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Israeli Political Maneuvering and Public Opinion

Monday, July 13, 2026
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Israeli Political Maneuvering and Public Opinion

The Israeli government is pushing for another election. October 27, 2026. That’s the last date they can legally hold it. Haaretz reported that if they stick to this timeline, Netanyahu’s government will have completed a full term.

But there’s a lot of anger simmering underneath all that political maneuvering. It’s about failures. Failures leading up to October 7th, 2023. That attack started the war in Gaza. The Knesset has to dissolve by July 15th anyway. End of summer session. Just another deadline ticking down.

Netanyahu himself is talking about what he wants for this next run. He says he intends to build something broad. Not just right-wing, not left-wing leaning on Arab parties. He wants a national government focused on security. Making the fights against Iran and Hezbollah the main thing. A pivot away from that fragile ideological mess.

That idea, though, hit immediate resistance inside his own camp. It wasn't smooth sailing there at all. The far-right National Security Minister, Ben Gvir, shot down those remarks. He called them very disturbing. Said the government should be fully right-wing.

Meanwhile, other figures are starting to move. Gadi Eisenkot, the former military chief the one who lost a son in Gaza and talks about that "Dahiyeh doctrine" he’s gaining traction in opinion polls. People are looking at him as an outsider. A soldier. Someone with real sacrifice, very different from Netanyahu's decades in power and those lingering corruption shadows.

As Israelis get ready to vote for the first time since all that trauma Hamas, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran the mood is shifting. Opinion polls suggest a lot of people are turning against the incumbents now. It’s heavy.

Public feeling about the war with Iran, that whole thing Israel and the US got going in February? That ceasefire negotiation excluded Israel entirely. An aGreement between Tehran and Washington that many Israelis just didn't buy into. It felt deeply unfavorable to them.

A recent poll from Hebrew University of Jerusalem really shows this fracture. Over ninety-two percent of Israelis believe Iran won that conflict. And support for Netanyahu? It dropped hard. From forty-point-five in March down to nearly thirty in June. The gap is widening fast.

Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board

Gree News Team covers international news and global affairs at Gree News. Our collective of senior editors is dedicated to providing independent, accurate, and responsible journalism for a global audience.

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