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New party emerges as a frontrunner as Israel goes to polls amid Netanyahu’s waning appeal

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What happened

Yashar leads in opinion polls as its leader Gadi Eisenkot’s popularity among voters eclipses that of Netanyahu; Eisenkot bats for strategic wars over endless ones and concurs with the PM on matter such as two-state solution and Iran…

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  • Reported by The Hindu and published Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:08:14 UTC.

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  1. Exit polls show 'disaster' for Merz' CDU party in two state elections

  2. New party emerges as a frontrunner as Israel goes to polls amid Netanyahu’s waning appeal

  3. Jerusalem Daily: Israel pardons soldier Elor Azaria

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  5. Qatar PM describes fallout of US-Israel war on Iran as ‘earthquake’

  6. Russia's ruling party on track to win election after Ukraine's drone attacks on Moscow

  7. German Chancellor Merz calls state election a 'disaster' for his party but vows to stay on

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