Israeli election turnout higher than in decades as outcome still unclear

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Uploaded: 2026-10-27

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[0:00] Israeli election turnout appears higher

[0:02] than in decades as Prime Minister

[0:04] Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to extend his

[0:06] nearly unbroken 17 years of rule. To

[0:10] underscore the importance of this

[0:12] election, tens of thousands have arrived

[0:14] from overseas to cast ballots. Netanyahu

[0:17] called this voting a quote fateful

[0:20] moment. These elections are, we should

[0:21] remind ourselves, the first since the

[0:23] October 7th, 2023 attacks from Hamas

[0:27] inside Israel. Netton's opposition is

[0:29] led by Gotti Eisenkot, a former military

[0:33] chief of staff who resigned over

[0:35] Netanyahu's handling of

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