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October 7 Scars Push Israel's First-Time Voters to Right
A Ynet poll found Ben Gvir and Smotrich’s parties would win 29 Knesset seats among first-time voters, ahead of Likud.
- Ahead of the October 27 elections, far-right parties led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are polling strongly among Israel's roughly 550,000 first-time voters, with 74 percent identifying as right or center-right.
- Following the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks, which killed 1,221 people, young voters like 19-year-old Yishai Neeman prioritize national defense, citing these horrors as the primary driver for their political views.
- Projections indicate Ben Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party would win 8.88 percent of the vote, while Smotrich's Religious Zionist alliance would receive 8.09 percent, translating to 29 combined Knesset seats among new voters.
- Pollster Dahlia Scheindlin notes this right-wing shift among Israeli Jewish youth has been building for roughly two decades, even as center-left activists like 18-year-old Gili argue society has turned its back on peace.
- Since 2020, when Ben Gvir's party secured only 0.42 percent of the vote, the current surge marks a dramatic evolution, helping pave the way for what observers describe as the most right-wing government in Israel's history.
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AlKhaleej Today‘Peace is not in people’s minds’: October 7 scars push Israel’s first-time voters further right
NIR AM, Oct 10 — Like hundreds of thousands of Israelis, Amihai will be of voting age for the first time since Hamas carried out its attack on October 7, 2023. When he casts his...
·Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
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October 7 scars push Israel's first-time voters to right
From a field overlooking the sprawling ruins of the northern Gaza Strip, the 18-year-old says he plans to vote for a far-right party at the ballot box, three years after the deadliest day in Israeli history. "I'm voting based solely on security -- not for whoever will help me buy an apartment in 10 years, but for whoever can guarantee that I'll even still be alive here in 10 years," he told AFP. Amihai, from Shomria in southern Israel, was speak…
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Coverage Details
Total News Sources11
Leaning Left3Leaning Right2Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Left
Bias Distribution
- 43% of the sources lean Left
43% Left
L 43%
C 29%
R 28%
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