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        <title>Eisenkot says Ra&#8217;am won&#8217;t be in his government, calls Netanyahu &#8216;a pathological liar&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/eisenkot-raam-wont-be-in-my-government-pms-approval-of-qatari-funds-between-breach-of-trust-and-treason/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 20:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Main election challenger says PM has instilled a 'culture of dishonesty' in public discourse, describes PM's approval of Qatari funds that went to Hamas as somewhere 'between breach of trust and treason'<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F260923SL20-e1790441009601-1024x640.jpg" title="Eisenkot says Ra&#8217;am won&#8217;t be in his government, calls Netanyahu &#8216;a pathological liar&#8217;" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Sept. 17: Netanyahu to reportedly meet Rubio, not Trump, at UN, as PMO says schedule not finalized</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-17-2026/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US to allow Iranian president to attend UN assembly after barring PA’s Abbas * Chief intel officer of Gaza Division on October 7 formally dismissed from the IDF<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/AFP__20260917__C8MC3ZZ__v1__HighRes__IsraelPoliticsElection-1024x640.jpg" title="Sept. 17: Netanyahu to reportedly meet Rubio, not Trump, at UN, as PMO says schedule not finalized" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Far-right minister panned for opposing IDF combat duty for anti-government protesters</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-minister-panned-for-opposing-idf-combat-duty-for-anti-government-protesters/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amichay Eliyahu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-government protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bereaved families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fallen soldiers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Izhar Shay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruby Chen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yom Kippur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2023-2025 Israel-Hamas war]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA['In the end they won't storm into battle,' Amichay Eliyahu asserts; bereaved fathers whose fallen sons attended Kaplan rallies bash him, as do opposition leaders<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F260816EM000009-1024x640.jpg" title="Far-right minister panned for opposing IDF combat duty for anti-government protesters" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Sept. 9: Trump says he wants to know why &#8216;all of a sudden&#8217; the UK and others sanctioned settlements</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-09-2026/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel & the Region]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ex-defense minister Gallant says he didn’t know of alleged MBZ-Netanyahu warning, says PM could’ve hidden it * Netanyahu calls for criminal probe into report * Poll: Israelis rank cost of living, security as top election issues<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/AP26252677129777-1024x640.jpg" title="Sept. 9: Trump says he wants to know why &#8216;all of a sudden&#8217; the UK and others sanctioned settlements" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Yair Golan warns Sara Netanyahu of $825,000 suit for airing Oct. 7 conspiracy theory</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/yair-golan-warns-sara-netanyahu-of-825000-suit-for-airing-oct-7-conspiracy-theory/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sara Netanyahu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yair Golan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October 7 Hamas atrocities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conspiracy theories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats leader, who rescued multiple people from Nova festival, tells PM's wife to donate to rave's survivors and retract suggestion he had advance knowledge of Hamas onslaught<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/F260827GY11-1-1024x640.jpg" title="Yair Golan warns Sara Netanyahu of $825,000 suit for airing Oct. 7 conspiracy theory" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Sara Netanyahu pushes conspiracy theory that left-wing leader Golan had advance knowledge of Oct. 7</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-wife-pushes-conspiracy-theory-that-left-wing-leader-golan-had-advance-knowledge-of-oct-7/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yair Golan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October 7 Hamas atrocities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Golan, former deputy chief of staff, dashed to fight at Nova after invasion; his party decries 'slander' that 'crosses a red line bordering on insanity'; PM's wife also avoids ruling out 'treason' by security chiefs, which her husband has dismissed<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/DUAL5656-1024x640.jpeg" title="Sara Netanyahu pushes conspiracy theory that left-wing leader Golan had advance knowledge of Oct. 7" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Aug. 23: Shin Bet chief confirms he’s behind decision not to provide Eisenkot with security detail</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-23-2026/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 01:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel & the Region]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After order to delete video, Shas assails elections committee chief’s ‘persecution’ * Hezbollah said to be exploiting ceasefire to increase arms smuggling from Syria<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/F260421CG20-e1787528378545-1024x640.jpg" title="Aug. 23: Shin Bet chief confirms he’s behind decision not to provide Eisenkot with security detail" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Bennett: &#8216;Anarchist&#8217; Netanyahu&#8217;s toxic campaigning may lead to violence against his rivals</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-anarchist-netanyahus-toxic-campaigning-may-lead-to-violence-against-his-rivals/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 23:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel Inside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2026 Israeli election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naftali Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B'Yachad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran's nuclear program]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In interview accompanying new book, B'Yachad party head recounts PM's lack of orderly handover and threats to mark him as traitor, says his own actions as PM were key to recent successes against Iran<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/DUAL555-1024x640.jpeg" title="Bennett: &#8216;Anarchist&#8217; Netanyahu&#8217;s toxic campaigning may lead to violence against his rivals" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Entering politics, ex-IDF general blasts 3 years of war without a &#8216;decisive result&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/entering-politics-ex-idf-general-blasts-3-years-of-war-without-a-decisive-result/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel Inside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ofer Winter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2026 Israeli election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Controversial hawkish former commander Ofer Winter - set to launch a new political party next week - accuses sitting government of still living in pre-October 7 mindset<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/F260804CG69-1024x640.jpg" title="Entering politics, ex-IDF general blasts 3 years of war without a &#8216;decisive result&#8217;" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Aug. 20: Ministers fume at High Court ruling, vow to keep trying to shut Army Radio</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-20-2026/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel & the Region]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[US targets Hezbollah with fresh sanctions, emphasizing ties to Iranian government * EU said preparing sanctions if E1 settlement construction begins, including labeling all Israeli products<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/02/F251222CG109-1024x640.jpg" title="Aug. 20: Ministers fume at High Court ruling, vow to keep trying to shut Army Radio" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Hawkish ex-general Ofer Winter expected to launch new party next week, shaking up the right</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/hawkish-ex-general-ofer-winter-expected-to-launch-new-party-next-week-shaking-up-the-right/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ofer Winter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Billboards and video clip tease political run, though polls suggest non-aligned party may fail to enter Knesset and harm Netanyahu's bloc if it doesn't merge with others<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/F260217TG02-1024x640.jpg" title="Hawkish ex-general Ofer Winter expected to launch new party next week, shaking up the right" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Aug. 11: Democratic US senators probe alleged coordination between ICE and Iran to deport detainees</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-11-2026/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel & the Region]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rubio flew on plane threatened with potential shoulder-to-air missiles, WSJ reports * Report: Minister Barkat alleged to have co-led Likud effort to replace Netanyahu after Oct. 7<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/AP26214512630249-e1786493318807-1024x640.jpg" title="Aug. 11: Democratic US senators probe alleged coordination between ICE and Iran to deport detainees" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Aug. 10: Trump says US to demand reparations from Iran, including for damage in Lebanon, Gaza</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-10-2026/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trump teases ‘good response’ to PM’s rejection of Board of Peace’s Gaza plan * Netanyahu reserves Likud spot for entrepreneur who once called Trump ‘morally corrupt piece of shit,’ and now hastily apologizes<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/AP26222695619080-1024x640.jpg" title="Aug. 10: Trump says US to demand reparations from Iran, including for damage in Lebanon, Gaza" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Aug. 7: Source close to Saudi army says coalition won’t ‘stand idly by’ amid Houthi attacks in Yemen</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-7-2026/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opposition-aligned outlet claims Iranian supreme leader may be on deathbed * US sanctions Dubai crypto exchange for aiding Iran’s IRGC * Israel revoked entry permits of US Jews who volunteered with Palestinians — report<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/AP26212584821785-1024x640.jpg" title="Aug. 7: Source close to Saudi army says coalition won’t ‘stand idly by’ amid Houthi attacks in Yemen" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Aug. 4: Bennett says Netanyahu gave up on defeating Hamas, ‘gave the Qataris the keys to Gaza’</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-4-2026/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ IDF said to tighten policy for Gaza strikes, now requiring chief of staff’s OK * Central Elections Committee bans poll workers from updating parties on who’s voted, citing privacy<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2025/09/20250515-AP25135403610993-1024x640.jpg" title="Aug. 4: Bennett says Netanyahu gave up on defeating Hamas, ‘gave the Qataris the keys to Gaza’" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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