News Flash August 20, 2026
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Democrats: This election is about Oct. 7, the war, and Netanyahu's "coup"
Democrats party candidate Eran Etzion says Prime Minister Netanyahu and others are trying to reframe what is at stake in the October 27 Knesset election. Etzion, a former deputy head of the National Security Council, spoke with KAN's David Ze'ev. (Photo: Democrats party leader Yair Golan looks out on southern Lebanon. Ayal Margolin/Flash90) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bennett, Lapid: Forming a government without haredi and Arab parties
MK Moshe (Kinley) Tur-Paz says his B'Yachad party, headed by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, would not sit in a government coalition with Binyamin Netanyahu, nor with haredi and Arab parties. His hopes rest upon an October 27 election result that would grant a combined majority in the 120-seat Knesset to B'Yachad, Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party, Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu, and Yair Golan's…
News Flash August 19, 2026
IDF releases findings of probes into five Gaza war incidents. Israel says Syria airbase strike was to thwart deployment of Turkish forces. New KAN election poll shows Eisenkot's Yashar party edging ahead of Netanyahu's Likud by one seat See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Documenting how Australian Jews have been cancelled since October 7
A documentary titled "Cancelled" is the story of Australian Jewish artists who have been cancelled in their own country since October 7, 2023. The producer and director of the documentary, Danny Ben-Moshe, spoke with KAN's David Ze'ev. (Photo: Pro-Palestinian protesters in Adelaide, Australia/Reuters) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
News Flash August 18, 2026
Top 4 in Likud primary: Eli Cohen, Amir Ohana, Yariv Levin, Miri Regev. Pm says he is pleased. IDF finds body of Yehuda Katz in Lebanon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Is the PM really happy with the new Likud list?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is very pleased with the results of the Likud primaries. Eli Cohen came top , followed by Amir Ohana, Yariv Levin and Miri Regev. Ministers Ze'ev Elkin, Gila Gamliel, May Golan, Idit Silman and Avi Dichter are likely not to make it into the next Knesset. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke about the Likud primaries with Dr Ilana Shpaizman from the Department of…
"Safe for Jews"
Amid these hostile times for Israelis, and Jews in general, in various countries, a platform was set up called "Safe for Jews," founded by Shay Yaish, who explains to KAN's David Ze'ev about how it works. (Photo: Vigil for victims of the Yom Kippur attack at a Manchester, England synagogue in 2025/Reuters) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dead heat in latest Knesset election poll
The latest KAN election poll ahead of the Knesset ballot in October shows that the Likud has weakened by a seat to 23, the same number as Yashar, headed by Gadi Eisenkot. Dudi Hasid, general manager of the Kantar company, and pollster for KAN, breaks down the numbers with KAN's David Ze'ev. (Photo: Gadi Eisenkot ponders in the Knesset plenum in 2022. Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) See…
News Flash August 17, 2026
Netanyahu's Likud party holds primary for Knesset election. Wall Street Journal reports on "Iran's secret plan to escalate the war." After talks with Hamas in Cairo, Jared Kushner meets Netanyahu in Israel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.