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‘The stakes could hardly be higher’: The election for Israel’s soul

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 23, 2026 • 02:02 AM
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October 7 has become a lightning rod issue for Israelis in an election that is a referendum on the polarising leadership of Netanyahu and on the nation’s soul.

‘The stakes could hardly be higher’: The election for Israel’s soul

Tel Aviv | The faint boom of Israel Defence Forces artillery still echoes over the irrigated fields separating the Gaza Strip from south-west Israel, but the residents of Kibbutz Be’eri are rebuilding their homes along Route 232 after the carnage wreaked by Hamas terrorists on October 7 three years ago.

The highway was labelled the “road of death” after the horrific attack that claimed close to 1200 lives, 108 of them in Be’eri. “We’re building now, and it’s virtually one for one, and that’s really our rebirth,” said Sydney-born survivor Danny Majzner.

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