Knesset Dissolves for October 27 Election in Final Legislative Blitz — October 7 Inquiry Bill Left Unfinished

In the early hours of July 17, 2026, the Knesset voted 62-0 — with support only from Netanyahu's coalition, after opposition boycotts and walkouts — to formally dissolve itself ahead of the October 27, 2026 election. The dissolution motion was attached to a party-financing bill that opposition figure Avigdor Liberman called 'a contemplative attempt to tie the end of the session to increasing party funding.' In the same final blitz, the coalition passed laws extending mandatory IDF service from 30 to 32 months, stripping powers from the attorney general (effective January 2027), expanding gender segregation in academia, temporarily banning arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders, and a Communications Minister-backed media overhaul law passed at midnight. Left unfinished: the Kallner October 7 inquiry bill, which remained stuck after its July 6 first reading and did not advance further before dissolution. Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana called it 'the most challenging' parliament in Israeli history, citing the war and its toll on bereaved and hostage families.