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October 6, 2026, 1:07 pm

Israel’s supreme court says Arab parties can run in 27 October election

Balad party leader Sami Abu Shehadeh agreed to a request to withdraw from the race

By Tomer Almagor

Captain Smit Machchhar, who helped save 174 people aboard a flight to Israel. Photo Credit: Embassy of India in Israel

October 5, 2026, 2:20 pm

Netanyahu invites hero Flydubai pilot to light Israel Independence Day torch

Captain Smit Machchhar and Indian PM Narendra Modi have been invited to take part in next May’s national ceremony

By Annabel Sinclair

Injured pilot Captain Smit Machchhar speaks to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from hospital.

October 2, 2026, 1:37 pm

‘I was not going to let others die’: Hero pilot recalls saving Israeli passengers

Captain Smit Machchhar reveals how he fought to open the cockpit door despite being stabbed as his aircraft plunged

By Annabel Sinclair

Itzik Bonzel (l) and Yocheved Lifshitz (r)

September 28, 2026, 3:55 pm

Fury as Likud candidate whose son fell in Gaza wishes return to Hamas for former hostage

Itzik Bonzel made the remarks after Yocheved Lifshitz, whose husband was also murdered in Gaza, gave Netanyahu no credit for the return of any hostages

By JN Reporter

An Israeli Arab casts her vote at a polling station in a previous election. Photo Credit: Reuters

September 24, 2026, 4:21 pm

To bring down Netanyahu for good, opposition parties must consider the unthinkable

There are two issues which can be seen as existential threats to Israel's continued existence - but only one has the potential to destroy the country in the next decade

By Daniel Sugarman

Israeli President and First Lady Issac and Michal Herzog voting in the 2022 Knesset elections (Haim Zach/Government Press Office of Israel)

September 15, 2026, 10:45 am

Ballots, blocs and Bibi: a beginner’s guide to Israeli elections

In October, Israeli voters will elect the Knesset's 120 members - and help decide who forms the country's next governing coalition. This explainer sets out how the system works

By Daniel Sugarman

Gadi Eisenkot and Benjamin Netanyahu. Pictures: Elad Malka and Avi Ohayon

September 11, 2026, 10:38 am

Why political novice Gadi Eisenkot may unseat Benjamin Netanyahu

A year after he founded his Yashar! party, it is consistently leading in the polls

By Eliav Breuer

September 7, 2026, 11:11 am

Kushner: Israeli elections making Netanyahu government ‘irrational’

The US envoy, who is also a member of the Gaza 'Board of Peace', was speaking during a visit to Kyiv

By JN Reporter

September 1, 2026, 1:53 pm

Yair Golan to sue Sara Netanyahu over publicly aired 7 October conspiracy theory

In a TV interview the Prime Minister's wife, who does not have legal immunity, claimed without evidence that the Democratic party leader may have had prior knowledge of the Hamas attacks

By JN Reporter

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Knesset.

August 28, 2026, 12:51 pm

Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir publicly squabble over electoral strategy

Each accused the other of potentially putting the current right wing coalition in a situation where it would be unable to form the next government

By Daniel Sugarman

August 26, 2026, 12:00 pm

Netanyahu son Yair identified as target of alleged Iranian assassination plot

The 35-year-old reportedly made an urgent return to Israel after intelligence uncovered a threat against him in the US

By Annabel Sinclair

Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich shakes hands with Israel's Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir as Israel's new right-wing government is sworn in at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/Pool/File Photo

August 25, 2026, 5:53 pm

This has been the most extreme government in Israel’s history

if Israel does not choose a strategic future, the current coalition will choose one for us, one irreversible fact on the ground at a time

By Peter Lerner

From left to right: Avner, Sara, Benjamin and Yair Netanyahu. Photo Credit: PMO

August 25, 2026, 11:16 am

Netanyahu says Iran tried to assassinate one of his sons

Israeli PM gave no details of the alleged plot, which Israeli media says was kept under military censorship for months

By Annabel Sinclair

August 25, 2026, 10:12 am

‘Have a problem, call the PM,’ says Netanyahu as he gives out his number in campaign video

Hundreds of messages and calls arrived in minutes, disabling the WhatsApp account associated with the number

By Deborah Danan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an interview with Galey Israel radio. (Credit: Galey Israel)

August 13, 2026, 3:22 pm

Netanyahu calls UK ‘Islamic Republic of Britain’ in radio interview

Israeli prime minister made the provocative remark during a conversation about the threat from Iran

By Annabel Sinclair

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