Israeli elections on October 27 will center on a contest between two major blocs

Israeli voters will go to the polls on October 27 to elect members of the 120-seat Knesset. While 33 parties are competing, the election functions as a struggle between two primary coalitions rather than a competition between individual parties.

Constitutional lawyer and central election committee member Harel Arnon stated that the decisive factor will be which bloc secures enough seats to form a government majority. One bloc is led by Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party, while the opposing bloc is led by former general Gadi Eisenkot. Arnon noted that the current political system is highly polarized and lacks the centrist parties that previously acted as bridge-builders between factions.