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Story summary
- Israel holds a national election on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies.
- The vote is Israel’s first election since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
- Voters will deliver a verdict on Netanyahu’s rightward political drift.
- Opposition parties, including an Arab-Israeli majority bloc, aim to unite and form a government after Election Day.
- FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky reported from Jerusalem on the election developments.
