Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026According to organizers, 'the conference dates were set to leverage the fact that many Israelis will in any case be coming for the election' – but it is just as likely that the dates were intended to encourage Israeli academics based overseas to exercise their right to voteShare 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 formatSubscribeLior Dattel12:22 AM • July 15 2026 IDTDozens of academic conferences are scheduled to take place across Israel in the final week of October, as thousands of Israeli researchers living abroad are expected to attend – and likely to take time out to vote on Election Day, October 27.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel educationJewish DiasporaIsraeli politicsScience & TechnologyIsraeli electionsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel NewsIranMahmoud AhmadinejadLindsey GrahamHamasDavid ZiniRo KhannaIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastExpats to Flood Israel During Election Week for Dozens of Academic ConferencesIsrael's Foreign Minister Soldiers on Against the Army He LeadsIdentity on Trial: Why Must Palestinians in Israel Keep Proving Themselves?Haaretz CartoonPolice Arrest Crime Family Boss Over Grenade Attacks on Sushi ChainRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderThe Original Tradwives of Ancient RomeEgypt Lost the World Cup. But Was the Referee Really Jewish?Made in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding IsraelRo Khanna, U.S. Lawmaker & Israel Critic, Says West Bank Settlers 'Detained' HimRahm Emanuel Wants to Save Israel. But Are Israelis Listening?