{
  "id": 13453859,
  "title": "‘Peace is not in people’s minds’: October 7 scars push Israel’s first-time voters further right",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/peace-is-not-in-peoples-minds-october-7-scars-push-israels-first-time",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2026/10/11/peace-is-not-in-peoples-minds-october-7-scars-push-israels-first-time-voters-further-right/238536"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a devastating attack on Israel, marking the deadliest day in Israeli history and pushing first-time voters further right. As Israeli citizens turned 18 and gained the right to vote, security became a top priority. Amihai, an 18-year-old from Shomria, plans to vote for the far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's ultra-nationalist party, emphasizing deterrence and the eradication of terrorists. Roughly 550,000 Israelis aged 18 to 22 will vote for the first time, with 74% describing their policy views as right or center-right. This shift contrasts with left-leaning tendencies seen in Western democracies, as Amir Scheindlin, a pollster and analyst, notes that Israeli youth now view peace as improbable under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ultra-nationalist environment.",
  "summary": "NIR AM, Oct 10 — Like hundreds of thousands of Israelis, Amihai will be of voting age for the first time sinc...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}