Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is secretly plotting to outright cancel or indefinitely postpone Israel’s scheduled October 2026 elections to avoid losing power—and the prison sentence awaiting him on corruption charges—according to explosive insider claims from Israeli lawmaker Ofer Cassif.
Cassif, a Jewish member of Hadash party and one of the Knesset’s most outspoken critics, says he has direct knowledge of the scheme: Netanyahu is using the ongoing U.S.-backed war on Iran as cover to manipulate the electoral calendar, potentially scrapping the vote entirely if his coalition’s polling falters or if the conflict drags on.
In a damning RT interview, Cassif blew the whistle: “Netanyahu is terrified of prison… He knows that once he loses political power, he may rapidly find himself behind bars because of the trial pending against him.”
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Cassif’s accusations paint a chilling picture of democratic sabotage. Israel’s next Knesset elections are legally mandated by October 27, 2026—but amid escalating strikes on Iran and a “rally ’round the flag” surge in public support, Netanyahu allegedly eyes a path to subvert them.
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While some Likud insiders float advancing the vote to June or July to capitalize on wartime “victory,” Cassif warns the real plan is darker: fabricate or prolong threats to justify emergency measures, delay indefinitely, or cancel outright under the guise of national security.
He lied last June after the first strikes, declaring ‘historic victory’ over Iran’s nuclear and missile programs—only to resurrect the same phantom threats now,” Cassif charged. “This aggression has nothing to do with real security. It’s about economic and political interests, including Netanyahu’s personal desperation to declare early elections—or avoid them—and pose as Israel’s savior against Iran.”
The lawmaker’s whistleblower revelations come as Netanyahu’s rivals, including Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett, line up behind the Iran campaign, framing it as a fight against “radical Islam.” Cassif dismantles that spin: “Netanyahu doesn’t care about radical Islam… He cares only about himself.”
The war’s timing, he insists, serves dual electoral games—boosting Trump before U.S. midterms and letting Netanyahu weaponize fear to cling to office, evading corruption trials that could end in conviction and incarceration.
Cassif’s isolation in the 120-seat Knesset is stark—81% of Israelis reportedly back the war—but he predicts a backlash as costs mount.
“We’ve always been marginalized at the start of conflicts,” he said, referencing past oppositions to Lebanon and Gaza operations that later gained traction. Post-October 2023 and the Gaza devastation, distrust in Netanyahu’s coalition has grown. “If destruction hits home, the anti-war camp could swell—even become the majority.”
Yet Cassif concedes internal forces alone can’t stop the slide toward electoral manipulation. The real brake, he argues, is American public pressure: With U.S. polls showing majority opposition to the Iran war, mass protests—especially within Trump’s Republican base—could force a pullback before midterms, denying Netanyahu his pretext.
“Trump cares only about himself, just like Netanyahu. If his base turns, he’ll stop the aggression to save his skin.”
