Al Jazeera reports that the Israeli elections, held after the October 2023 attacks and the subsequent war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, come at a time of rising far-right sentiment and growing divisions over the country's direction. Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani, a prominent Israeli sociologist, stated that Israeli society has always had tendencies towards violence and right-wing rhetoric, and these trends have accelerated under the current government. The elections also take place amid a deteriorating international standing for Israel, with several allies sanctioning its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, and many countries condemning its ongoing attacks on Gaza and Lebanon. On September 24, when Netanyahu spoke at the United Nations General Assembly, dozens of envoys from around the world walked out, with some jeering and booing.