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Israel braces for national elections seen as a referendum on Netanyahu
Israelis are preparing to head to the polls on Tuesday (October 27) in the first elections since the October 7th attacks in 2023. Unable to vote abroad, expatriate citizens have been flying in from around the world to participate in a vote widely seen as being a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin
Reuters
What the coverage shows
Most outlets frame the election as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu, with CBS News, the AP, NBC News, France 24 and The Independent all emphasizing his fight for political survival or a battle for power. CBS News and 60 Minutes are the most explicit about the polls, with one CBS item saying his coalition trails and another saying the election will determine his fate, while France 24 repeatedly foregrounds the vote as a referendum on his leadership. Axios is the main outlier, focusing less on the election itself than on Trump advisers seeing an opening beyond Netanyahu, and Newsweek is alone in highlighting immigrant divisions over Netanyahu and Israel’s future.
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