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Story summary
- Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, is pushing a budget to avoid early elections amid the Iran conflict.
- Polls project Likud at 28 seats in the Knesset, down from 34.
- The public supports the war, but fatigue grows as the conflict drags on.
- The coalition faces rising defense costs and pressure from ultra-Orthodox parties over exemptions.
- Netanyahu has sought a pardon from President Isaac Herzog, unprecedented in Israel.
