Understanding politics across borders and divides
Israel’s October 27 vote gave Netanyahu’s bloc 53 seats and the opposition 48, with Arab parties at a record 19. What that means for the coalition talks.
Published: September 26, 2026 Israel will vote on October 27 for the 26th Knesset, the country’s first national election since the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023 and the wars that followed. Under Israel’s parliamentary system, voters choose party lists for the 120-seat Knesset rather than electing a prime minister directly, and the next … Read more
Published: July 19, 2026 Overview Israel enters the second half of 2026 in an uneasy pause. The war in Gaza, triggered by the Hamas-led attack of October 2023, halted under a US-brokered ceasefire in October 2025 that returned the last living hostages and shifted the conflict from full-scale fighting to a fragile, violence-punctuated truce. The … Read more