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Ben-Gvir Targets First-Time Voters as Poll Shows 16% Support

By Drooid · Oct 20, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC · How we work

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Ben-Gvir Urges Voters

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir urges first-time voters to cast ballots while campaigning in Ramle.
Over half a million first-time voters will vote in an election many view as existential for Israel.
Yedioth Ahronoth poll shows more than 16% of first-time voters plan to back Jewish Power or Religious Zionism.
Protesters at a Tel Aviv student event shouted “Fascism will not pass” and forced Ben-Gvir off stage.

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Ben-Gvir Promotes Hanging

Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated his 50th birthday with a noose-decorated cake, drawing global criticism.
Itamar Ben-Gvir promoted a law making hanging the default sentence for Palestinians.
Courts are expected to strike down the hanging law.
Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway sanctioned Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich for inciting West Bank violence.
The European Union debated sanctioning the duo but has not reached consensus.

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Ben-Gvir Urges Voters

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir urges first-time voters to cast ballots while campaigning in Ramle.
Over half a million first-time voters will vote in an election many view as existential for Israel.
Yedioth Ahronoth poll shows more than 16% of first-time voters plan to back Jewish Power or Religious Zionism.
Protesters at a Tel Aviv student event shouted “Fascism will not pass” and forced Ben-Gvir off stage.

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