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JNS LIVE: 2026 Israel elections coverage

Who will secure the 61 seats needed to govern Israel, and what will the election mean for the country’s future?

Join JNS for four hours of live election-night coverage, featuring expert analysis, interviews, reporting from party headquarters and real-time exit poll results.

JNS CEO Alex Traiman leads a distinguished panel featuring senior contributing editor Ruthie Blum; JNS Israel managing editor Ariel Kahana; former director of Israel’s Government Press Office Daniel Seaman; and Dr. Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs. Other special guests will also be featured.

On the ground, JNS diplomatic correspondent Amelie Botbol reports from Likud headquarters, “Axis of Truth” host Emily Schrader joins from Amcha Yisrael headquarters, while JNS international correspondent Canaan Lidor brings the latest from Yashar.

From coalition politics and national security to U.S.-Israel relations, JNS delivers the analysis and reporting behind the results.

Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 8 p.m. to midnight Israel (2 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET)

LIVE exit polls at 10 p.m. Israel (4 p.m. ET).

“You’ve got the Republican Party that is obviously trending in a dangerous direction and you’ve got the Democratic Party that is trending in a dangerous direction,” a Democratic consultant and strategist told JNS.
“If I can go vote, all of you can,” said Rom Braslavski, who was held captive in the Gaza Strip for 738 days.
A thousand people reportedly attended the Shamash Museum’s opening day.
“I never thought that in America, in the 21st century, a kid would experience something that I experienced in the Soviet Union in the ’80s,” Michael Novakhov told JNS.