A webinar on the outcomes of the 2026 Israeli elections and how key events in the period leading up to Election Day influenced voter behavior and overall results.
Monday, November 2, 202611:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Pacific Time)Webinar
11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern / 19:00 UK / 21:00 Israel
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Organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Middle East Development.
About the Event
In this presentation, Professor Tamar Hermann will offer first-hand insights into the outcomes of the 2026 Israeli elections through the lens of public opinion data and trends. The talk will explore the unique characteristics of this electoral cycle and examine how key events in the period leading up to Election Day influenced voter behavior and overall results. Prof. Hermann will provide an initial demographic and political breakdown of voting patterns, followed by a forward-looking analysis of what these results signify for Israel’s short- and medium-term future. Specifically, the presentation will address the shifting balance of power between the liberal and national-religious-conservative blocs, assessing its broader implications for both Israeli domestic policy and foreign relations.
About the Speakers
Tamar Hermann is a political science professor, the Academic Director of the Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Open University of Israel Academic Press. A senior authority on Israeli public opinion, political culture, and civil society, she regularly conducts national surveys on key societal and political issues in Israel.
Dr. Elizabeth Stein (moderator) is Deputy Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Dr. Stein's research examines Israel-diaspora relations, focusing on political attitudes and behaviors of American, French, and Canadian Jews with regard to Israel, and different patterns in how they organize politically on the topics of Israel, their government’s foreign policymaking toward Israel, and antisemitism. Her most recent research focuses on geographical patterns in American Jews’ donations to the PACs of Israel-focused political advocacy organizations across the political spectrum. Elizabeth is developing her dissertation—which was awarded Honorable Mention by the International Studies Association’s International Relations and Religion section—into a manuscript for NYU Press.
Dr. Stein holds degrees from McGill University (BA, Political Science), Haifa University (M. Sc) and Queen’s University, Canada (PhD, Political Studies).
DISCLAIMER: The views or opinions of our guest speakers and the content of their presentations do not necessarily reflect the views of the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Hosting speakers does not constitute an endorsement of the speaker's views or opinions.
Sponsor(s): Center for Middle East Development