Politics & Diplomacy

Israel election commission blocks Netanyahu party voting extension bid

Times of Palestine6h ago

Published Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · 20:30 Jerusalem time

Politics & Diplomacy

Graphic: Times of Palestine

TOP News Brief

By the Times of Palestine Newsdesk · 1 min read

The Newsdesk gathers reporting from wire services and primary sources and rewrites every story in-house before publication. How our journalism is made →

Israel's Central Elections Committee rejected a request by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party to extend voting hours beyond 10 p.m. local time, Middle East Eye reported. The committee made the decision on Tuesday, denying the Likud party's bid to keep polls open longer.

Details on Netanyahu's reasoning for the extension request were not immediately available. The vote proceeded under standard closing time procedures.