Israel's high-turnout vote brushed aside in rest of the Middle East

Straits Times28 October 2026, 15:51 UTCIsrael

CAIRO/BEIRUT/GAZA, Oct 28 - Israelis voted in record numbers in Tuesday's wartime election billed as a major turning point in the nation's history. Others across the Middle East were merely filled with more pessimism after a nationalist veteran prime minister and a former hawkish military chief competed for Israel's leadership.

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