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Actress Gal Gadot posted an Instagram story of herself casting a vote in Israel’s election on Tuesday morning. “I ask all of you to go out and exercise your most basic, most important, the most democratic right,” said Gadot. Read: www.timesofisrael.com/gal-gadot-ca...

Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party says it has filed an urgent complaint with the Central Elections Committee following further reports of its ballot slips being removed, defaced, or turned over at polling stations across the country. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-oct...

How is this caption? Polls are open across Israel. ToI’s Tal Schneider reports from Petah Tikva on what to expect this Election Day. Follow The Times of Israel for the latest election updates.

According to a Channel 12 news report, Likud was already drawing up a number of complaints and allegations of fraud for voting stations in Arab communities. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/likud-said-a...

The PM has a well-worn playbook: brand his opponents as left-wing, then warn that Israel is in danger, and only he can keep it safe. They haven’t figured out how to respond. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/security-thr...

Nahal Oz resident Danny Rahamim laments that he’s ‘the most left-wing person here,’ with family members and others moving rightward after the Hamas onslaught that killed 16 residents. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/in-a-kibbutz...

David Horovitz: "The PM is disseminating Iranian-style propaganda showing Tel Aviv under a mushroom cloud, and reportedly pressing his IDF chief to act ‘relating to Iran’ and potentially trigger a ‘miscalculation.'" Read his full opinion on The Times of Israel.

When Israeli political parties submitted their candidate slates for the upcoming October 27 parliamentary election, the Charedi Public, a new party headed by Beit Shemesh Deputy Mayor Moti Leitner, placed two ultra-Orthodox women on its list. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/haredi-women...

US President Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his endorsement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling Israelis he needed to be reelected on Tuesday so that the two leaders can “finish the job” against Iran. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/we-have-to-f...

Over 60,000 Israelis living abroad are flying home from around the world to vote in the upcoming election. Follow The Times of Israel for more election coverage and stories from across Israel.

Hamas reportedly told a UN official earlier this month that it was prepared to carry out an October 7-style attack in Israel, the West Bank or abroad. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-said-t...

Gershon Baskin: "After nearly 50 years in Israel, I fear that even if Netanyahu is replaced, the country I came here to help build may be beyond restoration." Read on The Blogs. *The posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties, and don’t necessarily reflect the views of The Times of Israel

In this week's episode of "A Mandatory Listen," host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaks with author Yossi Klein Halevi and pivots away from the profane — politics — and veers toward the sacred. Stream anywhere you get your podcasts.

Israeli 17-year-old Orian Goren is named as a member of Barcelona’s squad for tonight’s El Clasico against Real Madrid. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Arab Israeli social media entrepreneur Nuseir Yassin said at a US conference devoted to the subject this past week that he believes “anti-Zionism is a form of antisemitism” and stressed his commitment to overturning “misguided hate” against Jews. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/arab-israeli...

Read the full post on The Blogs. blogs.timesofisrael.com/is-nobody-wa... *The posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties, and don't necessarily reflect the views of The Times of Israel.

PM insists threatening economic outlook is result of developments that don’t have to do with Israel, but rivals say his government’s policies are to blame Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-is...

The Israeli Navy held a joint drill with the Hellenic Navy in the Mediterranean this week, the military says, in an apparent message to Turkey. Read more on The Times of Israel.

British Jewish actor Sacha Baron Cohen, whose “Ali G: Who Iz I?” debuts Friday, has suggested that calls to boycott the film about the wannabe Black rapper he plays are an example of how “Jews are being targeted.” Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/sacha-baron-...

Families of people killed or abducted in the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, are suing Meta for over $1 billion for letting footage of the attacks play live on social media and then failing to remove it immediately. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/october-7-vi...

As Israelis approach election day next week, the question isn’t only who will win. It’s whether there’s any scenario in which the entire electorate accepts the results without street protests, riots — or even physical clashes. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/israel-is-pr...

Miriam Entin, a PhD candidate at CUNY, scours historical records to locate ritual baths from immigrant heyday, hoping to shine light on Jewish history and allow for future digs. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/buried-forgo...

This year’s Israel Music Showcase Festival, an annual event held in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv that introduces Israeli artists to international music executives, producers and festival directors, will have fewer foreign guests than ever. Read: www.timesofisrael.com/global-indus...

Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a military checkpoint near the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, killing two soldiers and wounding three in a gunfight that lasted for more than 20 minutes, before soldiers killed both attackers. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/5-injured-2-...

Four Israeli tech companies have been named in this year’s annual list of Time magazine’s Best Inventions for creations “that are changing how we live, work, play and think about what’s possible,” the publication said. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/4-israeli-in...

