2020 Elections

'One also needs to know how to lose'

MK Yoel Razvozov of Blue and White tells Arutz Sheva: It's too early to assess the loss, but what we're seeing is certainly unpleasant.

'Bennett will also be Defense Minister in the next government'

MK Matan Kahana believes a right-wing government will be formed in the near future and Naftali Bennett will continue as Defense Minister.

Vote counting continues, Likud leading

The counting of the votes in the 2020 election continues. Full results not expected before Wednesday evening.

We can breathe again?

Litzman: A great achievement, Liberman failed

Health Minister: It has been proven that those who try to harm the Sabbath and the Torah are doomed to fail.

Watch: Yamina activists celebrate with Smotrich and Rabbi Peretz

Yamina ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Rabbi Rafi Peretz were greeted by party activists singing and dancing.

Regev: An overwhelming victory for the Likud

Minister Miri Regev says the Likud party is not striving for a unity government but for a right-wing coalition with its natural partners.

'We will not move one millimeter from what we promised voters'

Yisrael Beytenu chairman responds to exit polls: We will wait for the true results. We are a party with principles.

Netanyahu: Time to unite

PM Netanyahu speaks following publication of exit polls: A night of a huge victory, time to stop the election rounds and form a government.

Peretz blames Blue and White

Labor-Gesher-Meretz head does not intend to step down despite election failure: In critical moments, Blue and White harmed the entire camp.

Gantz: Not the result we wanted

Blue and White chairman speaks after exit polls show victory for right-wing camp: One of the most difficult election campaigns in Israel.

Elkin: Sovereignty? In a few months

Likud Minister estimates in conversation with Arutz Sheva that a right-wing government will soon be formed to promote sovereignty quickly.

Deri: We will establish a right-wing traditional government

Shas chairman to thousands of activists: A great victory for lovers of the people of Israel, the Land of Israel and the Torah of Israel.

Updated exit poll: Right wing - 59 seats, left - 55

Updated exit polls show right-wing bloc has 59 seats, two shy of a majority.

Smotrich: We were spared from a Gantz government

Transportation Minister believes the election results will lead to a right-wing government of which Yamina will be a significant part.

Exit polls: Otzma Yehudit prevents right-wing majority

Tens of thousands of votes for Otzma Yehudit make the difference between 60 and 61 seats after party fails to pass electoral threshold.

'Today, a sovereignty government was established'

Yamina chairman: We brought victory to the right without attacking within our own camp.

Watch: Victory song at Netanyahu's home

The PM's campaign team came together to celebrate the results of the exit polls and started singing the song "Shabechi Yerushalayim".

Nir Barkat: We need a broad coalition

Likud candidate for Finance Minister tells Arutz Sheva: The Likud should aspire to build as broad a coalition as possible.

Gantz thanks supporters

Blue and White chairman responds after initial exit polls show Likud emerging as the largest party.

PA slams Israeli election results

PA negotiator Saeb Erekat calls election results a victory for 'Apartheid, annexation.'

Stop the interference in each other's elections

Exit poll: Likud 37, Blue and White 33

Exit poll shows Likud with 4-seat lead over Blue and White, right-wing bloc winning 60 seats.

Shaked: Likud is growing, vote Yamina

Yamina leader says early data shows Likud doing well in elections, strong Yamina needed to ensure sovereignty.

Watch: IDF soldiers vote in Israeli election

Soldiers have their say as country votes for the 23rd Knesset.

Sanders and Bloomberg boosted Netanyahu election win

Report: Low turnout in Blue and White strongholds

Blue and White leaders scramble to mobilize their base amid reports of low turnout in places with high support for the party.

Voting at 47% at 4 PM

Voter participation currently 2.7% higher than in September elections.

Netanyahu calls all bloc party leaders except Yamina

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu makes afternoon call to all Right-leaning parties except for Yamina.

Israel's 2020 elections in a nutshell

Suspected voting fraud: Voters arrive to discover they'd voted

Voters at polls in Modi'in Illit, Jerusalem, Bnei Ayish, Nahariya informed they'd already voted. Police launch investigation.

