Israeli legislative election and Netanyahu’s politics of enmity

Tugce Ersoy Ceylan is a professor of International Relations at Izmir Katip Celebi University in Türkiye.

Israel is heading to a legislative election on Oct. 27. This election marks the first time since 1988 that a Knesset has completed its full four-year term. It is worth noting that the survival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition — comprising far-right, ultra-Orthodox, and religious Zionist parties — was driven less by popular domestic policies and more by the regional war that erupted in Gaza following Oct. 7, 2023.

As soon as the election date was finalized, Netanyahu wasted no time launching his campaign.

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