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Will an anti-Mizrahi slur upend Israel’s election again? Don’t expect history to repeat itself

Times of Israel19 October 2026, 11:48 UTCIsrael

A pro-Netanyahu pundit called Gadi Eisenkot a 'monkey,' recalling when an entertainer derided 'hooligans' on the right and helped Menachem Begin in 1981. Nowadays, Israel's politics are far more fragmented, and news moves faster

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