2022 Elections

Will Yamina MK abandon party for Blue and White?

Haaretz analyst expects Yamina's Dep. Min. Matan Kahana to leave his party. 'Obviously, Kahana and Shaked were not meant to run together.'

New Hope MK: Relying on Joint Arab List was our red line

MK Sharren Haskel tells Israel National News: 'We'll run as a separate party, we'll have more seats in the next Knesset.'

Poll: 10 seats for Religious Zionism, 4 for Yamina

New poll shows MK Benjamin Netanyahu can form coalition of 63 MKs, if Interior Min. Ayelet Shaked will join him.

Bennett, Lapid, hold modest handover ceremony

'This country does not belong to any one person. Guard it well, and may G-d watch over you,' outgoing PM Bennett tells incoming PM Lapid.

Yesh Atid MK:

'Haredim will be an integral part of a govt headed by Lapid'

"Lapid has undergone a transformation," says MK Simon Davidson. "He now sees haredim differently."

MK Nir Orbach:

'I am proud of what we as a government achieved...'

"...but we failed the people by failing to avert elections."

It's official:

Knesset dissolves, election date final

Election called for Nov. 1, Yair Lapid to become acting prime minister at the stroke of midnight.

Former Justice Min.:

Ayelet Shaked in desperate political position

'Yamina is a party which doesn't exist, the question is where the seats will go,' former Justice Min. Haim Ramon says.

Bennett steps down: I will remain a loyal soldier of Israel

Outgoing PM preaches message of unity as he announces he will not run in the upcoming elections.

Poll: Netanyahu bloc achieves Knesset majority with Shaked

New survey finds Yamina under Shaked would win 5 seats, which would give the Netanyahu bloc 63 seats if she joins it.

Bennett will not run in upcoming elections

Outgoing PM informs Yamina members he will not participate in the Knesset elections in the fall after coalition dissolves.

Rogue Yamina MKs to receive spots on Likud list

Likud to announce next week that MKs Idit Silman, Nir Orbach, will join its ranks.

Government falls:

Liberman threatens to postpone government's dissolution

The finance minister claims his party will make passing the motion more difficult so long as the metro law is not approved.

2022 Elections:

Bill dissolving the Knesset passes first reading

Coalition and Opposition MKs reach deal ensuring dissolution of Knesset this week. Parties to get 30 million shekels extra in state funding.

These are Ra'am's conditions for joining the next govt.

Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas says Shaked must drop her opposition for 'family reunification' for him to join a govt. with her.

Dissolution of the Knesset delayed

Coalition, opposition fail to reach agreement on date of upcoming elections.

Yisrael Beytenu MK:

'Govt. could not continue after failing to pass Yesha law'

MK Evgeny Sova accuses opposition of harming Yesha residents in efforts to bring down govt., says no trust in Netanyahu.

Gantz:

We're doing everything to prevent a Netanyahu government

Defense Minister says he prefers holding new elections to allowing Netanyahu to form an alternative govt. in the current Knesset.

Ayelet Shaked:

'Give me a week, and I'll have a government'

Interior Min. Shaked, MK Orbach, trying to delay Knesset's dissolution, allow formation of new government.

MK Porush won't rule out split of haredi party into two factions

UTJ's MK Porush says separate run may 'show the strength' of each of his party's factions.

Can elections be averted?

MK Bezalel Smotrich: There's still a chance

"For me, elections are the best as we'll gain, but the national interest comes first."

Sa'ar: New Hope will run alone in elections

"Voters know we deliver on our promises, and we will succeed."

Finance Min.:

'We won't sit with Netanyahu or haredim - no matter what'

'Haredi leadership trying to control its public by keeping them poor, pitiful, and ignorant,' Finance Min. Liberman claims.

Shaked:

If Bennett doesn't run, I will head Yamina

Yamina's number two does not rule out sitting with former PM Netanyahu, report says.

2022 Elections:

Blue and White to run together with New Hope in next election?

New Hope receives offer from Blue and White to examine option of joint run in upcoming elections.

Strategic Advisor:

'No one in the Likud is waiting for Shaked'

Strategic Advisor Moshe Debby believes Bennett will take a time-out, doesn't think Shaked would be welcomed in the Likud.

Netanyahu: This isn't the time for elections, I'll compromise

Opposition leader willing to give up Justice Ministry, right of veto on legal matters, in order to form alternative gov't, avoid elections.

Former MK on future of Yamina:

'Political frameworks often change'

Former MK Yomtob Kalfon hopes to find himself on the Yamina list for the next Knesset.

Gafni clarifies:

'Degel HaTorah and Agudat Yisrael will run together'

MK Moshe Gafni says the two factions that make up United Torah Judaism will continue their cooperation.

Knesset elections could take place on November 1

Representatives of the coalition and the opposition discussing the election date and are nearing a compromise.

MK Tibi:

'Netanyahu continues to work to form alternative government'

MK Ahmed Tibi: Ra'am has not learned its lesson and is interested in being part of the next coalition.

Ahead of the election

UTJ launches election campaign: 'They hurt us'

In first campaign video, UTJ warns of the "persecution" of religion by the government.

Likud MK:

Bennett is the only Yamina MK who wants Knesset to dissolve

'Some of the Yamina MKs want to keep the current Knesset alive, with a different coalition,' Likud's MK Miki Zohar says.

Chaos in Interior Ministry to affect elections?

Haredi MK demands immediate solution to long wait times at Interior Min. offices, warns wait times may limit citizens' ability to vote.

New poll:

This is what happens if Bennett doesn't run in elections

Former PM Netanyahu still seen as best candidate for premier, but right-wing bloc may not win 61 seats, poll shows.

Minister Ze'ev Elkin:

'We have had no defectors, divisions or rebels'

Minister Elkin believes New Hope will be a significant factor in the next government as well.

Leaders of opposition: Insist on alternative government

Leaders of parties in the opposition urging Likud chairman to work hard to prevent elections and form a government in the current Knesset.

Deri reveals:

'We had 61 votes without Orbach'

One day after announcement of new elections, Shas chairman says "it is possible to form a new government next week".

2022 Elections:

Bill to dissolve Knesset to be brought for a vote this week

PM Bennett continuing work as usual, including meetings with top defense officials.

Yisrael Beytenu MK:

'We were naive, we believed Yamina's stories'

MK Eli Avidar blames Yamina party for government's fall: 'They shot us in the foot from the first day.'

Haredi MK says parties may make agreement with Benny Gantz

If Netanyahu cannot form a government, haredi party may reach agreement with Defense Min. Gantz, MK Maklev says.

Top Party Official:

Yamina not ruling out joining Netanyahu government

CEO of Yamina says party not interested in 'personal politics', won't rule out forming government with Netanyahu.