Time of Decisions: Ma'ariv's Election Broadcast on 18.10
Ma'ariv is holding a special election broadcast on October 18, featuring party leaders and candidates for prime minister. The broadcast will focus on pressing security, economic, and social issues, including the war in the Middle East, the cost of living, and the housing crisis. Participants include Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben Gvir, Yoaz Hendel, Mansour Abbas, and Yosef Jabareen.
Ma'ariv will hold a special election broadcast on October 18, 2026, titled "Time of Decisions," bringing together party leaders and candidates for prime minister. The broadcast will focus on key issues on the public agenda: security challenges amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, Israel's political standing in the world, the surge in the cost of living, the housing crisis, and tax policy. Announced participants include: Chairman of the "Yashar" party and former Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, Chairman of the "Together" party and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Chairman of Religious Zionism and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Chairman of Otzma Yehudit and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, Chairman of the Reservists Party Yoaz Hendel, Chairman of Ra'am Mansour Abbas, and Chairman of the Joint List Yosef Jabareen. The broadcast will include discussions on the erosion of the middle class, social gaps, the resilience of the healthcare system, and the future of the education system. The article is an announcement about the planned broadcast, not a report on an event that has occurred.