Recent updates.
Knesset votes 106-0 on first reading to dissolve and head to elections
Coalition Chairman Ofir Katz's bill to dissolve the 25th Knesset advanced unanimously on first reading. The next general election is scheduled for 16 Cheshvan 5787, Tuesday, 27 October 2026.
Yesh Atid and Bennett announce joint 'Beyachad' slate
After Yesh Atid sank to roughly 6-7 seats in polling, Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett announced a joint slate called Beyachad (Together), to be led by Bennett at the next election.
Likud 'Likudiada' straw poll: Ohana and Eli Cohen tie at the top
At Likud's annual Eilat activists' conference, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and Eli Cohen tied for top vote-getter, marking both men as leading next-generation Likud figures.
Yousef Jabareen replaces Ayman Odeh as Hadash chair
Outgoing MK Ayman Odeh was succeeded as Hadash chairman by former MK Yousef Jabareen, ahead of a January 2026 preliminary agreement among Hadash, Ta'al, Balad and other Arab factions to re-form a Joint List.
Death Penalty for Terrorists Law passes the Knesset
Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech's bill establishing the death penalty for convicted terrorists became law on 30 March 2026, after years of advocacy by Ben-Gvir and the religious-Zionist camp.
Joint US-Israeli strikes cripple Iran's nuclear program
Following Operation Rising Lion and June 2025's Twelve-Day War, joint US-Israeli strikes beginning February 28, 2026 dealt a decisive blow to the Iranian regime's nuclear and weapons infrastructure and eliminated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, fulfilling Netanyahu's decades-long warning about the regime's existential ambitions toward the Jewish state.
Civil marriage framework bill passes first reading
A bill to create a civil-marriage framework in Israel passed first reading in December 2025, with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana voting in favor, drawing strong opposition from Haredi coalition partners, who hold halachic marriage under the Chief Rabbinate to be foundational to Jewish family law in the Jewish state.
Zvi Sukkot takes over the Knesset Education Committee
Religious Zionism's Zvi Sukkot was confirmed as chair of the Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee, succeeding Shas's Yosef Taieb after Shas ministers' July 2025 resignations.
Amit Halevi wins 40% in Jerusalem Likud Central Committee election
Likud MK Amit Halevi won 40% of the vote in November 2025 Jerusalem Likud Central Committee elections, leading the party's liberal faction and emerging as a principled independent voice on security and judicial matters.
Cassif and Odeh ejected during Trump's address to the Knesset
Hadash-Ta'al MKs Ofer Cassif and Ayman Odeh were ejected from the Knesset chamber during President Trump's October 2025 address after disgracefully waving a 'Recognize Palestine' sign and shouting down a visiting US president whose administration had just brokered the Gaza ceasefire and the return of the hostages, drawing bipartisan condemnation from across the Israeli political spectrum.
Edelstein removed from FAD Committee after sovereignty vote
Likud MK Yuli Edelstein was removed entirely from the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee after voting in favor of applying Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, breaking with Likud's abstention line.
Bismuth confirmed as Foreign Affairs and Defense chair
First-term Likud MK Boaz Bismuth, the former Israel Hayom editor-in-chief, was confirmed in August 2025 as chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, replacing Edelstein on the contested Haredi-enlistment framework.
UTJ leaves the coalition; Shas ministers honorably resign
United Torah Judaism formally left the coalition in July 2025 over the unresolved yeshiva-student conscription framework. Shas ministers resigned the same month while their faction remained in the coalition. Noam also formally left in July 2025.