Israeli parties submit slates for October Knesset elections

Israeli political parties submitted their lists for the October 27 Knesset elections before Tuesday’s deadline.Published On 9 Sep 20269 Sep 2026Israeli political parties have submitted their slates for the Knesset elections on October 27.Israeli media reported that 38 candidate lists were submitted to the Central Elections Committee before Tuesday’s deadline.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel’s war leaves Lebanon’s schools balancing students and the displacedlist 2 of 3What ‘right’ and ‘left’ mean in Israel todaylist 3 of 3Israeli academia accused of systemic apartheid against Palestiniansend of listThe candidate lists will be finalised on September 27 after the committee reviews them.The last parties to submit their slates included the governing Likud party, led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party. The Joint List, a political alliance of Arab-majority parties, also submitted its list on Tuesday.Likud’s list includes 35 candidates, led by Netanyahu and followed by Energy Minister Eli Cohen, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, and Justice Minister Yariv Levin.Israel’s leading opposition party, Yashar...