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Overview
- Stories
- 21
- of 1,040 stories, Aug 14 – Oct 19, 2026
- Figures named
- 19
- Members of the Knesset, former members and judges
- Most named in these stories
- Bezalel Smotrich
- 17 stories
- Most often together
- Benjamin Netanyahu and Bezalel Smotrich
- 9 stories
The stories
21 matching stories, newest first.
Named in these stories
Each figure's stories, most first, with their stories week by week beside them. Choose a name to see the stories.
- Bezalel SmotrichReligious Zionism17 storiesProfile Bezalel Smotrich
Benjamin NetanyahuLikud9 storiesProfile Benjamin Netanyahu- Itamar Ben-GvirOtzma Yehudit9 storiesProfile Itamar Ben-Gvir
- Simcha RothmanReligious Zionism3 storiesProfile Simcha Rothman
- Noam SohlbergJudiciary3 storiesProfile Noam Sohlberg
- Gadi EisenkotFormer member of the Knesset2 storiesProfile Gadi Eisenkot
- Ya'akov AsherUnited Torah Judaism2 storiesProfile Ya'akov Asher
Tally GotlivLikud2 storiesProfile Tally Gotliv- Zvi SukkotReligious Zionism2 storiesProfile Zvi Sukkot
Benny GantzNational Unity (Blue and White)1 storyProfile Benny Gantz- Mansour AbbasRa'am (United Arab List)1 storyProfile Mansour Abbas
Yair LapidYesh Atid1 storyProfile Yair Lapid- Naama LazimiLabor / The Democrats1 storyProfile Naama Lazimi
- Orit StrookReligious Zionism1 storyProfile Orit Strook
- Meirav CohenYesh Atid1 storyProfile Meirav Cohen
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- Daphne Barak-ErezJudiciary1 storyProfile Daphne Barak-Erez
- Isaac AmitJudiciary1 storyProfile Isaac Amit
- Moshe GafniUnited Torah Judaism1 storyProfile Moshe Gafni
- Gali Baharav-MiaraJudiciary1 storyProfile Gali Baharav-Miara
Who appears together
The figures named in the same stories most often.
- Benjamin Netanyahu and Bezalel Smotrich9 stories
- Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir8 stories
- Benjamin Netanyahu and Itamar Ben-Gvir6 stories
- Noam Sohlberg and Bezalel Smotrich3 stories
- Bezalel Smotrich and Ya'akov Asher2 stories
- Itamar Ben-Gvir and Tally Gotliv2 stories
- Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot1 story
- Benny Gantz and Mansour Abbas1 story
- Benny Gantz and Simcha Rothman1 story
- Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid1 story
- Gadi Eisenkot and Mansour Abbas1 story
- Gadi Eisenkot and Simcha Rothman1 story
By party
Stories that name at least one member of each Knesset faction. Former members and judges are counted apart.
- Religious Zionism21 stories
- Likud11 stories
- Otzma Yehudit9 stories
- Judiciary3 stories
- Former members2 stories
- Yesh Atid2 stories
- United Torah Judaism2 stories
- National Unity (Blue and White)1 story
- Ra'am (United Arab List)1 story
- Labor / The Democrats1 story
By topic
The news category of each story.
- Campaign21 stories
How these figures work
Every story on this site lists the people in it: the members of the Knesset and judges directly involved, and any a reader needs to know about to follow it, at most six. Only people with a profile on this site are listed, so foreign leaders and other public figures are not counted.
A member counts for the Knesset faction they sit in today, and so does a minister who gave up their seat under the Norwegian Law. Other members who have left the Knesset are counted together as former members, and judges under the judiciary. A story counts once for a party however many of its members it names.
A story counts for a country when its English text names the country or its people, as in Iran or Iranian. Israel, Gaza, and Judea and Samaria are not counted, nor are places in Israel named after a country, such as the Jordan Valley or French Hill, or Israelis described by their family's country of origin.
Stories are dated by the day in Israel they report, and the people in each story have been listed since Aug 14, 2026. Every published story is counted within minutes.