2026 Elections of Occupied Territories Voting Amid Internal and External Crises Residents of the Occupied Territories will go to the polls on Tuesday, October 27, in the sixth election since 2019; This is the first national election after Israel's genocide in Gaza. About 7.3 million residents of the occupied territories are entitled to vote, but the majority of Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem who have residency status are not entitled to participate in the Knesset elections.