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Arab Israeli voters are essential to Israel’s democratic future - opinion

Organized crime, bigotry, never-ending war, Jewish terror in the West Bank – these are not our fate. If we get rid of this government, we could salvage our chances of living together here in peace.

An Israeli Arab casts her ballot at a polling station inside a church in the northern town of Reineh, March 17, 2015.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, October 21, 2026.

What the hell is going on with Netanyahu? - opinion

Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Hatikva Market in Tel Aviv as part of the Likud party’s election campaign ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 22, 2026.

Yashar accuses Netanyahu of risking public confidence in election by meeting with police chief

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Negev Conference in the southern city of Dimona, southern Israel, July 17, 2026.

Dimona's former Netanyahu loyalists turn to Eisenkot as battle for final undecided voters heats up


Netanyahu denies ever having met Egypt's foreign intelligence chief despite contradictory records

The remarks came after the prime minister confirmed that an Egyptian aircraft had landed in Israel in September 2023, just days before the October 7 Hamas attack.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate Director Abbas Kamel, June 30, 2021.

Indian police detain Cockroach Janta Party leaders demanding election chief stand down

Nearly 150 journalists gathered at the Press Club of India in New Delhi to march in protest against the detention of reporters covering events over the weekend.

Security personnel and police detain a journalist during a protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) seeking the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, near the protest site in New Delhi, India, October 11, 2026.

Netanyahu meets with injured children in hospital following Hezbollah ordnance explosion in North

Kisch issued a statement later on Monday, noting that the students' field trip, including the route, was approved despite concerns over unexploded ordnance.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Yoav Kisch visited one of the children who was wounded during the northern Israel explosion on Monday, October 12, 2026.

One killed, children among 24 injured after unexploded Hezbollah cluster bomb detonates in North

Northern District police officers and bomb disposal experts responded to the incident, which was declared a mass-casualty event by the IDF.

IDF soldiers evacuate wounded victims into a military helicopter after unexploded Hezbollah ordnance detonated in northern Israel, October 12, 2026.

Netanyahu demands prosecution of 'NAZA' film participants over 'severe' security offenses

The letter asked the Israeli officials to prosecute those involved with the documentary for security offenses, criminal defamation, and harm to Israel's diplomatic and security interests.

Graffiti depicting Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the directors of the documentary film NAZA, and the word "traitors" in Hebrew, on a wall in Ashdod Tuesday, September 15, 2026.

'The Prime Ministers': New book covers Begin, the ‘Altalena,’ and the October 27 election - review

Israelis vote on October 27, at the end of only the second Knesset since 1988 to serve a full term – the other 13 having dissolved early. 

MENACHEM BEGIN addresses the Knesset, 1974.

'Bibi can kiss my ass': Ofer Winter says his support for Netanyahu is not unconditional

Winter further described himself as a "public servant," saying that he fights "for a path, not for a party."

 The launch of the new  People of Israel party, led by Ofer Winter, ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections, in Jerusalem, August 25, 2026.

Israel’s Center-Right is looking for a choice, not just an alternative - opinion

Israel does not need another government whose principal achievement is defeating the other side. It needs a government of leaders humble enough to understand that the country is more important.

A Likud election campaign poster displayed on a pole in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, showing Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu alongside leaders of opposition parties, with the slogan “Right or Palestine,” ahead of Israel’s upcoming elections, Oct. 5, 2026.

Ayatollah Khamenei's assassination a 'mistake,' Democrats party leader Yair Golan says

"When you have an elderly and veteran leader, there is certainly an advantage in that," said Golan. "Of course, he was already 86 years old."

Yair Golan, chairman of the Democrats party, attends the Shabtai Shavit World Summit on Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University in Herzliya, October 6, 2026.

October 7 haunts Netanyahu's election campaign, but his bloc holds its ground

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Despite painful October 7 commemorations, Netanyahu's bloc holds steady in polls as both sides clash over security failures, military achievements, and the flydubai incident.

TIME WILL tell if it was politically wise to hold an election just 20 days after commemorating a massacre that shook the Israeli public to its core, the writer posits.