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Celebrations erupted in Lod, Kafr Manda and Tayibe after Israeli media exit polls projected a combined 18 Knesset seats

<p>Exit polls indicate opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot will have to work with Arab-Israeli leaders to have a hope of governing</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/27/israel-elections-knesset-netanyahu-likud-eisenkot-gaza-latest-updates">Israeli elections: live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The big gains made by Palestinian pa

Das Ende von Netanjahus jetziger Regierung scheint sicher. Israel steht eine Phase komplizierter politischer Manöver bevor. Entscheidend dabei: die arabische Minderheit.

<p>I Tel Aviv utbröt jubel där vår korrespondent Love Lyssarides befinner sig.</p>

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3949,w_5923/743924' alt='Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman at the party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026. (photo credit: Tal Gal/Flash90)' title='Yisrael Beiteinu party chairma

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5464,w_8192/743925' alt='Democrats party chairman Yair Golan and members of his party celebrate at the party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, following the release of exit poll results on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026. (photo c

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/743907' alt='B'Yachad head Naftali Bennett arrives to cast his ballot at a polling station in Rananna, during Election Day in Israel, October 27, 2026. (photo credit: Tal Gal/Flash90)' title='B'Yachad head Naftali Bennett arrives to cast hi

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2784,w_4176/743921' alt='A view of the empty Shas party election headquarters in Jerusalem, following the closing of polling stations and the release of exit poll results on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026. (photo credit: YOSSI ZAMIR

Israel’s elections are nearing their decisive moment. Yet the word “decisive” may be misleading, because what follows the announcement of the results could prove more difficult than the electoral process itself. The real struggle often begins the day after the votes are counted, when political parties confront the challenge of forming a government. This stru

Das Lager von Benjamin Netanyahu hat seine Mehrheit in der Knesset verloren. Nun will Oppositionsführer Gadi Eisenkot neuer Premier Israels werden. Alle Entwicklungen im Livekommentar.

Die Wahlbeteiligung ist so hoch wie nie. Und Benjamin Netanyahu kämpft um jede Stimme, sogar in einer Shoppingmall. Ein bewaffneter Mann wurde zuvor bei einem Auftritt des linken Politikers Yair Golan festgenommen. Die Liveanalyse.

Erstmals seit dem Hamas-Massaker vom 7. Oktober 2023 stimmen die Israelis über ein neues Parlament ab. Premier Netanyahu hat das Land radikal umgebaut – und gespalten. Herausforderer Gadi Eisenkot will es wieder einen. Die Liveanalyse.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3269,w_5315/743838' alt='Israelis cast their votes at a polling station in Jerusalem during Election Day, October 27, 2026. (photo credit: Rachel Alroey/Flash90)' title='Israelis cast their votes at a polling station in Jerusalem during Election Day,

Ein Sieg Netanyahus, Triumph der Opposition, Minderheitsregierung oder Patt: Israelische Experten sagen, wie die Wahl in ihrem Land ausgehen könnte und was das für den regierenden Langzeitpremier bedeutet.

Für viele Israelis ist es nicht weniger als eine Schicksalswahl - und das spiegelt sich in der Wahlbeteiligung wider. Die liegt auf einem Rekordniveau. Umfragen deuten auf ein knappes Rennen hin.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_883,w_1400/736808' alt='A superhero in every field. Gal Gadot. (photo credit: GettyImages, KEVIN WINTER)' title='A superhero in every field. Gal Gadot. (photo credit: GettyImages, KEVIN WINTER)' /><br />No matter how famous she is in Hollywood, Gadot

Si vota per la prima volta dopo l'attentato del 7 ottobre, alle urne oltre sette milioni di cittadini.

Prime elezioni dopo il 7 ottobre, sette milioni alle urne per decidere il futuro del Paese

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1066,w_1600/743762' alt='President Isaac Herzog casts his ballot in the 26th Knesset election in Jerusalem. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)' title='President Isaac Herzog casts his ballot in the 26th Knesset election in Jerusalem. (photo credit: MA

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_933,w_1400/732795' alt='Voters casting ballots in Israel's 25th Knesset election (photo credit: REUVEN CASTRO)' title='Voters casting ballots in Israel's 25th Knesset election (photo credit: REUVEN CASTRO)' /><br />Forces are expected to be deployed a

Es ist eine fundamentale Richtungsentscheidung in einer der schwersten Krisen Israels: Mehr als 7,3 Millionen Wahlberechtigte stimmen ab. 70.000 Staatsbürger aus aller Welt fliegen ein. Heute wird ein neues Parlament gewählt. Von J. Segador.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/734577' alt=' US-ISRAEL-DIPLOMACY Israeli and US flags are seen on the table as US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on February 5, 2025; illustrative (ph

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_382,w_541/743652' alt='Amir Sturgo, a candidate on Naftali Bennett’s B’Yachad list, speaks to haredi men in Bnei Brak regarding the party's "service plan," October 23, 2026. (photo credit: Screenshot/Instagram/@amir.strugo)' title='Amir Sturgo, a cand

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4932,w_7395/743607' alt='Thousands of Israelis demonstrate at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, calling for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led massacre, just days ahead of Israel’s general elections, Octob

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1440,w_2160/743551' alt='A young supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu poses with an electoral banner next to a musician in a market area in Jerusalem on October 21, 2026. (photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD / AFP)' title='A young supporter of

Gazans are watching the final days of Israel's election campaign with a mixture of anger, exhaustion and deep scepticism, hoping Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lose power but doubting a new leader would bring meaningful change. Defeat for Mr Netanyahu would offer a measure of emotional relief after years of bombing and destruction ordered by the Isra

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/743115' alt='Esti Ayalon Kovo (photo credit: itay shaked)' title='Esti Ayalon Kovo (photo credit: itay shaked)' /><br />Ayalon Kovo has joined up with B’Yachad in the 21st slot on its list, believing that only Naftali Bennett can help her a

Der Terrorangriff der Hamas vor gut drei Jahren hat auch bei den jungen Wählern Israels tiefe Spuren hinterlassen. Sicherheit, Identität und die Sorge vor dem nächsten Krieg beeinflussen ihre Wahlentscheidung. Von Jan-Christoph Kitzler.

Sicherheit steht in Israels Wahlkampf im Vordergrund. Doch drei Jahre Krieg haben die Wirtschaft schwer getroffen: Für viele Menschen geht es vor der Wahl am 27. Oktober auch um die Frage, wie es wirtschaftlich weitergehen soll. Von B. Meier.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4399,w_6595/733835' alt='Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)' title='Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)' /><br />Smotrich also said that he would

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4000,w_6000/742455' alt='Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, July 1, 2026. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)' title='Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at th

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4480,w_6720/742898' alt='Israeli doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital, in Jerusalem, on January 20, 2020. (photo credit: HADAS PARUSH/FLASH90)' title='Israeli doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/742847' alt='NISSIM LOUK (left) shakes hands with Ofer Winter after announcing his withdrawal from the Knesset race and endorsing Winter's Amcha Israel party. (photo credit: Courtesy)' title='NISSIM LOUK (left) shakes hands with Ofer Winter