2022 Elections

After Signing of Agreement:

Poll: 12 seats for Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionist alliance

Deal between Ben-Gvir and Smotrich for joint run yields 12 seats, new poll shows - but Netanyahu still short of 61-seat majority.

Poll:

New low expected in Arab voter turnout in next election

The first in-depth poll among Israeli Arabs finds that Likud wins a seat and half among the Arab voters.

Right-Wing Split:

'Noam' party refuses place on Religious Zionist ticket

Right-wing-religious faction Noam turns down offer for 11th spot on joint ticket with Religious Zionist Party, vowing to go it alone.

Ben-Gvir: We'll get 11 seats - or Netanyahu won't be PM

Otzma Yehudit chairman says he wants to see a diverse list that includes women, young people, and residents of the periphery.

After the meeting:

IDF soldiers waited to escort Ben-Gvir home in time for Shabbat

New information is coming out about the Friday afternoon meeting between Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism chairmen

Religious Zionism Party source

'We prefer a right-wing government, but Gantz isn't ruled out'

Party won't agree to sit in opposition even if Netanyahu chooses to sacrifice Ben-Gvir to form government with Gantz

Mansour Abbas threatens Netanyahu

Ra'am chairman livid over Likud campaign, claims it is "incitement against Ra'am and the Arab members of the Knesset."

Shaked:

'I understand the anger towards me, I am running till the end'

Interior Minister: There are a lot of right-wing voters sitting on the fence. We will convince them that the Zionist spirit is their home.

Former Yisrael Beytenu MK in talks with United Arab List

MK Eli Avidar would bring two more seats to United Arab List party, internal polls show.

Abir Kara leaves Zionist Spirit party

Dep. Min. Abir Kara is trying to join Finance Min. Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu party, debating founding new party.

Poll:

Likud wins 59 seats if Religious Zionism joins Otzma Yehudit

Joint Religious Zionism-Otzma Yehudit list wins 11 seat; Otzma Yehudit running alone wins 9, as Religious Zionism falls below threshold.

Will Ukrainian and Russian immigrants impact Israeli elections?

While immigrants from the former USSR have historically voted right-wing, the newest wave of refugees are likely to vote center-left.

Finance Minister:

'If Netanyahu wins 59 seats - there'll be an explosion in Likud'

'If Netanyahu gets 61 Knesset seats, from my perspective that's a disaster for Israel - but no one will ask me,' Finance Min. Liberman says.

New poll shows political deadlock: Neither bloc can form gov't

New poll shows shifts in party blocs, but neither side able to form a coalition.

Minister Yoaz Hendel:

'Some religious Zionists don't want Ben Gvir and Smotrich'

Minister Yoaz Hendel targets religious Zionist voters and is unfazed by the polls.

Meretz chair: 'Just not Bibi' is a worldview

Meretz chairwoman MK Zehava Galon says she is ready to join with another party, sit with any Arab MK, to prevent Netanyahu winning election.

Lapid:

'Joint List won't be in govt. because they don't want to be'

PM does not commit to refusing to sit in govt. with Joint Arab List following Knesset elections.

2022 Elections:

Yesh Atid plans to 'steal' Labor, Meretz votes to force alliance

Polls show Meretz hovering above electoral threshold as Lapid seeks to ensure only he, not Gantz, is the alternative to Netanyahu.

'Election propaganda'

Gantz ordered to remove photos taken with soldiers

Chairman of Central Elections Commission accepts Likud appeal, orders Gantz to remove photos from his private social media accounts.

Likud to Attorney General:

'Investigate PA's interference in the elections'

Likud says meetings between senior PA officials and MKs from the Joint List that dealt with the elections in Israel should be investigated.

Poll: Smotrich on edge of electoral threshold without Ben-Gvir

New survey shows Religious Zionism party falling to 4 seats while Otzma Yehudit receives 8, a joint run would net 10 seats.

Defense Min.:

'I'd be happy for the Joint Arab List to recommend me for PM'

Defense Min. Gantz calls to 'increase Palestinian governance,' urges Israeli Arabs to 'stream to the voting booths.'

'Running in two separate parties better for the right-wing bloc'

Otzma Yehudit chair insists: Our party running alone, and Religious Zionism running with Amichai Chikli, will maximize right-wing votes.

Matan Kahana:

'I was a right-winger and always will be'

Matan Kahana on joining the National Unity Party: If Netanyahu doesn't get 61 seats the entire political playing field will change.

Smotrich and Chikli to negotiate joint run

Chikli is expected to receive three out of the first ten spots on the list if parties are to form a technical bloc

Netanyahu:

'Smotrich, Ben-Gvir must unite to keep Joint List out of govt.'

Opposition leader makes another appeal to Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionism party leaders to unify ahead of November elections.

Netanyahu, haredi faction leader,meet, attempt to prevent split

Former PM Netanyahu meets MK Meir Porush to discuss efforts to avoid 'great danger' in splitup of haredi party.

Shabak warns PA not to interfere in Israel's elections

PA, Iran, and Russia attempting to interfere in upcoming Israeli Knesset elections in November.

Netanyahu: We'll do everything to unite Smotrich, Ben-Gvir

Opposition leader tells journalist Almog Boker he has 62 Knesset seats without Ayelet Shaked.

