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Election leaves Israel’s political future uncertain, but Netanyahu still clearly controls its present

Times of Israel28 October 2026, 04:56 UTCIsrael

Like Shimon Peres 30 years ago, Gadi Eisenkot thought the exit polls meant he'd defeated the Likud leader. Not so fast

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