Democrats chair says billboard can be vandalized, 'hope cannot'; Eisenkot's Yashar lashes out at Likud in spat over 'monkey' slur, warns against PM electioneering at soccer match

Opposition leaders hail 'responsible' decision by former IDF chief with sagging poll numbers, who was once Netanyahu's top rival and alternate PM; coalition members call for small right-wing parties to follow suit

Organizers seek to capitalize on arrival of overseas researchers coming to cast their ballots, as study indicates returning voters likely to favor opposition parties

Footage shows stone smashing window of car carrying Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, candidate for People of Israel party, in West Bank; party chair Ofer Winter says government failing to combat terrorism

A pro-Netanyahu pundit called Gadi Eisenkot a 'monkey,' recalling when an entertainer derided 'hooligans' on the right and helped Menachem Begin in 1981. Nowadays, Israel's politics are far more fragmented, and news moves faster

As Netanyahu and Trump threaten Tehran, analysts say that an escalation is inevitable without a diplomatic settlement, possibly even before imminent Israeli and US elections

Former chief rabbi, a Shas religious leader, urges voters to shun Ben Gvir's far-right Otzma Yehudit; new Haredi party said to reject pressure from PM to quit race; Ra'am denounces faked billboards

While authorities keep eye on fake videos, experts warn electorate more vulnerable to chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini, which can sway opinions, suppress turnout and be used to bolster claims against legitimacy of vote

Experts suggest US president's remarks won't sway either supporters or opponents of prime minister, though it might help focus attention away from other current campaign issues

US president says Israeli PM is only candidate who won't leave Washington alone in fight against Iran; PM urges voters to heed president's words and vote for him; Eisenkot and Bennett say only Israeli voters will decide

In 1st such security briefing since Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, PM warns of existential stakes in next week's ballot, pledges to complete war objectives, and outlines new offensive doctrine

Opposition figures pan plan that leaves coalition funds untouched; transportation, education, and health ministries to lose NIS 860 million ($277 million) between them

PM says remarks by pundit Yinon Magal, widely seen as a Netanyahu mouthpiece, 'highly inappropriate,' asserts incorrectly that businesswoman called Likud supporters chimpanzees and baboons

News editor Ben Sales discusses survey fervor before the October 27 ballot, and rising tensions between NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani

38 parties are competing for 120 seats in the Knesset; only about 11 of them are expected to enter parliament, and then one candidate needs to pull together a viable coalition

In a sworn affidavit to the High Court, a former campaign tech chief claims the ruling party’s new app can bypass the law and secretly transmit voter data in real time using AI

Disturbed by policies of right-wing government and its extremist ministers, many say they will vote for the first time on October 27 to defeat perceived growing threat

Observers tell ToI that even if new leadership leaves security doctrine and opposition to two-state solution in place, shifts in approach to Palestinians and regional diplomacy could change tenor of ties

Yashar party likens remark to infamous 1981 'chah’chahim' speech that insulted Likud voters; Yinon Magal says he used the term to mean a puppet controlled by others, not as racist jab

Hawkish opposition chiefs say they'll replace Knesset speaker, pass term limits for PM, ban criminal defendants from serving in role; Netanyahu urges high turnout among his backers