{"id":662271,"date":"2026-10-31T02:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/662271\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T02:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:12:14","slug":"israel-election-2026-live-updates-bloc-leaders-on-both-sides-hold-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/662271\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Election 2026 live updates: Bloc leaders on both sides hold talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel Election 2026 live updates: Bloc leaders on both sides hold talks | The Jerusalem PostNetanyahu meets Ben-Gvir, Smotrich as opposition leaders hold coalition talks \u2022 Shas’s Deri rules out joining opposition bloc government without Likud as UTJ weighs talksFollow us on Google<\/a><\/p>\n

October 30, 7:05 PM<\/p>\n

PM’s son Yair Netanyahu deems Israeli Arabs ‘greatest danger’ to Israel besides IranThe Prime Minister’s son, Yair Netanyahu, claimed Israel “cannot survive long-term when 20% of its population identifies with its enemies and wants its destruction.”ByAVI SOLOMON<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"YairYair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives for a court hearing on his request for a restraining order against Haaretz journalist Uri Misgav at the Jerusalem Magistrate\u2019s Court in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026.(photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG\/FLASH90)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

October 30, 6:42 PM<\/p>\n

Israel’s opposition must break its promise, rely on Arab parties to oust Netanyahu – opinionThe opposition should stop overthinking, get out of its own way, thank the Arabs for their support, and get on with saving the country.\u00a0ByDAN PERRY<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"Ra'amRa’am head Mansour Abbas stands alongside fellow party member Yoav Segalovitz in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, on Israel\u2019s general election night, October 27, 2026(photo credit: MICHAEL GILADI\/FLASH90)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

October 30, 3:52 PM<\/p>\n

‘We will not sit with supporters of terror’: Liberman says no to coalition with Arab partiesByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n

October 30, 3:30 PM<\/p>\n

Ra’am chairman Mansour Abbas reaches out to Joint List leadersByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n

October 30, 3:07 PM<\/p>\n

Middle Israel: Netanyahu and Eisenkot both lost, but Israel may have emerged the winnerThe opposition had every reason to win by a landslide, but Eisenkot offered no vision beyond replacing a failed government.ByAMOTZ ASA-EL<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"(L-R):(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu(photo credit: MAYA LEVIN, JEWEL SAMAD\/various sources\/AFP via Getty Images)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

October 30, 3:07 PM<\/p>\n

Israel cannot afford another election – its leaders must compromise for unity – opinionWhat matters is who can assemble 61 seats and turn them into a functioning coalition. Neither side can do that right now, but Netanyahu appears to be in the stronger position.ByYAAKOV KATZ<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"PrimePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Likud headquarters following the release of exit polls.(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM\/THE JERUSALEM POST)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

October 30, 11:58 AM<\/p>\n

Netanyahu meets Ben-Gvir, Smotrich as opposition leaders hold coalition talksNetanyahu met Ben-Gvir and Smotrich as opposition leaders held separate talksByANNA BARSKY<\/a>, NAHUM PERRY\"Enlarge\"\"PrimePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attending the Knesset, February 7, 2024; illustrative.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL\/FLASH90)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

October 30, 11:56 AM<\/p>\n

Shas’s Deri rules out joining opposition bloc government without Likud as UTJ weighs talks”We are not in anyone’s bloc,” Maran Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Dov Landau said.ByANNA BARSKY<\/a>, JERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"AryeArye Deri places his ballot on Election Day on October 27, 2026.(photo credit: YAAKOV COHEN)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

October 30, 8:36 AM<\/p>\n

Lapid urges patience as anti-Netanyahu bloc works to form government ByANNA BARSKY<\/a><\/p>\n

October 30, 4:56 AM<\/p>\n

Netanyahu’s chief of staff provided intel. leading to arrests in Ra’am vote bribery case – reportSenior officials told N12 that the election bribery case is unlikely to result in an indictment and that the suspects have explained the source of the money.ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Chief of Staff, Ido Norden.(photo credit: SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT)Go to the full article > ><\/a>Load More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel Election 2026 live updates: Bloc leaders on both sides hold talks | The Jerusalem PostNetanyahu meets Ben-Gvir,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[147752,273347,49,13135,955,85,46,58195,837,24954,14406,21141,953,43,35648,238,101650,62534,68793,268648,110220],"class_list":["post-662271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-2026-israeli-elections","tag-byachad","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-democrats","tag-gadi-eisenkot","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-elections-2026","tag-itamar-ben-gvir","tag-joint-list","tag-knesset","tag-likud","tag-naftali-bennett","tag-news","tag-otzma-yehudit","tag-politics","tag-raam","tag-shas","tag-united-torah-judaism","tag-yashar-party","tag-yisrael-beytenu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}