Voting at 38.1% at 2 PM

People under quarantine due to Coronavirus report having to wait 1.5 hours to vote at special polling stations.

Ayelet Shaked:

'Raise voting percentages in southern Tel Aviv'

Former Minister Ayelet Shaked tours southern Tel Aviv polls with activists Shafi Paz and Doron Avrahami: 'Voting percentage must increase.'

By noon, highest voter turnout in 21 years

Long lines at polling stations set up for quarantined Israelis, as Central Elections Committee weighs extending hours.

How can you affect today's election outcome with your smartphone?.

Watch: MKs exercise their right to vote

Knesset members and candidates from every party arrive at their local polling stations to vote, accompanied by members of their families.

PM Netanyahu at the polls: 'Go vote'

PM Netanyahu urges Israelis to vote: 'It's a proud day, this is a democracy.'

Bennett: 'Whom do you want to see as Defense Minister?'

DM Bennett emphasizes: 'Largest party matters less than largest bloc, vote Yamina.'

MK Gafni: 'With G-d's help, we will not need a repeat'

UTJ's MK Gafni: 'We hope these elections will be the final ones ... the person responsible for this round of elections caused great damage.'

UTJ chairman: Vote against anti-haredi incitement

UTJ's MK Litzman: A strong showing by haredi parties is haredi community's response to incitement against it by MKs Lapid and Liberman

Rivlin: 'Sense of deep shame' at third elections

President Rivlin votes in Jerusalem, uges every Israeli to 'go out and make your voice heard.'

Shaked: 'We need to vote Yamina'

MK Shaked says she's 'optimistic,' urges Israelis to 'get out and vote Yamina.'

Gantz: 'We're aiming for a unity government'

'I hope that today we will start Israel on a new path,' Blue and White chair says.

Elections Committee rejects petition against Im Tirtzu

Im Tirtzu thanks Justice Neal Hendel, says petition was 'disgraceful attempt to stop largest Zionist movement in Israel.'

Election Day, Round Three:

6,453,255 will go to the polls

Most polling stations opened at 7:00 a.m. Exit polls will be published at 10:00 p.m. Arutz Sheva will update throughout the day.

Ben Gvir: Otzma Yehudit will not withdraw

Otzma Yehudit leader refuses to withdraw from elections despite polls showing he will not win any Knesset seats.

Left-wing voters not confident in Gantz

Israel Democracy Institute warns of 'complacency' among left-wing voters, says majority of Israelis support Trump peace plan.

Health Ministry: Don't let Coronavirus keep you from voting

5,630 people under self-quarantine to go to special polling stations as Health Ministry says regular polling stations are safe.

Netanyahu: Sovereignty 'within weeks' of re-election

Ahead of elections tomorrow, PM outlines his "four major immediate missions."

Beware the dangerous Left Syndrome, aka Smolonivirus

The votes are there for a religious-right-wing government

'Yair Lapid called us s***heads and disgusting'

Culture Min. Regev slams MK Lapid for 'patronizing' attitude towards Likud, Mizrahi Jews.

Netanyahu: Don't waste votes

PM Netanyahu says Benny Gantz 'not worthy of being prime minister,' urges voters not to 'waste votes' on Otzma Yehudit.

Israel – without Netanyahu?

Liberman: Netanyahu promised not to annex Jordan Valley

MK Liberman claims: PM Netanyahu promised King Abdullah that talk of annexation was 'just for elections.'

Poll: Likud and Blue and White tied at 33

Channel 13 News poll finds the Likud and Blue and White have the same number of seats and political impasse continues.

Poll: Right gains strength but neither bloc can form a gov't

Channel 12 News poll: Likud continues to gain strength and has 35 seats compared to 33 for Blue and White.

This time, the right must win to prevent disaster

Binyamin Netanyahu: The present with the future Prime Minister?

Blue and White's promise to the Arabs

MK Ram Ben Barak promises to change Nationality Law, warns Arabs: 'Not voting is a vote for Netanyahu.'

Gantz fires close adviser for speaking against him

'Details of this despicable act, how recording was given to media, will come to light later,' Bachar vows.