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🗳Today, Israel heads to the polls for the first time since October 7. Follow along for live updates, on-the-ground reporting and expert analysis. 🔗Live election day updates: haaretz.com/israel-news/elec…
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Voter turnout reached 16.68 percent by 10 A.M., up from 15.9 percent in 2022 and the highest at this hour since 1981, according to the Central Election Committee. haaretz.com/israel-news/elec…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, cast their vote
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Haaretz Explains | These small parties can make or break the elections for Netanyahu and Eisenkot | Linda Dayan
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Analysis • Israel's failing schools, the overlooked issue of a pivotal election | Dahlia Scheindlin haaretz.com/israel-news/elec…
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Over 100 thousand immigrants came to Israel since Netanyahu's last election victory in 2022. Today, many of them will vote for the first time in Israel's most consequential elections | Eden Mor and Matan Oz instagram.com/haaretzcom/
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Polling stations open • Election Day in Israel: Polls open as Netanyahu fights to stay in power haaretz.com/israel-news/elec…
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Analysis • What Netanyahu might do after the election is the real danger | Yossi Verter haaretz.com/israel-news/elec…
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Families of released and slain Hamas hostages gather in Tel Aviv to call on Israelis to vote for change, accountability and a better future | @tomerappelbaum
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Analysis • Two paths to war with Iran loom over Israel's election | Amos Harel haaretz.com/israel-news/elec…
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