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 formatSubscribe07:24 PM • August 19 2026 IDTDespite his best efforts, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps bumping his head on a polling glass ceiling that refuses to crack. His Likud party is stuck in the low twenties in projected Knesset seats, a far cry from the 32 seats it won in 2022, and his coalition bloc is being overtaken by the opposition camp – led by Gadi Eisenkot – which is nudging the magic parliamentary majority number of 61 seats.In the NewsNetanyahu's Plan to Pulp the Middle EastPolice Allow Right-wing Activist in Uniform to Police Anti-gov't ProtestsGermany's Merz Condemns Ben-Gvir as His Allies Say Sanctions 'Long Overdue'Three Israeli Arab Parties Announce Joint Slate Ahead of Knesset ElectionA Few Good Women: Photos of Israelis Protesting the War While Most Stay SilentRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIShe's the Superstar of the Israeli Left, and She Wants PowerIsrael Police Say Missing Israeli Mother and Daughter Found in ArgentinaIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids Expand'We're Not Nazis. This Isn't an Extermination Machine as During the Holocaust'So Will It Be a Problem if Miriam Adelson Flies to Israel to Vote?Reality Check: As the Election Nears, Haaretz Debunks Israeli Politicians' Biggest Lies