Amit Segal

Last night, the exit polls told one story: Netanyahu had lost, but it wasn’t clear who on the other side had won. This morning, the results are telling another. Netanyahu hasn’t won yet, but the... קרא עוד ←

**Update after 77% of the votes have been counted:**

Likud – 27
Yashar! – 22
Together – 12
Joint List – 11
The Democrats – 8
United Torah Judaism – 7
Yisrael Beiteinu – 7
Otzma Yehudit (Jewish... קרא עוד ←

And this also makes me think about the parallel reality we’ve been living in for the past three years. If the polls were that far off, perhaps they were also wrong about what the public wanted on the... קרא עוד ←

Appointing a Knesset speaker would give the opposition control over parliament for a while, as well as the ability to pass a limited amount of legislation. But the price could be dramatic: new... קרא עוד ←

Despite the setback, talks are underway within the “Change Bloc” to replace the Speaker of the Knesset. The bloc’s leaders aim to agree on a candidate and carry out the replacement as early as the... קרא עוד ←

More broadly, all the wasted right-wing votes over the past decade have come from the religious Zionist camp:

Feiglin
Bennett
Ben Gvir
Noam
Winter

A sector that has yet to mature politically and... קרא עוד ←

Netanyahu’s judges side with the prosecution:

The defense will not be allowed to question Mandelblit about investigative actions carried out after he authorized the opening of the investigations... קרא עוד ←

**Election Results Telegram Channel**

Updated: October 28, 2026, 10:50:17 AM
Approximately 70.7% of votes have been counted (250,588 additional votes counted).

**Seat Distribution:**

- Likud – 27
-... קרא עוד ←

Appeal to Solberg and Zini: Urgent call to investigate suspicions that Ra’am or individuals acting on its behalf paid bribes to voters on a massive scale (request by MK Kroizer and the Otzma Yehudit... קרא עוד ←

A brief detour into Mandelblit’s testimony.

Pay attention to what the judge says.

So far, Netanyahu’s defense team has questioned Mandelblit about actions taken up to and including the stage of... קרא עוד ←