Likud readies fraud complaints over Arab polling stations, reports say
Hebrew media say party activists discussed a 'stolen election' campaign if Netanyahu loses; the elections committee says there is no evidence of widespread fraud.
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Israel’s 2026 election
The vote for the 26th Knesset, read from Palestine: the closures that came with it, the campaign against Arab ballots, and what each outcome would mean.
The Knesset, Jerusalem, 2022. Photo: Clema12, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Israelis vote in a close election for the 26th Knesset
Polls show Netanyahu's bloc and the opposition both short of 61 seats; turnout at 10am was the highest for that hour since 1981. Exit polls are due at 10pm.
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Israeli forces close every entrance to Ramallah on election morning
Gates and checkpoints around Ramallah were shut from early Tuesday and new checkpoints went up on the side roads residents use to get around them, WAFA reported.
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Netanyahu pressed for Iran strike before the vote, but Trump said wait — CNN
US and Israeli sources told CNN that Washington asked Israel to delay any joint action; the prime minister's office called the report fake news.
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Oversight Board faults Meta over removal of protest and election accounts
The board said 'No Kings' activist accounts and Brazilian election pages were taken down by error and should have been protected by Meta's cross-check system.
