{
  "id": 15896687,
  "title": "Why Haaretz called Israel's first election in 1949 a 'failure of the extremists'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/why-haaretz-called-israels-first-election-in-1949-a-failure-of-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T13:38:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2026-10-21/ty-article-magazine/.premium/why-haaretz-called-israels-first-election-in-1949-a-failure-of-the-extremists/000001a1-5d6a-d3bb-abef-dffa7e410000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "'A historic moment:' Then-Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett called the first-ever election a referendum on the 1947 partition plan",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}