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Die Wahlbeteiligung ist so hoch wie nie. Ein bewaffneter Mann wurde bei einem Auftritt des linken Politikers Yair Golan festgenommen. Und in der Wüste behindern Überschwemmungen die Stimmabgabe. Die Liveanalyse.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5464,w_8192/743891' alt='Political party activists gather near election campaign posters outside a polling station in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon during Israel’s general elections, October 27, 2026. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)' ti

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/743886' alt=' People enjoy the atmosphere at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem during Israel’s general election day, October 27, 2026 (photo credit: Rachel Alroey/Flash90)' title=' People enjoy the atmosphere at the Mahane Yehuda market

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3959,w_5939/743854' alt='Election campaign posters are seen outside a polling station in Ashdod during Election Day, October 27, 2026. (photo credit: Liron Moldovan/Flash90)' title='Election campaign posters are seen outside a polling station in Ashdo

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_5369,w_8054/741568' alt='Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud election campaign event ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2026. (photo credit: FLASH90)' title='Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Li

„Došlo k něčemu, co je jedním z oblíbených triků Benjamina Netanjahua – vyvolávání jakési protiarabské a protilevicové hysterie. Na tuto vlnu do určité míry naskočily také tři ze čtyř stran protinetanjahuovské koalice,“ konstatuje redaktor a bývalý zpravodaj České televize na Blízkém východě Jakub Szántó. Budou úterní parlamentní volby v Izraeli především re

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3718,w_5574/743648' alt='An election campaign poster featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot is displayed on a bus in Jerusalem, October 26, 2026 (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)' title='An election campaign poster featuring Yashar party c

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1066,w_1600/742609' alt='Likud activists hold the party's flag along with a hybrid Israeli-American flag, in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, October 19, 2026 (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)' title='Likud activists hold the

Hallo en welkom in dit liveblog. Hier houden we je op de hoogte van de situatie in het Midden-Oosten en de gevolgen daarvan voor de rest van de wereld.

As Israel prepares to vote, Gadi Eisenkot is leveraging his Moroccan heritage in Likud strongholds such as Sderot. From historical divides to October 7, identity and trauma are redefining the city's political loyalties.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1201,w_2160/743176' alt='Election campaign billboards featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot and Likud party chairman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders are displayed along a roadside in the northern Isra

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_4000,w_6000/740694' alt='Dan Illouz. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)' title='Dan Illouz. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)' /><br />In Jerusalem spoke with Illouz during a brief lull in his busy schedule to hear a bit about his life, princ

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/518148' alt=' An Israeli man walks with his son to cast his ballot on the day of Israel's general election in a polling station in Rahat, Israel November 1, 2022. (photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)' title=' An Israeli man walks with his son

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1067,w_1600/742993' alt='Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with The Jerusalem Post, October 21, 2026. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)' title='Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with The Jerusalem Post, October 21, 2026