Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026Share 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 formatSubscribeA banner for Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party in Jerusalem. The slogan, borrowing from a 2010 pop song, reads "He who believes doesn't fear." Credit: Itay Cohen The people preparing the far-right Otzma Yehudit party for Israel's October 27 vote include a lawyer who once killed a Palestinian, a rapper investigated by the Justice Ministry and a serial provocateur who loves harassing IsraelisJosh Breinerand Bar PelegSeptember 07, 2026A building in the industrial zone in the central city of Lod. That modest venue is where the campaign staff of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party has been meeting for the past month in the run-up to the October 27 general election.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Itamar Ben-GvirOtzma YehuditIsraeli electionsIsrael policeIsraeli politicsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesNetanyahu October 7U.K. sanctionsIran-U.S.EisenkotPISABen-GvirGazaIsrael ElectionHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNetanyahu Tries to Run From Oct. 7, Making His Culpability a Key Election IssueIran Launches Heavy Overnight Attacks on Ships in Gulf, Missiles at JordanU.K. Heralds New Reality That Won't End With NetanyahuNetanyahu's Likud Party Files Knesset Slate, Includes PM's Handpicked CandidatesFor Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Voting Has Become an Expression of FearRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Got an Explicit Warning Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Security Chiefs'Piece of Shit': U.S. Senator Urges Ben-Gvir Ban After Emaciated Prisoner VideoThink Bibi Is Bad? Meet Sara NetanyahuIMDb Replaces the Name Israel With 'The Occupied Palestinian Territories'Water Crisis Triggered by Gaza's Ruin: Israel Is Paying the Price of DestructionWhat Did Netanyahu Really Do on the Morning of October 7?