Netanyahu touts Trump endorsement on eve of vote, suggests they may restart war on Iran
Netanyahu said Trump’s backing could help him resume pressure on Iran, while polls show his bloc still short of a governing majority.
- On Tuesday, Israeli voters cast ballots in a national election where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized his alignment with U.S. President Donald Trump, claiming victory for his Likud party is essential to confront threats from Iran.
- The contest serves as a referendum on Netanyahu's leadership following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, which critics call the country's worst security failure, while supporters emphasize his experience as Israel's longest-serving prime minister.
- Challenging the incumbent, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot leads the centrist Yashar party, with recent polls showing an extremely tight race where neither the ruling coalition nor the opposition bloc is assured of a 61-seat majority.
- With neither side guaranteed a majority, the nation faces potential political deadlock under its proportional representation system, which requires parties to cross a 3.25% electoral threshold and mandates coalition building to secure the 61 seats needed for governance.
- Analysts warn that a stalemate could trigger significant market volatility, as Netanyahu might remain as a caretaker prime minister for months if coalition negotiations fail to produce a new government following the close vote.
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Jerusalem, Oct 27 (EFE).- One hour after the opening of polling stations, candidates from the main parties began to vote in the general elections in Israel, the first since October 7, 2023 and facing two very close blocks in the polls: Benjamin Netanyahu's and [...] The entry The candidates begin to vote in the elections in Israel was first published in HolaNews.
Israel's parliamentary elections began on Tuesday morning. In the first vote since the tragic Hamas terror attack in October 2023, people are deciding whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition will remain in power or be replaced by an opposition led by centrist former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, who is slightly favored by polls. More than seven million people are eligible to vote, with counting beginning immediately after po…
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Voters decide this Tuesday on Israel's future, still traumatized by October 7. The election is a referendum for or against Benjamin Netanyahu, while his rival Gadi Eisenkot promises to gather and appease a deeply divided country.
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Benjamin Netanyahu wants to get to the polls with an image of strength: that of a prime minister capable of talking about you to you with the president of the United States. Nine days before the Israeli election, Donald Trump offered him an opportunity to project that image. The US president called the Israeli leader a “warlike prime minister,” expressed his “full and total support” for re-election and credited him with a decisive role in the of…
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