The elections were a referendum on eternal war. The right lost

An opinion piece on 'Local Call' argues that the 2026 Knesset elections were a referendum on Netanyahu's 'eternal war' project, and that the right lost it. The author notes that the right-wing bloc lost 11 seats but received more absolute votes than in 2022, while the change bloc grew by 329,000 votes. He analyzes the slogan 'Right or Palestine' and notes that 59% of change bloc voters prefer a government with Ra'am.

An opinion piece on the 'Local Call' website argues that the 2026 Knesset elections were a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu's 'eternal war' project, and that the right lost this referendum. The author notes that the entire right-wing bloc lost 11 seats and Likud lost five, but in absolute numbers the right-wing bloc received about 90,000 more votes than in 2022, an increase of just over 2%. In contrast, the change bloc parties received about 329,000 more votes. The author claims that the shift from the right-wing camp to the change camp was only 1.2%, according to Prof. Eran Halperin of the Accord Institute. The article analyzes Netanyahu's election slogan 'Right or Palestine' as turning the elections into an existential issue, and notes that Arab voters understood exactly what was at stake, with turnout soaring to 80%. The author argues that change bloc voters also said 'no' to eternal war, even if they did not phrase it explicitly, and that a poll by the Accord Institute shows that 59% of change bloc voters prefer a government that includes Ra'am.