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Israel's October Election Estimated to Cost Economy NIS 4 Billion

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Israel's 2026 Knesset Election

487 events
  1. Direct Polls Gives Likud 27 Seats, Five Ahead of Yashar
  2. Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu Says He Would Not Recruit Kaplan Protesters for Combat
  3. Herzog and Opposition Leaders Condemn Smotrich AI Judiciary Video
  4. Israeli Parties Detail Haredi Enlistment and National Service Plans Before Election
  5. Age-Adjusted Survey Puts Yisrael Beytenu at 29% Among Russian Speakers
  6. Religious Zionism Opens Registration for Negev and Galilee Settlement Groups
  7. Israel's October Election Estimated to Cost Economy NIS 4 Billion
  8. High Court Voids Election Panel Approval of Real-Time Voter Tracking
  9. Poll Finds Another Election Narrowly Preferred if No Bloc Reaches 61
  10. Poll Puts Netanyahu Bloc at 50 Seats as Likud Falls to 18
  11. Netanyahu Reportedly Favors Jacob Bardugo for Communications Minister
  12. Ben Gvir Says He Will Seek Defense Ministry in Next Government
  13. Liberman's Formal Plan Keeps Israeli Security Control and Gives Jordan Civil Policing (Updated)

Israel's October 27 election is estimated to cost the economy about NIS 4 billion through lost output, payroll, election administration and party financing. The Manufacturers Association's Economic Research Department calculated NIS 2.68 billion in lost output and payroll from the election-day holiday, using Central Bureau of Statistics employment and wage data. The 2026 elections and party-financing budget line rose after transfers to NIS 1.027 billion, while the Central Elections Committee's routine budget is NIS 111 million. Industry alone is expected to lose NIS 342 million.

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Israel's 2026 Knesset Election

487 events
  1. Direct Polls Gives Likud 27 Seats, Five Ahead of Yashar
  2. Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu Says He Would Not Recruit Kaplan Protesters for Combat
  3. Herzog and Opposition Leaders Condemn Smotrich AI Judiciary Video
  4. Israeli Parties Detail Haredi Enlistment and National Service Plans Before Election
  5. Age-Adjusted Survey Puts Yisrael Beytenu at 29% Among Russian Speakers
  6. Religious Zionism Opens Registration for Negev and Galilee Settlement Groups
  7. Israel's October Election Estimated to Cost Economy NIS 4 Billion
  8. High Court Voids Election Panel Approval of Real-Time Voter Tracking
  9. Poll Finds Another Election Narrowly Preferred if No Bloc Reaches 61
  10. Poll Puts Netanyahu Bloc at 50 Seats as Likud Falls to 18
  11. Netanyahu Reportedly Favors Jacob Bardugo for Communications Minister
  12. Ben Gvir Says He Will Seek Defense Ministry in Next Government
  13. Liberman's Formal Plan Keeps Israeli Security Control and Gives Jordan Civil Policing (Updated)

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