References PRIF Spotlight 15/2026

Israel’s 2026 Elections. October 7 Looms, Domestic Issues Dominate

by Ilai Yaron Levy and Claudia Baumgart-Ochse | To the publication

1 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/forecast/2026/05/07/bibi-on-the-ropes-00910543 

2 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-politics/2026-08-07/ty-article/.premium/yoav-segalovitz-quits-yesh-atid-as-talks-to-join-arab-party-continue/0000019f-db4d-d310-a3df-df4f68300000

3 https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/elections/2026-05-14/ty-article-static/0000019d-f2ad-db6e-ab9f-f7bd1bda0000 

4 https://www.politography.org.il/%d7%a4%d7%a8%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%9e%d7%99%d7%9d/%d7%a1%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d/%d7%a6%d7%99%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a8-%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%9c%d7%99-%d7%99%d7%94%d7%95%d7%93%d7%99/ ; https://en.idi.org.il/articles/24664 

5 Summary Report_ English_Joint Poll 12 Sept 2024.pdf

6 'Reward for terror': PM condemns move by 3 countries to recognize Palestinian state | The Times of Israel

7 https://www.ochaopt.org/content/reported-impact-snapshot-gaza-strip-9-september-2026 ;

https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2026-01-29/ty-article/.premium/0000019c-0606-d163-a3bc-a6f68d2b0000 

8 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168138 

9 https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2026-08-03/ty-article/0000019f-c7e5-d312-a3ff-efed08c30000 

10 https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/magazine/2026-06-30/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019e-d045-d0c0-a59e-fd7572dc0000 

11 https://www.maariv.co.il/elections-2022/article-938745 ; https://www.inss.org.il/he/interview-with-yisrael-beiteinu/; https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2020-06-17/ty-article/.premium/0000017f-f078-d487-abff-f3fedda80000

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14 https://mitvim.org.il/en/publication/the-israeli-foreign-policy-index-of-2026/ 

15 https://mitvim.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/MITVIM_full_poll_2025.pdf; https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publications/giga-focus/gaza-israel-and-german-foreign-policy-view-on-public-opinion

16 https://mei.edu/backgrounder/axis-of-resistance/ 

17 https://www.idi.org.il/articles/51313 

18 https://www.idi.org.il/articles/65469

19 https://yasharwitheisenkot.com/agenda_point/; https://be-yahad.org.il/vaada/ ; https://beytenu.org.il/party-platform/; https://yes.democrats.org.il/

20 https://table.media/berlin/talk-of-the-town/von-der-staatsraeson-zum-wesenskern-in-israel-bemueht-sich-der-kanzler-um-ein-neues-selbstverstaendnis