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Central bank holds rates days before election, warns next government on fiscal choices

Governor Yaron urges next coalition to cut debt and pursue growth reforms to fund security needs; bank raises forecasts but warns overseas production distorts domestic picture
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Winter says may have erred pledging support for PM; Smotrich offers him minister role to quit

People of Israel chair clarifies he's not planning to cross the aisle; ramping up pressure, Netanyahu shares call by bereaved families for Winter to drop out
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Turnout among Israel’s Arab voters could make or break hopes to unseat Netanyahu

Pollsters expect 63% Arab turnout, up 7% from 2022; with opposition bloc largely against Arab parties joining coalition, community leaders hope they can still wield influence
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For Israel’s sake, Netanyahu has to go

He failed us on October 7, and every day since by refusing to answer for it. He clung to power, and now promises the same shameful coalition, with the same divisive and dangerous policies
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Netanyahu planned attack on Iran earlier this month, but Trump opposed it – report

Financial Times cites sources as saying strikes would have been 'more intense' than in February, 'not unreasonable' for war to resume after US and Israeli elections
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In historic first, some Golan Druze, now new citizens, plan to vote in national election

As taboos against naturalization and voting ebb, Buq'ata Mayor William Abu Awad expects many locals to back Benjamin Netanyahu, out of gratitude for Israel's aiding their Syrian brethren
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Iran security chief rejects moving enriched uranium abroad, as Netanyahu vows to topple regime

PM claims ending 'terrorist' Islamic Republic will bring peace with Lebanon; Tehran rules out talks with Washington until its demands met; Israeli fighter jets said to fly toward Iran in drill
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Iran stalling on deal with US to hurt Trump politically ahead of midterms, Iranian officials say

Talks also hampered by deep distrust between the two nations as threat of renewed attacks looms; 2 tankers said to go up in flames after hitting mines in Hormuz
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Settler violence harms Israel’s interests. But for PM, halting it could spell political trouble

Netanyahu cast doubt on accounts of Jewish attacks on diplomats, priests and journalists over the weekend. With the election a week away, coalition calculations are taking precedence
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Netanyahu comes out against arrest of Haredi draft dodgers as 42 detained at airport

Arrests are 'deliberate attempt to harm the process of drafting Haredim without coercion,' PM claims; 40 of detainees freed after pledging to enlist; ultra-Orthodox MKs decry 'political intereference'; opposition leaders slam premier
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Ex-Netanyahu ally Hanegbi, longtime Likud stalwart, announces he’s voting for Liberman

Former national security adviser says he is breaking with voting habits of almost 50 years to cast ballot for Yisrael Beytenu; laments 'messianic' and 'racist' voices in PM's bloc
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