Netanyahu to haredim: Our strength is in our unity

In a rare op-ed, the former Prime Minister beseeches the haredim to stay united.

2022 Elections:

Rabbi Amihai Eliyahu joins Otzma Yehudit

Son of Tzfat Chief Rabbi with extensive background in community affairs placed fourth on party list.

2022 Elections:

Son of revered settlement leader joins Shaked and Hendel

Amitai Porat, former CEO of the Religious Kibbutz Movement and son of Rabbi Hanan, will be number three on the 'Zionist Spirit' list.

Nir Orbach:

'I don't have anyone to vote for, but I'm leaning towards Likud'

Former Yamina MK says Shaked is taking Zionist Spirit in a direction he cannot support, leaving him without a political home.

Will Jonathan Pollard enter politics?

Reports suggest Itamar Ben-Gvir offered Pollard a spot on his slate. "My place isn't in the Knesset," responds Pollard.

Matan Kahana:

'Avi Maoz is an extremist who mocks anyone he disagrees with'

Maoz shoots back: "Kahana desperate to remain in limelight, but no one believes him anymore."

Likud MK:

'We have a moral obligation to Chikli'

MK Yoav Kisch says the Likud should reserved a spot on its slate for Amichai Chikli.

Gantz: 'Eizenkot forced Matan Kahana on me'

Defense Min. Gantz, chair of National Unity, says former Chief of Staff Eizenkot forced him to accept Yamina defector Matan Kahana.

Joint List MK: Ra'am party willing to sit with Netanyahu

MK Ayman Odeh, chair of the Joint Arab List, predicts Israeli PM Lapid will lose the elections. 'The public is smart.'

Revealed:

PA intelligence chief secretly met with Joint List leaders

Channel 12 report: PA intelligence chief met leaders of predominantly Arab Joint List in an attempt to influence the Israeli election.

Former colleague slams defector: 'Loss of ideology'

Yamina's MK Nir Orbach slams former minister Matan Kahana over move to center-left party: 'Loss of ideology.'

New poll predicts deadlock following November elections

Likud-led bloc wins 59 Knesset seats, while anti-Netanyahu bloc wins 55. The remaining seats belong to the Joint Arab List.

Netanyahu trying to unite Smotrich, Ben Gvir

Likud fears right-wing votes could be wasted if Religious Zionism party, Otzma Yehudit run separately and 1 of them falls short.

Shaked: I won't run with Smotrich, he crossed the line

Zionist Spirit chairwoman says joint run with Religious Zionism party out of the question after incitement against her party.

Likud figures to Netanyahu: Reserve spots in list for women

A letter signed by mayors and party branch leaders demands that the Likud chair reserve spots for women who fell short in primaries

Hundreds of voters registered for both Meretz and Labor

Of those with double memberships: prominent Labor activists who held key positions in the party

Lapid's former no. 2 reveals who he will vote for

Rabbi Piron says that Yesh Atid deserves to be a ruling party, but in the upcoming elections "I will vote for Hili Tropper".

Netanyahu to haredi MK: You're hurting my bloc

Opposition leader MK Netanyahu concerned haredi party's split may harm right-religious bloc.

Netanyahu explores outcome of split between right-wing parties

On the cusp of Ben Gvir's announcement, Likud is conducting surveys to find out if a split on the right can be favorable

MK Tur-Paz to Arutz Sheva

"The next Yesh Atid Government will have room for the haredim"

MK Moshe Tur-Paz spoke about the budding relationship between his party and members of the haredi sector

Bibi's solution to Smotrich and Ben Gvir: 7th place for Silman

According to the proposal drawn up by Netanyahu, Knesset member Idit Silman, who resigned from the Yamina Party, will be 7th on the list.

Yoaz Hendel:

'Gantz pressured me to form government supported by Joint List'

Yoaz Hendel opposed to government that relies on the Joint List, but will also not help Netanyahu establish a right-wing government.

Poll:

Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit win more seats separately

New poll shows joint run would bring Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit parties less seats than if they run separately.

Shaked to Arutz Sheva:

'Eizenkot is a leftist who's pushing for a Palestinian state'

Shaked was not surprised by Matan Kahana's decision to join Gantz, Sa'ar, and Eizenkot who, in her opinion, have joined ranks with the left

Strook to Arutz Sheva:

I'm shocked that Elkin would join leftist Eizenkot

In an interview with Arutz Sheva, MK Orit Strook discussed several recent political developments.

UTJ MK:

'Gafni made efforts to form another government'

MK Uri Maklev: Gafni is the only one who worked to prevent these elections and establish another government.

Matan Kahana sets condition - Ayelet Shaked rejects it

Interior Min. Shaked rejects offer by Dep. Religious Affairs Min. Kahana, but negotiations on joint run continue.

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar:

'We won't bring back Netanyahu'

New Hope Chairman: "If Netanyahu doesn't have 61 Knesset seats, there will be far-reaching developments"

Former Chief of Staff sets conditions for joining politics

Gadi Eizenkot, former IDF Chief of Staff, says he wants to form broad unity government, demands ruling party hold primaries.

Israel concerned over foreign interference in elections

Shin Bet reportedly concerned that Iranian and Russian elements will interfere in November Knesset elections.

Former Chief of Staff to join Yesh Atid party?

Gadi Eizenkot, a former IDF chief of staff, expected to announce decision to run for Knesset with Yesh Atid.