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Disenchanted Netanyahu supporters are prize of Israel election campaign

Straits Times25 October 2026, 07:10 UTCIsrael

DIMONA, Oct 25 - In the remote Negev Desert town of Dimona, long a bastion of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, disenchanted voters are going door-to-door campaigning for his top rival, hoping to bring down the veteran prime minister in Israel's election on Tuesday.

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