Israel's Political Landscape Shifts as Opposition Explores Coalition with Arab Parties

10/30/2026

The majority of voters in Israel's Opposition bloc want Gadi Eisenkot to join forces with the Arab Ra'am party to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government, a survey has found.

10/28/2026

To form a government, Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot needs to either join forces with Arab parties — anathema to many Israelis — or with members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s alliance.

10/28/2026

Revised exit polls put Netanyahu’s bloc and Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition grouping nearly level, leaving both short of the 61 seats needed to form a government

10/29/2026

Despite years of political baggage, the Israeli prime minister outperformed expectations, and his rivals, by playing on Jewish voters’ fears of Arab political power and potential security threats.

10/29/2026

Israel’s political clash after the October 27 national vote pits Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against former military chief Gadi Eisenkot in a neck-and-neck fight to form a government, as...

10/29/2026

Arab voter turnout is estimated to be nearly 80%, the highest in at least a decade, according to exit polls

10/29/2026

Netanyahu’s continuance will be bad news for Israel and the region

10/29/2026

An Israeli election, with its complicated, multi-step process of voting followed by deal-making and coalition-building, can seem bewildering to U.S. voters accustomed to the more straightforward...

10/28/2026

Israel elections & Bibi vs Gadi: In alignment with a majority of the Israeli public, both Netanyahu and Eisenkot explicitly oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state

10/29/2026

A report says that people close to Netanyahu are promoting a coalition arrangement that would bring Eisenkot into a government led by the incumbent prime minister.

10/29/2026

With neither major bloc securing a clear majority, Likud is exploring a unity government without ultra-Orthodox parties or defections from the opposition to keep Netanyahu in power

10/29/2026

Neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor Gadi Eisenkot won a majority in Israel’s Parliament, leaving both with a chance to form a government. Our Jerusalem bureau chief, David M. Halbfinger, explains the...

10/28/2026

Israel's high voter turnout reflects a strong desire for political change, but Benjamin Netanyahu remains in contention to form the next government. Shalva Weil, Senior Researcher at Hebrew...

10/28/2026

In the contest between Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, exit polls have indicated that there’s no clear winner in the Israeli elections. This has set the stage for weeks or months of...

10/28/2026

Israelis have voted but, it seems, have not chosen a clear winner. Exit polls suggest that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc and his principal rival and erstwhile cabinet...