Could this election spell the end of Netanyahu?
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Could this election spell the end of Netanyahu?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 202642 min
  • Interview
  • Politics

Next week some 7 million Israelis will go to the polls to decide the future of their country and whether to boot out Benjamin Netanyahu - a man who has dominated their country for nearly three decades. It’s the first election since the massacre of October 7th and his destruction of Gaza. Will voters blame him for the terrorism on home soil? Or will they believe him best placed to defend their interests and security? Voters outside of Israel must all return home to vote - we speak to one, Ayala Panievsky, who is leaving tonight, about her hopes fo...

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is praising Trump and saying he's emboldened by his boldness.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is praising Trump and saying he's emboldened by his boldness. But is he now in the fight for his life? Israeli electoral politics are fiendishly complicated. It's possible that Netanyahu's

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long hold and grip over Israel is coming to an end. But even with a change of leadership, will policy change with it? Welcome to the News Agents. It's John.

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It's Mehlis. And we are days away from the Israeli general election, which might, just might, see the end of Benjamin Netanyahu after years, after decades at the top of Israeli politics and seemingly unbeatable, not just at the polling station, but at the way he forms coalitions

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