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🏛️ Shas criticizes protest organizers and draft arrests Shas claims: “The people behind the funding of today’s protests are activists from the Kaplan protest movement , who have been joined by extremist elements leading violent and life-threatening demonstrations. These actions do not represent the ultra-Orthodox community.” Shas also accuses the authorities over the resumption of arrests of draft evaders , calling…

🗳️ Cross-pollster analysis finds no synchronized electoral shift Recent Netanyahu-bloc projections range from Channel 12’s 49 seats on October 5 and Kan’s 51 on October 4 to News 13’s 55 on October 7, i24 / Direct Polls’ 60 on October 1 and Channel 14’s 63 on October 7. The comparative polling analysis argues that this 14-seat range reinforces substantial methodological differences between pollsters and is too large…

🗳️ Other polls and weekly comparison Separately, a Zman Yisrael poll gives Eisenkot 24 seats and Netanyahu’s bloc 51, with Winter crossing the threshold. An Israel Hayom poll places the two blocs at 51 each , with Likud down one seat from its previous poll and Winter below the threshold. An i24 poll gives Netanyahu’s bloc 60 seats . Likud and Yashar each drop two seats, leaving their gap unchanged. Winter enters the…

🗳️ Winter’s threshold uncertainty affects coalition arithmetic News 13 gives Winter five seats, while Channel 14 places him at 2.2% , below the 3.25% electoral threshold, though up from 1.7%. Hendel–Zelekha remain below the threshold in both surveys , at 2.9% in News 13 and 1.8% in Channel 14. Both figures improved slightly, but neither list qualifies for representation. Smotrich–Zehut receives seven seats in News…

🗳️ Channel 14 projects a 63-seat Netanyahu majority The October 7 Channel 14 / NEXT DATA poll gives Likud 31 seats, Eisenkot 23, Shas 10, Democrats nine, Bennett eight, UTJ eight, Otzma Yehudit eight, Joint List seven, Religious Zionism–Zehut six, Yisrael Beiteinu five and Ra’am five. Its stated blocs are Netanyahu 63, non-Arab opposition 45 and Arab parties 12 . Netanyahu retains a projected self-contained…

🗳️ News 13 projects Netanyahu’s bloc at 55 seats The October 7 News 13 / HaMadad poll puts Likud and Eisenkot’s Yashar at 20 seats each , followed by Bennett’s Together at 12, Democrats 10, Joint List nine, Yisrael Beiteinu eight, Otzma Yehudit eight, UTJ eight, Shas seven, Religious Zionism–Zehut seven, Ra’am six and Ofer Winter five. The stated blocs are Netanyahu 55, non-Arab opposition 50 and Arab parties 15 .…

⚠️ Iran strike planning and election concerns IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warned senior U.S. officials on Tuesday that resuming the war with Iran within three weeks could force Israel to postpone its October 27 elections , Axios reported. He raised concerns that Iran could retaliate with missile strikes against Israel. His warning followed a U.S. briefing on preparations for renewed military operations against…

🏅 Herzog honors six people who prevented flydubai attack One week after the incident, President Herzog awarded the “President’s Medal for Civilian Bravery” to six men and women who prevented the terrorist attack on a flydubai aircraft. 📲 Join Israel RealTime: https://t.me/Israel_Realtime_Updates

🛡️ Segev Shalom terror plot uncovered The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) uncovered a serious terror plot involving five suspects from Segev Shalom, arrested during May and June 2026 on suspicion of planning terrorist activities and establishing an armed battalion in the town, inspired by militant battalions operating in Judea and Samaria. The cell members planned attacks including a shooting against the Segev…

⚖️ Life sentence for the terrorist who killed Amit Ben Yigal A military court in Samaria on Thursday sentenced Nazmi Abu Bakr to life imprisonment and ordered him to pay more than ₪4 million in compensation for killing Staff Sergeant Amit Ben Yigal during operational activity in Ya’bad on May 12, 2020, the IDF said. Abu Bakr was convicted on May 11, 2026, of intentionally causing death, the equivalent of murder…