# Israel 2026 Knesset Election Knowledge Base

> Static, bilingual (English / Russian) knowledge base about the 2026 Israeli Knesset election: parties, leaders, polling, timeline, Knesset voting records and a voter guide for Russian-speaking olim. The HTML pages are rendered client-side by JavaScript, so read the JSON files below instead of scraping the pages.

Notes for agents:
- This file deliberately states no election facts. All facts (dates, parties, leaders, lists, polls) live in the JSON files below, each carrying source links and an "as of" date (`lastUpdated` / `research_date`). Quote the date together with any fact.
- 2026 candidate lists are provisional until the Central Elections Committee approves them.
- Most text fields are objects with parallel `en` and `ru` keys. Pick one language.
- All data files are served with `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`.

## Core data
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/parties.json](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/parties.json): `parties[]` cards (one per party: `key`, `seats`, `ballotLetter`, `members`, `sources`, `olimPositions`, `en`, `ru`), plus `watchItems`, `myths` (fact-checks) and `ballot`. Start here.
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/changelog.json](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/changelog.json): `events[]`, dated log of changes to the site data. Use it to check freshness.
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/knesset_factions.json](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/knesset_factions.json): current Knesset factions (`factions[]`).
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/quotes.json](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/quotes.json): sourced quotes, keyed by party `key`.

## Party dossiers
One file per party, `https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/<key>.json`. Sections: `meta`, `overview`, `leadership`, `political_position`, `priorities`, `program_and_plan`, `positions_on_key_topics`, `topics_relevant_to_russian_speaking_community`, `voting_record`, `vote_based_analysis`, `promise_tracker`, `financing_and_affiliations`, `timeline`, `controversies`, `bias_and_quality_control`, `sources`. Valid keys:
- [likud](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/likud.json)
- [together](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/together.json)
- [shas](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/shas.json)
- [blue-white](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/blue-white.json)
- [religious-zionism](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/religious-zionism.json)
- [utj](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/utj.json)
- [otzma](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/otzma.json)
- [yisrael-beitenu](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/yisrael-beitenu.json)
- [raam](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/raam.json)
- [hadash-taal](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/hadash-taal.json)
- [democrats](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/democrats.json)
- [new-hope](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/new-hope.json)
- [noam](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/dossiers/noam.json)

## Knesset voting data (24th and 25th Knesset)
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/knesset_votes_output/all_parties_votes.json](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/knesset_votes_output/all_parties_votes.json): per-party vote positions and cohesion for the dossier parties. Read `_meta.global_caveat_en` first: raw "for" shares are not "support for the government".
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/knesset_votes_output/sensitive_votes.json](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/knesset_votes_output/sensitive_votes.json): curated landmark votes (`votes[]`).
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/knesset_votes_output/gov_split_stats.json](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/knesset_votes_output/gov_split_stats.json): government-coalition split statistics by Knesset.
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/knesset_votes_output/top100_enriched.json](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/knesset_votes_output/top100_enriched.json): the 100 most significant votes with topic tags (`votes[]`).

## Other data
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/compass.json](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/compass.json) and [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/quiz.json](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/quiz.json): political-compass axes, party placements and quiz questions. Quiz answers and results are never collected from visitors.
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/translations.json](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/translations.json): UI strings (`en` and `ru` trees). Not election content.

## Human-facing pages
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/index.html](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/index.html): main page (overview, parties, polls, timeline, olim guide, sources).
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/party.html?key=<key>](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/party.html): single-party dossier viewer.
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/compass.html](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/compass.html): political-compass quiz.

## Optional
- [https://israel-elections.pages.dev/sitemap.xml](https://israel-elections.pages.dev/sitemap.xml): all pages and data files.