Coalition parties want even stronger curbs on the judiciary in the next Knesset, while the opposition seeks to repeal judicial overhaul laws and fortify the bodies that oversee the government. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/a-voters-gui...

Farah Bdour: "The danger is that deteriorating relations will eventually undermine security cooperation." Bdour is a Jordanian political analyst and conflict resolution specialist. *The Blogs are contributed by third parties and don't necessarily reflect views of ToI. Read more on The Blogs.

David Horovitz: "Israel needs a government led by a prime minister who will dependably place Israel’s interests above his own. Netanyahu cannot be part of the healing process. It is Netanyahu from whom we must be healed." Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/for-israels-...

Prewar attempts to reform the judiciary led to an unprecedented Israeli-led protest movement in US, which pivoted to hostage advocacy after Oct. 7. Now it is pushing some 50,000 expats to fly in and vote. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/israelis-fly...

With a week to go before a closely fought election, it seems Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is treading lightly on the settler attacks in order to avoid alienating political allies whose support he will need after the ballots are counted. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/settler-viol...

Ruby Chen: “Israel must become an issue that does not divide Republicans and Democrats.” *The posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties, and don't necessarily reflect the views of The Times of Israel.

The Israeli military began to vote in the national election on Wednesday, just under a week before the rest of the country, to enable troops stationed in remote locations and inside enemy territory to cast their ballots. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-sold...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to carry out strikes against Iran earlier this month, but US President Donald Trump opposed reigniting the fighting before the US midterm elections. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-pl...

As Israel heads into its first election since 2022, the October 7 attack, ensuing wars and an ongoing fight over accountability have weighed heavily on Israelis deciding who they will vote for. 
Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/despite-the-...

In Tuesday's episode of The Daily Briefing, host Amanda Borschel-Dan and editor David Horovitz dive into the possibility that Qatar followed a time-tested spymaster's handbook and was using Jonatan Urich as a mole in the PM's office. Stream the full episode anywhere you get your podcasts.

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday announced the appointment of the first commander of a new Space Division, which will lead the military’s space warfare efforts. Read more on The Times of Israel.

Is Israel’s reputation abroad a policy fix or something deeper? Former PM and FM Yair Lapid, No. 2 on the B’Yachad electoral slate, recently sat down with ToI editor David Horovitz to discuss the upcoming elections, including what his party would do differently from the current government.

A Hamas terrorist who took part in abducting the body of Israeli hostage Shani Louk during the October 7 onslaught was killed in an airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, the military and Shin Bet announced. Find the latest updates on The Times of Israel.

Videos of young Israelis singing "Song for Peace," known as "Shir LeShalom" in Hebrew, at the InDNegev festival in Southern Israel have gone viral. The song was first performed by Lehakat HaNahal, a military musical unit, in 1969 and became an unofficial anthem for Israel's peace movement.

The fourth season of Netflix series “The Diplomat,” which premiered last week, paid a tribute to the late Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and killed in captivity. Read more on The Times of Israel.

An Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna has made an emergency landing in Sofia, Bulgaria, due to a suspected security threat on the flight, according to reports. Find the latest updates on The Times of Israel.

Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine on Saturday underwent surgery on her finger, which was nearly detached from her hand after she was beaten by settlers in the West Bank a day earlier, while hitting out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for casting doubt about the attack. Read on ToI.

US President Donald Trump offers his “complete and total endorsement” of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nine days before Israel’s October 27 election, calling him “a Great Warrior Prime Minister, and an even greater Partner for Peace in combating the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Read more on ToI.

One year after Jewish Currents editor-at-large Arielle Angel called for “new Jewish institutions” that have no attachment to Israel or Zionism, more than 100 Jews crammed into a Victorian house-turned-event space in central Brooklyn in the hopes of creating them. Read more on The Times of Israel.

In this week's A Mandatory Listen, deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan speaks with Prof. Nechumi Yaffe, an ultra-Orthodox woman running for Knesset for the Charedi Public Party (HaTzibur HaCharedi). Stream now on all platforms.

Marking two years since its troops killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the IDF published a letter it says was written by the terror chief’s son, Ibrahim, at the start of the Gaza war, when he was 10 years old. Read more on The Times of Israel.

Young ultra-Orthodox people are leaving Haredi society at a faster rate than expected, according to data published by the research and strategy division of the nonprofit Yotzim L’shinui, which provides resources for Haredim seeking to integrate into broader society. Read more on ToI.

The government conducted a telephone vote to approve transferring just over a billion shekels in budget funds to the Defense Ministry. The NIS 1.03 billion will go toward procuring a squadron of Apache helicopters for the Israeli Air Force. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/government-a...

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One of the biggest wild cards in the upcoming election is the handful of parties currently polling below the electoral threshold that have nevertheless decided to remain in the race. They could draw seats away from other blocs. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/small-partie...