Politics
Israel votes Tuesday with Netanyahu locked in a tight race against a fractured opposition
October 26, 2026 at 09:04 AM
Coverage
4 reports · 3 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 2 hours
يواليوم السابع
نتنياهو يضغط على ترامب لدعمه فى انتخابات إسرائيل.. أكسيوس يكشف التفاصيل
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SNSky News Arabia
معركة بقاء نتنياهو.. أبرز منافسيه في انتخابات إسرائيل
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AJAl Jazeera English
Israel’s election: The main issues in the words of the leading candidates
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يواليوم السابع
"إنهاء المهمة".. كيف أصبح ترامب الورقة الأخيرة في معركة نتنياهو الانتخابية؟
(opens the publisher’s site)Israel holds parliamentary elections Tuesday, the first since the October 7, 2023 attack and the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran that followed.
- Netanyahu faces a close contest for a 61-seat Knesset majority, with polls showing opposition parties ahead but lacking a clear coalition path.
- Trump urged Israelis to "vote for Bibi Netanyahu as prime minister," saying the countries must "finish the mission we started."
- Axios reported Netanyahu spoke with Trump twice in three days requesting more public support; Likud spokesperson Neta Molkho denied the request.
- Netanyahu said there will be "no Palestinian state," while rival Gadi Eisenkot called the two-state principle "a mistake."