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Oct. 7 families urge Israelis to vote in national election
Families of victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks called on Israelis to vote as polling stations opened in the country’s national election. The election is Israel’s first since the attacks that killed more than 1,200 people and were following by Israel's assault on Gaza, which has killed at le
What the coverage shows
All five outlets frame the vote as a high-stakes, pivotal election, and CBS News, France 24 and BBC all explicitly present it as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu. CBS News is the only outlet to foreground Israelis living abroad spending thousands to fly in to vote, while NBC News uniquely centers families of Oct. 7 victims urging Israelis to vote. NPR’s mention is the least detailed, pairing the election with unrelated U.S. midterm coverage.
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