Netanyahu goes to the polls in 2026: Israeli Prime Minister announces his intention to run again
19 October 12:19
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially confirmed that he intends to run for election again and fight for a new mandate as head of government.
This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to Netanyahu’s statement on Channel 14 on October 18.
When asked by a journalist whether he plans to run for office in the elections scheduled for October 2026, he answered “yes.”
When asked if he was confident of winning, Netanyahu also answered briefly: “Yes, I will win.”
Netanyahu, the leader of the center-right Likud party, already holds the record for the longest tenure as Israeli Prime Minister – more than 18 years in total (with breaks since 1996).
In the last elections in 2022, his bloc of right-wing parties won again after briefly losing power in 2021. At that time, the Likud won 32 seats in the Knesset, with 18 more seats going to its allies from ultra-Orthodox parties and 14 to the Religious Zionism bloc, a record for the far right.
