Netanyahu’s strong showing in the Israeli elections is a blow to liberal Zionists and their effort to continue to deny Israeli apartheid.

Israel’s Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his party "failed" to discredit Israeli election results. "The vile and malicious attempt to deny the election results, to undermine the will of the public, to smear an entire public, and to drag Israel into additional elections…

Israel's election leaves no clear path to forming a government, with Benjamin Netanyahu facing an opposition majority. Here are four possible scenarios that could determine the country's political future.

It was heralded by many as “the most consequential in Israeli history,” and by rights it should have been. Under Benjamin Netanyahu’s outgoing far-right government, Israel plunged into a severe constitutional crisis, suffered the worst military setback in its history, carried out a genocide in Gaza and two failed wars…

The historic result for Arab parties is rendered meaningless by an Israeli opposition that appears unwilling to partner with them to depose Netanyahu. The post Palestinian citizens are the big winners of Israel’s election. It doesn’t matter appeared first on +972 Magazine.

Tens of thousands of Israeli expats flew home to vote in Tuesday’s election – most of them, according to media reports, hoping for a result which would end Benjamin Netanyahu’s prime ministership. It looks as if they will be disappointed. We’ll know more when all votes are counted and seats allocated. But an apparent…

The prime minister’s alliance alleged that Arab-Israeli groups received foreign funding to influence the vote, which the poll panel described as ‘groundless’.

Israel's election has ended in deadlock. Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc has 53 seats, his rival Gadi Eisenkot's 48, and neither has the 61 needed to govern. The surprise of the night: Palestinian citizens of Israel turned out in record numbers, pushing Arab parties to a record 19 seats. They did so despite armed right-wing…

Netanyahu can cling to power because Zionist parties would rather keep him than govern with Palestinians.

Torn between change and stability, Israelis got neither with Tuesday’s vote.

Netanyahu's party and the Israeli opposition are at an electoral stalemate that only an alliance with the Palestinian citizens of Israel can break, but neither camp is willing to extend their democratic ideals to the Arab lists who won 19 seats in the latest election.

Since Tuesday, Netanyahu has claimed that the Palestinian parties have “stolen” the election.

“We fear that if we do not get this government out of power, we will lose everything,” one Palestinian voter said.

Nadav Rapaport on Thu, 10/29/2026 - 14:15 Meanwhile, Trump wants a unity government in Israel, hundreds of Israeli artists call for a government that includes Palestinians, and Herzog is likely to task Eisenkot with forming a coalition Palestinian candidate Ahmad Tibi of the Joint List party with his family votes…

A fascinating chart from Yedioth Aharanot newspaper show the voting breakdown in the Israeli election of the Jewish electorate. … The post Israeli Jews Vote by Economic Status, Even Though Elections Turn on Other Issues appeared first on Reason Magazine.

The Israeli political system presently revolves around three blocs jockeying for position after the election failed to provide a decisive outcome. Based on the latest figures – which are likely to change as absentee ballots and army votes are counted – the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, currently leads a…

The results of Israel’s election tell us that Benjamin Netanyahu lost but was not defeated. He will feel that what he proposed to the Jewish voters - to continue the wars, to maintain the state of emergency - has been accepted. Netanyahu told voters that the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel was not his fault,…

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Wednesday that political leaders should work to avoid another election after a deadlock. With 85 percent of the votes counted on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies secured 53 seats, while former army chief Gadi Eisenkot’s coalition obtained 48…

Gadi Eisenkot or Benjamin Netanyahu – under whose direction will Israel head? Erik Marmor/picture alliance via Getty Images The Israeli election of Oct. 27, 2026, was among the most highly anticipated votes in the country’s history. It was consequential, if not yet conclusive. With nearly all the votes counted, it is…

The outcome will have implications for US-Israeli relations, which have been dominated by the joint fight against Iran, stalled Gaza peace efforts and signs of eroding US public support for Israel

“We fear that if we do not get this government out of power, we will lose everything,” one Palestinian voter said.

More Israelis voted in Tuesday’s election than in any poll since 2001, yet neither Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his challengers have a straightforward path to power. Complicating matters are the stunning gains made by the Joint List and Ra’am, two slates representing Palestinian citizens of Israel…

The co-leader of the Joint List party Hadash-Ta’al said on Wednesday that the Netanyahu-led bloc would have secured an outright majority in the election if it were not for Israel’s Palestinian citizens. “Without the Arab citizens, Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, and Smotrich would already be celebrating today,” Ayman Odeh said…

Lubna Masarwa on Wed, 10/28/2026 - 16:51 There are three options facing Israel: more Netanyahu, an Eisenkot minority government, or another round of elections. Here's how they could play out Gadi Eisenkot waves an Israeli flag following the exit polls at his party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 28 October 2026…

The White House should be on guard against an intensified Israeli push for war. The post Netanyahu Is Down but Not Out. That’s Dangerous appeared first on The American Conservative.

Netanyahu's bloc finished ahead and seven short. The only majority in the Knesset is Eisenkot's bloc plus the 17 Arab seats, which every leader on that side swore not to use, and the caretaker who called those voters thieves keeps the army while they argue.

Jewish and Arab voters with Israeli citizenship massively flocked to voting stations on Tuesday, October 27, for the elections to the Israeli parliament, the Knesset. These were the first elections since the formation, in 2022, of the most reactionary government in the Zionist state’s history. For the last four years,…

Parties seeking to remove Benjamin Netanyahu hold a combined 67 seats in the latest projections, leaving the prime minister’s bloc eight seats short of a parliamentary majority. With officials having counted 85.6 percent of ballots, Netanyahu's Likud party leads with 26 seats, followed by Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar on 21.…

Israel’s election results are clear: The only way the opposition bloc headed by Gadi Eisenkot can form a governing coalition is by aligning with the Palestinian parties. But why did Israel see historic Palestinian voter turnout? The post Fear and Unity Fueled a Historic Turnout Among Israel’s Palestinian Voters…

Israel’s Central Elections Committee has updated the seat projections after counting 77 percent of ballots: Netanyahu’s bloc: 54 seats Eisenkot’s bloc: 49 seats Palestinian parties: 17 seats Neither bloc has reached the 61 seats needed for a parliamentary majority.