Netanyahu warns Iran may try to disrupt Israel election: ‘don’t test us’
Netanyahu said intelligence suggests Iran and its proxies could launch attacks to sway the vote, as opposition rivals accused him of using security for politics.
- On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz dismissed media reports of a rift with army chief Eyal Zamir, labeling allegations "entirely baseless and false" just 24 hours before Tuesday's election.
- Sunday's Israel Channel 12 report alleged a confrontation between Netanyahu and Zamir over proposed military action against Iran that critics suggested aimed to postpone Tuesday's parliamentary vote for political gain.
- Netanyahu rejected the claims as "nonsense" during a TV interview, while reports indicated Zamir had requested detailed discussions and signed legal authorization before executing any directive; Katz insisted there was "complete" coordination between political leadership and the IDF.
- Former army chief Gadi Eisenkot warned Netanyahu not to place "political interests above the state's security," while Avigdor Liberman demanded the Attorney General open a criminal investigation for alleged treason.
- Final surveys show neither Netanyahu's bloc nor his rivals are on track for a majority as voters head to polls tomorrow; President Donald Trump stated there would be no attack on Iran overnight, addressing regional tensions.
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Israel's Central Election Commission (CEC) is considering requests from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud party to extend voting at polling stations across the country, the Commission's Acting Director General Din Livneh said.
Israeli conservative parties lose last-ditch bid to extend voting
Israeli election officials rejected a last-ditch effort by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and its conservative allies to extend voting hours Tuesday, as record turnout fueled concerns within the ruling coalition about its prospects in the country’s first national election since the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks. Likud petitioned the Central Election Committee to […]
Participation continues to break historical records: 74.3% until 8 p.m., only below the 1988 elections. This is how the elections go.
Top Trump ally’s eleventh-hour order sparks ‘unprecedented confrontation’: report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a top ally of President Donald Trump, is embroiled in an “unprecedented confrontation” with Israel’s top military commander over an undisclosed military operation that officials feared could ignite a clash with Iran just days before elections in which he tr...
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