Last Polls Before Israel's Election: Eisenkot Ahead, Both Sides Short of a Majority - Israel Elections 2026
Israel faces a highly consequential election with polls showing a tight race and no clear majority for either side. Public discourse is dominated by calls for a commission of inquiry into the October 7 Hamas attacks.
Why it matters
The election outcome will determine Israel's political direction and its approach to national security and the ongoing regional conflict.
Political posters on porches were once a fixture of election season in Israel, allowing voters in cities and towns across the country to signal their party allegiances to passersby. But in the lead-up to an election being cast as the most consequential in Israeli history, these once-ubiquitous displays of electoral loyalty are remarkably few and far between.
Located about 12 kilometers (7 miles) from the Gaza border, this western Negev town has long been a stronghold of Shas, the ultra-Orthodox Sephardic party. These days it is awash with election posters bearing the images of revered rabbis, though in almost all cases, and rather surprisingly, they are not endorsing Shas.
Thousands of Israelis are rallying nationwide against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu On Saturday as the Knesset election is just three days away.
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