Tuesday, 27 Oct 2026 27 Shawwal 2026 AH Beirut
Home / 🧵 Story
📰 3 sources 6 articles · 27 Oct 2026, 17:30 → 1 hour ago

Requests to extend voting in Israeli legislative elections

The story concerns requests by Israel's Likud party, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Shas movement to extend voting in the Israeli legislative elections beyond 10 p.m. The reports track the timing of these requests without additional details on their outcome.

📍 Where things stand: The announced requests to extend voting remain without further information on whether they were granted.

⏱️ Timeline

  1. 27 Oct 2026, 17:30 Israel's Likud party announced that it had submitted a request to extend the voting period beyond 10 p.m., without further details about the voting context or the organizing body.
  2. 27 Oct 2026, 17:38 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested extending the voting period in the legislative elections beyond 10 p.m., according to Lebanon ON.
  3. 27 Oct 2026, 18:05 The Israeli website Walla reported that the Shas movement submitted a request to extend voting hours after the Likud party, without further details.
Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

⚠️ Sources disagree

Actor that requested voting extension
  • Likud party submitted a request to extend the voting period according to lebanon debate
  • Benjamin Netanyahu requested extending the voting period according to Lebanon ON
Figures as each outlet reported them at the time. We do not judge which is correct; numbers often change as events develop.
lebanon debateLebanon ONالمترجم احمد المقادمة

📰 All coverage

📅 2026-10-27
المترجم احمد المقادمة 18:33
Zeev Rubinstein: Decision at 8 PM on Extending Elections by One Hour
Zeev Rubinstein's Hebrew page reported that at exactly 8 PM a decision will be made on whether to extend the elections by one hour.
lebanon debate 18:21
Israeli Channel 12: Shas and Jewish Power join Likud's request to extend voting until after 10 p.m.
Israeli Channel 12 reported that the Shas movement and the Jewish Power party joined Likud's request to extend voting until after 10 p.m., in a procedural development related to a …
lebanon debate 18:16
"Haaretz": Yesh Atid Party Led by Eisenkot Refuses to Extend Voting, Says Netanyahu Is Paving the Way to Claim Election Integrity Was Harmed
Haaretz reported that the Yesh Atid party led by Gadi Eisenkot refused to extend voting, saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is paving the way to claim that election inte…
lebanon debate 18:05
Israeli Walla site: Shas movement submitted a request to extend voting hours after Likud party
The Israeli Walla site reported that the Shas movement submitted a request to extend voting hours after the Likud party, without additional details.
Lebanon ON 17:38
Netanyahu requests extending voting in legislative elections until after 10 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested extending the voting period in the legislative elections until after 10 pm, according to Lebanon ON.
lebanon debate 17:30
Israeli Likud Party: We submitted a request to extend the voting period until after 10 pm
The Israeli Likud Party announced that it submitted a request to extend the voting period until after 10 pm, without additional details about the context of the vote or the organiz…