The Times of Israel The Daily Edition - Friday, October 30, 2026 - With all votes counted, Netanyahu’s bloc has 53 seats, Eisenkot’s 48, Arab parties 19

Friday, October 30, 2026

Presented by   Israeli election 2026 With all votes counted, Netanyahu’s bloc has 53 seats, Eisenkot’s 48, Arab  parties 19 By ToI Staff Official turnout was 77.9%, with 5,716,665 total votes cast; Central Elections Committee reiterates that investigation into alleged voter fraud ‘will not affect final results’   ‘A win is a win’: Lapid claims opposition victory, urges patience in coalition talks By ToI Staff   Eisenkot vows to advance draft law, Oct. 7 inquiry despite slim coalition prospects By ToI Staff and AFP   Analysis Ben Sales Netanyahu isn’t acting like he won the election. Here’s what that could mean By claiming the election was ‘stolen,’ Netanyahu could be setting himself up for success in a repeat vote. But he might also recognize his days of majority government are ending   Op-ed: Two days after election / Israel’s election yielded a stalemate. Which means Netanyahu won By David Horovitz   Analysis / To build new coalition amid deadlock, Eisenkot, Netanyahu and others may need to break key pledges By Tomer Almagor   Election panel director rejects claims of widespread voter fraud; Shin Bet: Foreign interference probe is ‘limited’ By Ariela Karmel, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff Shin Bet, whose chief had praised vote on election day, stresses suspicions remain unproven and do not implicate Arab voters as a whole; police say no basis for Likud’s claims of stolen election   In big, improbable shift, UTJ said to consider supporting an Eisenkot-led minority government By ToI Staff   Ultra-Orthodox protesters clash with police, block roads over arrest of draft evader By Noam Lehmann, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff   from our sponsor Special post-election briefing: understanding Israel’s election results IDI and ToI experts analyze the most consequential election in Israel’s history on a 92NY panel, explaining which scenarios lie ahead, and what is at stake for Israel’s future   Lazar Focus podcast How Trump could break Israel’s post-election deadlock By Lazar Berman Israelis voted for the first time since Oct. 7, but there is no clear winner. The US president could hold the key to the unity government needed to finish the job in Iran   Live updates LIVE: Mossad said to join probe of alleged foreign influence on vote, including beyond Qatar By ToI Staff IDF says Hamas commander who held a dozen Israelis hostage killed in Gaza airstrike * Liberman reiterates his refusal to join coalition with ‘supporters of terror’   Month after thwarted flydubai attack, Israel issues stringent new rules for all airlines By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel Israeli and foreign airlines alike must submit crew information 48 hours before departure; non-Israeli crew and passengers required to fill out online form before entering country   Israel razes homes of gunmen who carried out deadly Hebron shooting attack By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff Troops separately arrest four terror suspects in Jenin; police launch arson investigation afters settlers reportedly torch Palestinian home   Activists arrested after footage shows settlers beating  them in West Bank By Nurit Yohanan, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff   Czech diplomat, 30, killed after minibus mounts sidewalk, strikes her in Jerusalem By ToI Staff Klára Schneiderová, head of Czech Embassy’s office in Jerusalem, had reportedly arrived in Israel a month earlier; Israel Police detain driver and launch investigation into crash   Bus driver killed in collision with tractor, over 20 passengers wounded, medics say By Noam Lehmann   Top Ops   Ruthie Hollander And salt she became Maybe Mrs. Lot broke the rule and looked back at Sodom out of regret. Or curiosity. Or compassion. I’m sympathetic because I’d have looked back too (Vayera)   Debra Weiner-Solomont Tuesday night at the ICC-Binyanei Hauma: More than counting votes Hundreds of us, with different backgrounds and beliefs, processed election materials in the wee hours, committed to doing our part for democracy     How Trump could break Israel’s post-election deadlock listen to the podcast     Qatari