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Netanyahu could be unseated in Tuesday's Israeli election as Arab voters mobilise and loyalty frays in his Likud strongholds

Benjamin Netanyahu faces a deadlocked election on 27 October, with Arab parties holding enough seats to hand the opposition a majority if it joins forces with them.
Benjamin Netanyahu faces a deadlocked election on 27 October, with Arab parties holding enough seats to hand the opposition a majority if it joins forces with them.

Lifelong Likud voters in Kiryat Shmona are turning on Benjamin Netanyahu over his promise to crush Hezbollah. Eti Ben Shabat, 64, said: 'I don't want the lies to continue.' Polls suggest neither bloc will reach the 61 seats needed to govern on October 27. Arab parties Ra'am and the Joint List are forecast to win 12 to 15 seats and could decide who rules.

Eisenkot lost a son and two nephews fighting in Gaza.

Arab MP Ahmad Tibi: 'We are determined to bring this government down.'

Netanyahu, on trial for corruption, has refused a full state inquiry into October 7.

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