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Israel’s Election Sees Historic Voter Turnout

Oct 27, 2026 | 3:44 PM

Photo: Jewel Samad/Pool AFP via AP

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Oct. 27, 2026 ~ Israeli Communications Professor Galit Benzur joins Marie Osborne to take a closer look at the voter turnout for Israel’s first nationwide election following the October 7th, 2023, attacks.

JERUSALEM, IL. ~ In the first nationwide election in Israel since the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks three years ago, voter turnout is the highest the country has seen since 1973.

Critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are rallying around centrist former military chief, Gadi Eisenkot. Polls are set to close shortly at 4 p.m. ET.

According to NBC News, it is unlikely that a winner will be named when the polls close since no single party has ever earned a majority in the Knesset.

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