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        <title>3 experts on how you’re reading election polls wrong — and why they can&#8217;t predict the result</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-experts-on-how-youre-reading-election-polls-wrong-and-why-they-cant-predict-the-result/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With several parties at risk of falling short, small shifts make a huge difference. Plus, Israel's electorate is difficult to survey and methodology is often opaque. But even so, analysts say, polls are still worthwhile<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2021/03/F210323TN108-1024x640.jpg" title="3 experts on how you’re reading election polls wrong — and why they can&#8217;t predict the result" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Threats to NYPD’s pro-Israel commissioner are an inflection point for New York Jews</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Jessica Tisch bows to pressure and leaves her job, it would mark the exit of an official seen by pro-Israel Jews as their bulwark in City Hall and raise questions about Mamdani's response to antisemitism<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/10/3eewr-1024x640.jpg" title="Threats to NYPD’s pro-Israel commissioner are an inflection point for New York Jews" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Daily Briefing Oct. 8: Shared grief, deep divisions &#8211; Israel marks October 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News editor Ben Sales discusses the ceremonies held on the third anniversary of the Hamas attack, democratic expectations for election day, and candidates' reactions to the flydubai attack<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/10/thumbnail-aug-13-24-e1791453948332-1024x640.jpg" title="Daily Briefing Oct. 8: Shared grief, deep divisions &#8211; Israel marks October 7" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Will the flydubai attack save Netanyahu&#8217;s struggling campaign?</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/will-the-flydubai-attack-save-netanyahus-struggling-campaign/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naftali Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2026 Israeli election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PM, with his eye for optics, is leveraging the power of incumbency to link himself with the passengers' heroism — and suggest that Israel is in too much danger to take a risk on someone new<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/10/F260929LM14-1024x640.jpg" title="Will the flydubai attack save Netanyahu&#8217;s struggling campaign?" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>&#8216;It&#8217;s bad&#8217;: In a polarized Israel, the likeliest election result is more uncertainty</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/its-bad-in-a-polarized-israel-the-likeliest-election-result-is-more-uncertainty/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 02:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This may be Israel's most consequential election ever. But neither side has a clear path to victory and they're both plagued by infighting. On Oct. 27, don't expect a reckoning<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/AP26266344721789-1024x640.jpg" title="&#8216;It&#8217;s bad&#8217;: In a polarized Israel, the likeliest election result is more uncertainty" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>The ban on Arab parties will likely be reversed. To its critics, that isn’t exactly a relief</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-ban-on-arab-parties-will-likely-be-reversed-to-israel-critics-that-isnt-exactly-a-relief/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Noam Sohlberg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often, the most extreme measures — like banning Arab-led parties from the election — get tossed, but their impact can live on<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F260908YS132-1024x640.jpg" title="The ban on Arab parties will likely be reversed. To its critics, that isn’t exactly a relief" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Daily Briefing Sept. 22: Did muting Macklemore make his message louder?</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-sept-22-did-muting-macklemore-make-his-message-louder/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News editor Ben Sales discusses backlash following the dismissal of rapper from Ed Sheeran's tour and examines why economic platforms rarely win Israeli elections<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/thumbnail-aug-13-17-1024x640.jpg" title="Daily Briefing Sept. 22: Did muting Macklemore make his message louder?" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>The Macklemore battle presents a trap that pro-Israel activists have yet to escape</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-macklemore-battle-presents-a-trap-that-pro-israel-activists-have-yet-to-escape/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ed Sheeran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macklemore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2023-2025 Israel-Hamas war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Kraft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hasan Piker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cancellation of the pro-Palestinian rapper from Ed Sheeran's tour is still playing out. But advocates for Israel are still struggling to figure out how to quash anti-Israel invective without drawing even more attention to their opponents<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/AP23077293268460-1024x640.jpg" title="The Macklemore battle presents a trap that pro-Israel activists have yet to escape" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Israelis are feeling economic anxiety. Why aren&#8217;t politicians talking about it?</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/israelis-are-feeling-economic-anxiety-why-arent-politicians-talking-about-it/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manuel Trajtenberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel Azaria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voters say they care about kitchen-table issues at a time of rising costs. But in the wake of Israel's worst catastrophe, and amid political polarization, experts say the path to victory, as always, runs through matters of war and peace<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F260910RA53-1024x640.jpg" title="Israelis are feeling economic anxiety. Why aren&#8217;t politicians talking about it?" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Daily Briefing Sept. 6: Netanyahu has burned bridges. How will that play out at the polls?</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-sept-6-netanyahu-has-burned-bridges-how-will-that-play-out-at-the-polls/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hasan Piker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Huckabee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[News editor Ben Sales discusses the US ambassador's reaction to violent settlers, pitfalls for the PM in Israel's upcoming election, and antisemitic similarities on the US political spectrum<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/thumbnail-aug-13-8-e1788686910565-1024x640.jpg" title="Daily Briefing Sept. 6: Netanyahu has burned bridges. How will that play out at the polls?" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>El-Sayed and Vance call each other &#8216;evil,&#8217; while both handling antisemitism the same way</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/el-sayed-and-vance-call-each-other-evil-while-both-handling-antisemitism-the-same-way/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 02:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Republican US vice president and Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan each show reluctance to disavow inflammatory supporters, in sign of collapsing firewall between politicians and extremists<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/AP26216222396644-e1785852590232-1024x640.jpg" title="El-Sayed and Vance call each other &#8216;evil,&#8217; while both handling antisemitism the same way" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>One-hit wonders keep saving Netanyahu. This time, he might be played out</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/one-hit-wonders-keep-saving-netanyahu-this-time-he-might-be-played-out/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moshe Kahlon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2026 Israeli election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benny Gantz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A constellation of center-right parties could unite to bolster the prime minister, as their now-defunct predecessors have done. But even if they do, it may not be enough to get him a majority<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F190520NRF67-e1788430349221-1024x640.jpg" title="One-hit wonders keep saving Netanyahu. This time, he might be played out" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Why Israel is having a moment in Latin America — and what might make it last</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-israel-is-having-a-moment-in-latin-america-and-what-might-make-it-last/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jerusalem is being embraced by right-wing Latino leaders eager to follow the White House’s example, cater to evangelical voters and benefit from Israeli technology. The challenge is to ensure the new warmth is sustained<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/04/AP26109677885174-1024x640.jpg" title="Why Israel is having a moment in Latin America — and what might make it last" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Trounced in Florida GOP primary, antisemitic candidates believe &#8216;victory&#8217; is still near</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/trounced-in-florida-gop-primary-antisemitic-candidates-believe-victory-is-still-near/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Bilzerian]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heavy defeats of Dan Bilzerian and James Fishback show voters are turned off by classical antisemitic rhetoric, yet they may 'have the wind at their back' as young Americans increasingly turn against Jews and Israel<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/montage-2up-20260819-82d678-1024x640.jpg" title="Trounced in Florida GOP primary, antisemitic candidates believe &#8216;victory&#8217; is still near" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Daily Briefing Aug. 13: As election nears, can voters see extremism in their own camps?</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-aug-13-as-election-nears-can-voters-see-extremism-in-their-own-camps/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News editor Ben Sales reviews Israelis' concerns about political violence; he also marks 25 years since the Sbarro bombing and reports on the latest in the US political primaries<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/3-7-e1786610479828-1024x640.jpg" title="Daily Briefing Aug. 13: As election nears, can voters see extremism in their own camps?" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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