2021 Election

The lists are in, and now voters have to decide for whom to cast ballots on March 23.

Having realized his divisive rhetoric is pushing away voters and an end to the pandemic won’t be coming anytime soon, Netanyahu is shifting gears in his campaign.

The Religious Zionist and Otzma Yehudit parties call on the moderate Habayit Hayehudi to join them ahead of presenting the final slate to the Central Election Committee. The merger will "maximize the chance that a right-wing government will be formed," party leaders say.

Most of the small and sectorial parties are not expected to cross the four-seat electoral threshold. Hawkish national-religious parties may find themselves out of parliament, and most political newcomers cannot seem to gain momentum.

Despite potentially winning 29 seats in the March elections, Channel 13 News projects Likud will be unable to form a government as the right-wing bloc will secure 44 Knesset seats while the  Center-Left would have 66 mandates.

Can Merav Michaeli redeem Israel's oldest political party and make it a force to be reckoned with again? Supporters are hopeful.

The prime minister knows that if he wants to stick around at the PM’s office for a few more years, he has to ensure Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionist party makes it into the Knesset. In recent days, the premier has done everything in his power to ensure that happens.

A survey by Channel 12 News projects 30 Knesset seats for Likud, 17 for Yesh Atid. Recent shakeups in the Left see the Israelis party fail to cross the electoral threshold.

Ultra-Orthodox party Noam is known for its anti-LGBTQ, anti-Reform positions. Polls projected an independent Knesset bid by either would fail; it is unclear whether merger will push them over electoral threshold.