Arab-led political parties won approximately 19 seats in the Knesset during the October 27, 2026 election, positioning them as potential kingmakers in coalition negotiations.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a May 2026 interview with CBS News that he intended to taper off U.S. military assistance to Israel over a decade to transition from an aid recipient to a partner

Donald Trump claimed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally initiated the proposal months earlier to end annual U.S. financial assistance to Israel

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The Democrats party would recommend Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to President Isaac Herzog as its candidate to form the next government

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Hundreds of right-wing demonstrators rallied in support of Netanyahu's government and against the opposition forming a government with the Arab parties

Palestinian officials accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of launching the Hebron crackdown to energize right-wing voters during the October 27, 2026 Israeli election.

Voter turnout in the October 27, 2026 Israeli general election exceeded 77 percent, marking the highest participation rate in more than two decades.

With 90 percent of votes counted after the October 27, 2026 election, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud bloc held 53 seats while Gadi Eisenkot's bloc held 48 seats in the Knesset.

Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party accused Arab political parties of stealing the October 27, 2026 election and reported the allegations to police on October 28, 2026.

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Ronen Bar, former head of Shin Bet, sued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for defamation over claims of his responsibility for the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich met Rabbi Eli Sadan, mentor of People of Israel chairman Ofer Winter, in an attempt to pressure Winter to withdraw from the Knesset race

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Leviathan natural gas platform alongside Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded that Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and Shin Bet head David Zini act urgently to uncover the identity of all those involved in or appearing in the 'libel film' NAZA

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Netanyahu ordered National Security Council chief Shmuel Ben Ezra to appoint an examiner to review all security aspects of foreign civilian aviation to Israel, after an attempt to crash a flydubai plane on its way to Tel Aviv was thwarted

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party alleged that Arab-Israeli politicians stole Israel's October 27 election through foreign funding from Qatar and Turkey, cash-stuffed envelopes, and double voting

On polling day, Benjamin Netanyahu posted photos claiming to show large crowds in Arab-majority communities, at least one of which BBC analysis identified as AI-generated

Two Arab-Israeli parties, the Joint List (12 seats) and United Arab List (Ra'am, seven seats), secured a combined 19 seats in the 120-member Knesset following the October 27, 2026 Israeli election

With no bloc securing a 61-seat majority in Israel's 120-member Knesset, Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing bloc holds 53 seats while anti-Netanyahu opposition parties hold 67 seats, including 19 Arab-Israeli seats

Justice Noam Sohlberg gave Shin Bet Director David Zini one week to submit the findings of his investigation into foreign interference in Israel's October 27 election

Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism party secured six seats in the Knesset in the October 27, 2026 election

Voter turnout in the October 27, 2026 Israeli election reached 77.7 percent overall, with voter turnout in the Arab-dominated town of Nazareth exceeding 80 percent