‘A national emergency’: Israelis living in California’s Bay Area fly home to vote

Times of Israel27 October 2026, 07:50 UTCIsrael

'Israel is on the verge of an abyss,' says one of tens of thousands of Israelis who spent thousands of dollars to return to Israel for the election; 'we need to bring back sanity'

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