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A campaign billboard depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump in Tel Aviv a day before Israel’s election. Credit: AFP/JACK GUEZ

A campaign billboard depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump in Tel Aviv a day before Israel’s election. Credit: AFP/JACK GUEZ

If the opposition wins, compromise will also win, though Netanyahu’s shadow will still loom. If Netanyahu wins, his camp will see it as another divine mandate to rule. Either way, it will be a process: continued destruction or a slow return to sanity

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02:06 PM • October 26 2026 IST

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Tuesday’s election is the most consequential in Israel’s history. At least that’s what we’re being told. But how can we know that any event is fateful in advance?

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