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Which Way for Israel? | Lahav Harkov
Israel votes today in its first general election since October 7th — and election day here is a national holiday, with millions of Israelis heading to the polls.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting to remain in office, with former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot and former prime minister Naftali Bennett leading the challenge from the opposition.
The final polls put Eisenkot’s Yashar and Netanyahu’s Likud neck and neck at the top — but neither political bloc has a clear path to the 61 seats needed to form a government.
Polls close at ten tonight, when we’ll get the first exit polls, with the…
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