Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026Netanyahu pleaded with right-wing voters not to back smaller parties that could 'bring the left to power,' invoking the 1992 election and post-Oslo terror wave. Yair Golan: More Israelis were killed on October 7 alone than from 1993 to 2005Share 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 formatSubscribeHaaretz05:25 PM • August 24 2026 IDTPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urged potential supporters not to vote for small parties at Likud's expense, claiming the outcome could mirror the early 1990s. "We paid for it with thousands killed," he said.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Benjamin NetanyahuGadi EisenkotCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesAltalenaE1SyriaWest BankNetanyahuGazaMansour AbbasPollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With IsraelIsraeli Election Committee Overrules AG, Lets Ben-Gvir Attend Police ConfabIsraeli Airline Israir Clears Last Hurdle to Fly to New York20 Marvel Stars Call for Marwan Barghouti's Release From Israeli JailDreaming of a Pragmatic West Asia From an Ideological Middle EastRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?AIPAC's Last-minute Spending Spree Fails to Block California Progressive