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Election
Night Live

Israel votes. We go live five minutes before the polls close.

21:55
Israel
19:55
London
15:55
New York
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The line-up

  • Illustrated portrait of Jonathan Freedland

    Jonathan Freedland

    Host

  • Illustrated portrait of Ruth Margalit

    Ruth Margalit

    The New Yorker

  • Illustrated portrait of Matti Friedman

    Matti Friedman

    Journalist & author

  • Illustrated portrait of Anshel Pfeffer

    Anshel Pfeffer

    Journalist

Illustrated portrait of Michal Porat

Michal Porat

Executive producer

Brings in instant results and voices from social media and the streets of Israel as the night unfolds.

What to expect

The numbers will tell us who won. The conversation is about what it means.

Polls close at 22:00 Israel time (20:00 London, 16:00 New York). While Yonit Levi anchors Channel 12's election coverage, Jonathan Freedland hosts Unholy live, reading the exit polls the moment they are published and explaining what they mean: who can build a government, what Israelis were voting for, and how the world will read the result.

This is the first election since October 7, and the first time since 1988 that a Knesset has served its full term.

Questions go in the YouTube chat. We will take a few live.

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The stream starts at 21:55 Israel time on Tuesday 27 October. Set a reminder on YouTube and it will notify you when we go live.

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