mediators return to Tehran to push for US-Iran peace deal, official says By Reuters and ToI Staff Talks coordinated with Washington, according to official; US said to believe hardline Iranian security council chief Mohsen Rezaei is best placed to head off hostilities   Top US commander briefs Trump on Iran military options as 10 US military transport planes land in Israel By Reuters, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff   Pentagon accuses fired general of leaking classified intel on Iran war to media By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN   Interview Inside the bizarre Nuremberg trial ‘ witness house’ shared by Nazis and Holocaust survivors By Robert Philpot 80 years after conclusion of postwar tribunal, author Natalie Livingstone’s ‘The Nuremberg Women’ chronicles extraordinary cast of characters hosted by a Prussian countess during the trial   Berlin’s far-left mayoral candidate inadvertently admits fear of supporters who back Hamas By ToI Staff Elif Eralp accidentally acknowledges to Der Spiegel that she and her husband are ‘afraid of these people,’ referring to Die Linke supporters with ties to terror groups Hamas, PFLP   Thousands of students, workers protest across Italy amid heavy police presence By Alexandria SAGE and Taimaz SZIRNIKS   International dock workers strike to protest arms shipments, including to Israel By Agencies     Those We Have Lost Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7 Read Here     Chofetz Chaim’s yeshiva reopens for students in Belarus for first time since WWII By Shira Li Bartov Radin Yeshiva, founded in 1869 by Lithuanian Rabbi Yisrael Meir ha-Kohen Kagan, had been converted into a theater after its history was obscured by the Holocaust and Soviet rule   Assailant pleads guilty to hate crimes in deadly antisemitic attack on US hostage rally By Agencies Mohamed Sabry Soliman said to plead guilty to 9 counts of hate-crime offenses, 3 explosives charges in federal court for 2025 firebombing in Colorado; already serving life for murder   Suspect in NYC antisemitic stabbing attacked Jews in 2 other incidents, feds say By Luke Tress   ‘You guys are evil,’ antisemitic heckler shouts at US Jewish comedian By Luke Tress   US license plate dispute drags the meaning of ‘from the river to the sea’ into court By Luke Tress California driver sues state’s department of motor vehicles for revoking her ‘RVRTSEA’ license plate, claiming a violation of 1st Amendment rights   Event for Michigan Republican draws Jewish Democratic megadonor who rejects El-Sayed By Andrew Lapin   El-Sayed distances himself from ad blaming high US grocery bills on Israel ‘killing Palestinians’ By JTA and ToI Staff   Real Estate Israel Israel is building homes at a record pace. So why aren’t prices falling faster? By Zev Stub Record inventory of unsold homes and growing developer discounts point to a cooling market, but experts say data hides demographic realities   Housing snapshot October 2026: Prices continue downward trend By Zev Stub   More Headlines   ZIM vessel sinks in Black Sea after being hit by 3 suicide boat drones; no injuries By Sharon Wrobel, ToI Staff and Agencies   IDF soldier charged with spying for Iran in exchange for cryptocurrency By Emanuel Fabian   World’s largest crypto exchange confirms $6.3 billion hack; analysts blame North Koreans By Thomas URBAIN   UK bars ‘How to Blow up a Pipeline’ author from appearing with Palestine Action co-founder By Yoruk Bahceli   Obituary / Patrick Stewart, legendary actor of ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ fame, dies at 86 By Mark Kennedy   Argentine court ordered antisemitic dictionary entry on the word ‘Jewish’ removed. It’s still there By Juan Melamed   UAE diplomat running for UN chief faces scrutiny on country’s ties to Sudan rebels By Cara Anna   Thai PM revokes chief rabbi’s citizenship over use of US passport – report By ToI Staff   Flour costs rise, egg prices to jump, with Israelis already short on dough By Sharon Wrobel   Lebanon’s Aoun says key issues with Israel remain unresolved after US-mediated talks By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff   Saudis intercept Houthi missiles, blasts heard in Riyadh; 12 reported killed in Yemen By Agencies   Leading independent Russian newspaper shuts down, says Kremlin pressure ‘killed’ it By AFP