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        <title>Liberman is risking another election to secure his right-wing political future</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Yisrael Beytenu chairman has ruled out a minority coalition dependent on Arab parties. He is banking on Likud defectors, but is actually erecting a roadblock for the center-left<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/10/F261015MA18-1024x640.jpg" title="Liberman is risking another election to secure his right-wing political future" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Three years after October 7, Israel&#8217;s citizens and its leaders are worlds apart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tragic story of Ambassador Leiter’s family reflects a society united in crisis, yet fundamentally betrayed by politicians who actively evade responsibility for their failures<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F260924CG12-1024x640.jpg" title="Three years after October 7, Israel&#8217;s citizens and its leaders are worlds apart" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>By refusing to name a leader, the anti-Netanyahu &#8216;change bloc&#8217; is making a fatal mistake</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/by-refusing-to-name-a-leader-the-anti-netanyahu-change-bloc-is-making-a-fatal-mistake/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An intended reconciliation meeting exposed a critical flaw. In declining to rally behind Gadi Eisenkot, the opposition is inviting relentless, deeply damaging internal rivalry<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/shinuy-1024x640.jpg" title="By refusing to name a leader, the anti-Netanyahu &#8216;change bloc&#8217; is making a fatal mistake" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Netanyahu’s diplomatic and military miscalculations have helped make Israel an international pariah</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-diplomatic-and-military-miscalculations-have-helped-make-israel-an-international-pariah/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel & the Region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2023-2025 Israel-Hamas war]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The prime minister’s stealth trip to New York reveals the gulf between his self-image and reality, exposing a squandered legacy that underlines the urgent need for a state inquiry<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/AP26078678951810-1024x640.jpg" title="Netanyahu’s diplomatic and military miscalculations have helped make Israel an international pariah" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Netanyahu’s anti-Arab campaign has found Gadi Eisenkot’s Achilles’ heel</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-anti-arab-campaign-has-found-gadi-eisenkots-achilles-heel/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2026 Israeli election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PM is exploiting prospect of a political partnership with Arab parties to put his main rival on the defensive and drive a wedge between Eisenkot and Liberman; Eisenkot needs to urgently reclaim national agenda<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F260907CG204-1-1024x640.jpg" title="Netanyahu’s anti-Arab campaign has found Gadi Eisenkot’s Achilles’ heel" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Storm over ‘NAZA’ doc is a massive boost to the Likud campaign</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/storm-over-naza-doc-is-a-massive-boost-to-the-likud-campaign/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New film battering Israel over alleged Gaza atrocities, bitterly denied by the IDF, has been weaponized by Netanyahu and the right, linking center-left candidates to anti-Israel narratives and stoking conspiracy theories<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/AP26255701661456-1024x640.jpg" title="Storm over ‘NAZA’ doc is a massive boost to the Likud campaign" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Netanyahu has got his Likud slate locked in, but fresh crises keep hampering his campaign</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-has-got-his-likud-slate-locked-in-but-fresh-crises-keep-hampering-his-campaign/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PM has slotted his handpicked candidates into his party's Knesset list, notably including several representatives closely tied to October 7, even as the failures surrounding the Hamas-led massacre return to center stage<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F260908CG843-1024x640.jpg" title="Netanyahu has got his Likud slate locked in, but fresh crises keep hampering his campaign" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>With his own hands, Yair Lapid dismantled his life&#8217;s work</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-his-own-hands-yair-lapid-dismantled-his-lifes-work/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facing dismal polls and amid a desperate merger with Naftali Bennett, the centrist leader abruptly ended the careers of almost 20 sitting Yesh Atid lawmakers<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F260629CG79-1024x640.jpg" title="With his own hands, Yair Lapid dismantled his life&#8217;s work" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>How far-right outcast Moshe Feiglin resurrected his political career</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-far-right-outcast-moshe-feiglin-resurrected-his-political-career/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Moshe Feiglin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years on the political fringes, the fundamentalist whom Netanyahu once pushed out of Likud has secured spot No. 2 on Smotrich’s slate, putting a senior ministerial post well within his reach<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F260803CG03-e1791200543547-1024x640.jpg" title="How far-right outcast Moshe Feiglin resurrected his political career" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>The horrific October 7 &#8216;betrayal&#8217; libel is now central to Likud’s official election campaign</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-horrific-october-7-betrayal-libel-is-now-central-to-likuds-official-election-campaign/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of taking responsibility for the country's greatest failure, Netanyahu and his colleagues are peddling a false and despicable conspiracy theory against the defense establishment<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2024/12/F241027CG108-1024x640.jpg" title="The horrific October 7 &#8216;betrayal&#8217; libel is now central to Likud’s official election campaign" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>The nightmare of the 1992 election is coming back to haunt Netanyahu</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-nightmare-of-the-1992-election-is-coming-back-to-haunt-netanyahu/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allegations of stolen ballots in Likud's primary highlight internal rot that, combined with the PM's fear of right-wing splinter factions, mirrors the collapse of the party in 1992<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/F251101EM58-1024x640.jpg" title="The nightmare of the 1992 election is coming back to haunt Netanyahu" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Ofer Winter’s disciplined political launch threatens to upend the right-wing bloc</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/ofer-winters-disciplined-political-launch-threatens-to-upend-the-right-wing-bloc/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The former IDF general’s new People of Israel party unveiled a surprisingly diverse slate on Tuesday, openly challenging Netanyahu and refusing to back down under fire<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/F260825CG534-1024x640.jpg" title="Ofer Winter’s disciplined political launch threatens to upend the right-wing bloc" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Refusing security protection for Eisenkot is a dangerous gamble, detached from reality</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/refusing-security-protection-for-eisenkot-is-a-dangerous-gamble-detached-from-reality/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After an abusive verbal assault at a campaign event and a vicious message on his son’s grave, leaving the leading candidate for prime minister exposed raises grave concerns<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/F260805TA14-1024x640.jpg" title="Refusing security protection for Eisenkot is a dangerous gamble, detached from reality" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Eisenkot threatens to siphon traditional voters away from a panicking Shas</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/eisenkot-threatens-to-siphon-traditional-voters-away-from-a-panicking-shas/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fearing a mass voter exodus over the draft crisis, Aryeh Deri staged a show of unity with Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef to save his party from a humiliating collapse<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/20240107-F240107MA28-1024x640.jpg" title="Eisenkot threatens to siphon traditional voters away from a panicking Shas" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Netanyahu boasts of Likud renewal, but his new slate is a faded copy of the old</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-boasts-of-likud-renewal-but-his-new-slate-is-a-faded-copy-of-the-old/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With voter turnout at a low 53%, the prime minister’s rigged primary sidelined independent voices in favor of loyalists and handpicked political functionaries<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/F260817CG06-e1788469483950-1024x640.jpg" title="Netanyahu boasts of Likud renewal, but his new slate is a faded copy of the old" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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