Politics
Israelis vote Tuesday in first election since the October 2023 attack
October 26, 2026 at 05:56 AM
3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 5 hours
Israelis head to the polls Tuesday for legislative elections, the first since the October 2023 attack, with neither main bloc polling a parliamentary majority.
- Israelis vote Tuesday in legislative elections, the first since the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
- A KAN public broadcaster poll gave the opposition bloc 52 of the 120 Knesset seats and Netanyahu's coalition 50.
- Israel's Supreme Court reversed a Central Elections Committee decision barring the Arab-majority Joint List and Ra'am parties from the race.
- The "Travel and Vote" initiative estimated about 67,000 Israelis abroad will return home to cast their ballots.



