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Netanyahu turned to a rabbi to persuade the Amcha Yisrael party leader to withdraw from the Israeli election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Yedioth Ahronoth, together with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich visited the Bnei David yeshiva in the settlement of Eli to convince Ofer Winter, through Rabbi Eli Sadan, to withdraw his party from the October 27 election. The opponent called this pressure and said he would run to the end.

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Channel 12 poll: Eisenkot leads Netanyahu by 12 points a week before Israel's election

A Channel 12 poll published eight days before Israel's parliamentary election on October 27 showed that 45% of respondents consider former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot more suitable for prime minister, versus 33% for Benjamin Netanyahu. Eisenkot's Yashar party is projected to win 24 seats against 21 for Likud. According to the poll, Trump's endorsement of Netanyahu has almost no effect on voters.

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Israel's opposition agrees on coordination ahead of October 27 election, but disagreements remain

Israeli opposition leaders agreed to coordinate campaigns ahead of the October 27 parliamentary election in order to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu, but ideological differences and the struggle for leadership complicate the task. According to a Madad poll from October 14, the opposition bloc receives only 50 of the 61 mandates needed for a majority in the Knesset.

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Ben-Gvir uses mosque fines and house demolitions in campaign ahead of October 27 election

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir boasted about a fine imposed on a mosque in Tel Sheva over loudspeaker volume, presenting it as his policy. The United Arab List filed an urgent complaint with the Central Elections Committee, accusing him of using demolitions and evictions in Arab communities for pre-election intimidation and suppression of turnout in the October 27 election.

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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls to lowest level in nearly 40 years

According to Brazil's space agency Inpe, 3,335 sq km of forest were cleared in the Amazon between August 2025 and July 2026 — the lowest since records began in 1988 and a drop of nearly 42% compared with the previous year. Officials and environmentalists called the result historic. The news was published nine days before the second round of the presidential election, where Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro are, according to polls, running neck and neck.

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