Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe07:37 PM • May 24 2026 IDTDespite a preliminary Knesset vote last week to dissolve the Israeli parliament, no House Committee discussion has been scheduled to advance its legislation, increasing the likelihood that elections will be held on their original date, October 27, with sources saying that ultra-Orthodox parties are also inclined to accept the timeline favored by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.In the NewsFormer Israeli Soldier Dies by Suicide in Miami at Age 23Knesset Dissolution Stalls After ultra-Orthodox Parties Yield to NetanyahuIsraeli Strikes Kill Four in Lebanon as Hezbollah Fire on Israel ContinuesIsrael Rebukes Spain Over Police Treatment of Deported Gaza Flotilla Activists'There's Netanyahu Every Day, Dude': How Bibi Became a Global PunchlineRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla ActivistsThe Most Consequential Republican Primary for Israel Is Happening in KentuckyUnmoved by Trump's Ticking Clock, Iran Forms a New Reality in the Persian Gulf`'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonWorld Leaders Summon Israeli Envoys Over Ben-Gvir Gaza Flotilla Activists VideoOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but Truth
Knesset dissolution stalls after ultra-Orthodox parties yield to Netanyahu
To Bring Elections Forward to the Date Preferred by ultra-Orthodox Parties, Early September, the Legislation Dissolving the Knesset Must Advance Within a Week. However, Sources in Haredi Parties Told Haaretz They, Too, Have Concluded That Such a Move Is Unlikely














