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Israelis want security as they head to the polls. The question is: who will deliver it?

Israelis are divided over whether three years of war are an argument for Netanyahu or for change

5 min read

October 27, 2026 11:54

A man walks near an electoral billboard for the Yashar party led by Gadi Eisenkot, Israel's former military chief of staff, in Tel Aviv on October 25, 2026 ahead of the legislative election on October 27. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish Education

School report: we need to set benchmarks for Jewish knowledge

Offering a broader curriculum and encouraging GCSE projects can also strengthen Jewish studies

2 min read

October 27, 2026 11:53

Israeli elections

Israel elections 2026 live: Likud claims Arab parties ‘stole’ election and calls for probe into alleged ‘fraud’

Follow the JC for the latest updates, analysis, and results

36 min read

October 27, 2026 11:38

Benjamin Netanyahu at Likud election-night event in Jerusalem (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Israeli elections

‘No indication’ of systematic ballot tampering, say Israeli election authorities after three parties lodge complaints

Yashar, which is leading the polls, alleged a ‘systematic attempt’ to interfere with its voting slips

2 min read

October 27, 2026 11:11

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot during an election rally at Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv on October 25, 2026 (Flash90)

RAF Fairford

Two UK nationals charged over RAF Fairford ‘plot to aid Iran’

The men will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later today

1 min read

October 27, 2026 11:10

The main gate of RAF Fairford is pictured on September 27, 2026 (Photo by David Bown/Getty Images)

How did eco-idealists of the 70s descend into Israel-hating Greens of today?

Movement founded half a century ago by environmentalists seems to have betrayed core mission

3 min read

October 27, 2026 10:51

Vote Green sign in Lewes, East Sussex ahead of May local election earlier this year (Getty Images)

Eurovision

Netherlands backs out of Eurovision in apparent U-turn over Israel

The country had previously withdrawn from the contest, but then rejoined before pulling out once more, citing ‘sensitivities’ around the event

1 min read

October 27, 2026 10:50

Joost Klein representing the Netherlands during the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmö Arena, in Malmö, Sweden, on May 9, 2024 (Getty Images)

Israeli elections

Early turnout hits highest level ever in Israeli election

Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has claimed that the surge is located in Arab communites and ‘legt-wing strongholds’

2 min read

October 27, 2026 10:33

Israelis stand in line to cast their ballots at a polling station during on October 27, 2026 (Flash90)

Israeli elections

Cost of living, crime and Knesset representation are Israeli Arab voters’ main concerns, JC vox pop finds

Some said that being an Arab was not the biggest factor when voting

3 min read

October 27, 2026 09:29

Pictures of children killed on October 7 and in the Gaza war adorn a wall in Ajami, an Arab-majority neighbourhood in Jaffa, southern Tel Aviv

Israel

Israelis go to the polls for first election since October 7 attacks

More than seven million people are eligible to vote and tens of thousands have returned home from overseas to have their say

2 min read

October 27, 2026 08:19

Israelis are casting their votes. (Photo John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images)

Greens are no longer a party of peace after ‘Zionism is racism’ motion

Lone Green Councillor in Barnet said the quiet part out loud last week in supporting the dismantling of the State of Israel

2 min read

October 27, 2026 06:00

Pro-Palestine demonstration at Green Party conference in Brighton earlier this month (Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Film

He’s passed the final frontier: Walter Koenig who played Chekov in Star Trek dies at 90

Jewish actor’s Russian navigator was mainstay of the original series and seven feature films

1 min read

October 26, 2026 18:12

Walter Koenig as Chekov (By NBC Television - eBay itemphoto frontphoto back, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19802343)

Israeli elections

‘Just vote against Bibi,’ Garry Kasparov urges Russian-Israelis ahead of Knesset election

The former chess world champion suggested that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s ouster could help Ukraine and weaken the Putin regime in Moscow

2 min read

October 26, 2026 18:10

Russian former chess world champion Garry Kasparov attends the Warsaw Security Forum in Warsaw, Poland, on October 12, 2026 (Getty Images)

USA

‘100 Orthodox families fleeing New York for new Florida Jewish community’ as antisemitism surges

The 550-acre development in the Sunshine State has a kosher supermarket, shul, and a yeshiva

2 min read

October 26, 2026 18:06

An Orthodox Jewish man walking in a street of Williamsburg in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on October 22, 2026. (Photo-CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

LSJS

LSJS names Elaine Robinson as its new chief executive

The principal of Singapore’s Jewish school will return to the UK to take up her new role next autumn

1 min read

October 26, 2026 17:19

Israeli elections

Final polls before 2026 Israeli elections predict coalition deadlock

Gaid Eisenkot retains a comfortable cushion over incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but neither bloc looks set to gain enough seats to form a majority government

2 min read

October 26, 2026 17:11

MKs attend a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset on July 28, 2026 (Flash90)

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