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Netanyahu's political survival on the line as Israel heads to the polls

France 2427 October 2026, 10:14 UTCPalestine

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a fight for political survival in Israel's election on Tuesday (October 27), with voters weighing his leadership after the 2023 Hamas-led attacks, wars in Gaza and with Iran, and Israel's deepening international isolation. FRANCE24's Douglas Herbert gives us his analysis.

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