 3:01 am
Slain hostage’s parents urge public to only back parties vowing state Oct. 7 probe
At Tel Aviv protest, Itay Chen’s parents accuse government of trying to evade truth; Bennett, Liberman said discussing post-election union to block Eisenkot’s path to becoming PM
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
MK Dan Illouz (L) stands with Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman after joining the party following his resignation from Likud, on August 5, 2026. (Yisrael Beytenu)
August 5, 2026, 11:46 pm
Rebel Likud MK Dan Illouz joins Yisrael Beytenu, touts its ‘national and liberal values’
Liberman welcomes ‘principled’ right-wing ideologue who resigned from ruling party last month over its push to grant draft exemptions to ultra-Orthodox men
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A man votes during Israel's Knesset election in Safed, northern Israel, on November 1, 2022. (David Cohen/Flash90)
July 5, 2026, 1:36 pm
Coalition said resisting voting booths in some old-age homes to hurt opposition
Opposition MK slams ‘evil’ bid to scrap booths for tens of thousands of retirement community residents while facilitating vote for some 200 young people on national service abroad
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 18, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 19, 2026, 7:31 pm
Liberman says his goal for the upcoming election is to become prime minister
Hawkish MK’s Yisrael Beytenu party polls at only around 9 seats; however, he rules out threatening to join Netanyahu for leverage
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
MKs Avigdor Liberman (front right) and Gadi Eisenkot (bottom left) in the Knesset, September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 8, 2026, 11:28 am
Eisenkot-Liberman merger would be biggest faction, could boost opposition – survey
Polls essentially unchanged since last week, with Zman showing Zionist opposition with narrow majority; Reservists’ Hendel reportedly in touch with Gantz about joint run
By ToI Staff and Tal Schneider
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