2020 Elections

Erdan: I support Netanyahu

Internal Security Minister announces his support for Binyamin Netanyahu in the primaries to be held this Thursday.

Shaked: Relationship with Bennett is 'excellent'

MK Shaked says relationship with DM Bennett is 'excellent,' with 'mutual respect and compromise.'

Poll: Blue & White surges to 38 seats, Meretz plummets

Right-wing bloc hits 60 seats in latest poll - if Gideon Sa'ar leads Likud. Far-left Meretz party fails to cross electoral threshold.

Poll: Right-wing bloc has 56 seats when headed by Netanyahu

Poll finds that when the Likud is headed by Sa'ar, it wins two fewer seats but the right-wing bloc as a whole wins three more seats.

Shas' campaign: Aryeh needs a strong Bibi

Shas to launch billboard campaign that will highlight the party's relationship with the prime minister.

Likud minister: 'We won't bash other right-wing parties'

At train inauguration ceremony, Transportation Min. Katz promises Likud won't look to harm 'sister parties' in election campaign.

Peretz: I gave in to Shaked, and now she's undermining me

Rabbi Peretz, Jewish Home chairman, criticizes MK Shaked, claims she 'failed,' 'nearly destroyed Religious Zionism.'

Sa'ar demands cameras during Likud primaries

MK Sa'ar appeals to court after Likud refuses to place cameras in primaries poll - but was happy to support cameras in general elections.

Rift within Jewish Home deepens over party primaries

Senior party officials push back against Education Minister Rafi Peretz's bid to retain current Knesset list, call for open primaries.

Joint Labor-Gesher list launches social campaign

Ahead of March's elections, the Labor-Gesher party launches campaign focusing on social and health issues, hoping for increase in power.

New Right targets Blue & White and Yisrael Beytenu voters

After announcing independent run, New Right sets its sights on 'soft-right' voters who backed Blue & White or Yisrael Beytenu.

Will senior Likud members support Gideon Sa'ar's bid to oust PM?

Gideon Sa'ar scheduled to launch campaign Monday night.

El Al to allow travelers to change tickets for free

Israeli airline announces customers can change their tickets to allow them to vote in Israel's upcoming elections.

'If Jewish Home won't hold primaries, we'll do it ourselves'

Activist threatens: 'If party doesn't announce decision to hold vote, we'll meet Thursday to vote ourselves.'

Jewish Home: 'We won't hold new primaries'

Jewish Home party says no time for new primaries, promises to work to keep unity, ensure right-wing government in upcoming elections.

Shaked: 'I tend to support a single national religious party'

Former Justice Mnister says she favors a large religious list, 'no reason' why Blue and White should have rejected President's Compromise.

'Blue and White has signed a deal with the haredim'

MK Liberman slams alleged deal between Blue and White, haredim. 'This is the same party that promised its voters a secular unity gov't.'

Is Livni seeking to join Blue and White?

Israel Hayom report: Livni wants to return to politics and is courting Blue and White: Livni: It isn't true.

Poll: Right falls to 53 seats with Netanyahu at the helm

New poll shows Blue and White taking four-seat lead over the Likud, right-wing bloc losing seats with Netanyahu at the helm.

Pollster: 'Third round of elections could be decisive'

Veteran pollster Rafi Smith says that based on polling data, third election could finally break Israel's political deadlock.

Gideon Sa'ar calls on PM Netanyahu to hold a debate

Likud's MK Sa'ar promises to accommodate PM's schedule, urges debate 'like they do in the US' ahead of party primaries.

Analysis: Can the Israeli Right get 61 seats without Liberman?

Can the Likud and its allies win an outright victory in Israel's 3rd election, or will the deadlock - or the Left - prevail?

Poll: Left wins 61-seat majority - without Liberman

New poll shows Left-Arab bloc winning 61-seat majority even without support from Liberman, as Blue and White surges to 37 seats.

Joint Arab List putsch to repeal illegal construction law

Vigilance by small group of MKs averts Tibi’s late-night ploy. Regavim: 'Repealing law would have had catastrophic consequences.'

Report: Erdan considering supporting Sa'ar

Sa'ar recently had personal contacts with Erdan, although the two were once considered potential rivals for Likud leadership.

Official: Knesset dissolved, elections in March

Knesset approves second and third readings of bill to dissolve Knesset, hold elections on March 2, 2020.

Date for new elections announced

'We won't begin process of dissolving Knesset until Wednesday, so that party heads can try to prevent new elections,' Knesset speaker says.

Poll: Likud, Blue & White up - Yisrael Beytenu down

New poll shows Left and Right nearly tied, with Jewish Home failing to enter next Knesset as Likud and Blue & White gain strength.

New elections: Who is most likely to gain - and who will lose?

Liberman likely to lose two seats, while Netanyahu poised to gain seats in new elections even after indictment decision, says pollster.