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Israel's Knife-Edge Election Leaves Netanyahu and His Rival Deadlocked After Record Turnout

Exit polls show Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc and challenger Gadi Eisenkot's camp running dead even after Israel's first national election since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, with Arab parties posting record gains and both sides already claiming a mandate to govern.

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Labor Icon Dolores Huerta, Who Gave the World 'Sí, Se Puede,' Dies at 96

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Man Convicted, Sentenced to Life in 2012 Murder of UNC Student Faith Hedgepeth

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Brooklyn Jury Convicts American 'ISIS Bride' Who Says Her Stepfather Forced Her Into Syria as a Teen

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'Alexander Brothers' Get 30 Years in Sex-Trafficking Case That Shook New York Real Estate

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Nearly a Week In, Israel's West Bank Lockdown Has Bulldozed Homes and Displaced Thousands

Israeli forces have sealed off Hebron and raided more than a dozen West Bank towns since an ambush killed two soldiers — and the United Nations says the "collective" crackdown is only deepening a humanitarian crisis.

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Egypt Shuts Down Its Last Major Independent News Site, Then Detains Its Editor

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No One Wants to Govern With Them—But Israel's Arab Parties Just Had Record Night

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DRC's Ebola Outbreak Surges Past 10,000 Cases, Now Second-Largest on Record

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The WeeklyObserver

Israel's Knife-Edge Election Leaves Netanyahu and His Rival Deadlocked After Record Turnout

Google's Parent Just Posted Numbers So Ugly Wall Street Erased Billions in Minutes

Labor Icon Dolores Huerta, Who Gave the World 'Sí, Se Puede,' Dies at 96

US News

Man Convicted, Sentenced to Life in 2012 Murder of UNC Student Faith Hedgepeth

Brooklyn Jury Convicts American 'ISIS Bride' Who Says Her Stepfather Forced Her Into Syria as a Teen

'Alexander Brothers' Get 30 Years in Sex-Trafficking Case That Shook New York Real Estate

World

Nearly a Week In, Israel's West Bank Lockdown Has Bulldozed Homes and Displaced Thousands

Egypt Shuts Down Its Last Major Independent News Site, Then Detains Its Editor

No One Wants to Govern With Them—But Israel's Arab Parties Just Had Record Night

DRC's Ebola Outbreak Surges Past 10,000 Cases, Now Second-Largest on Record

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