{
  "id": 15908374,
  "title": "Top Arab-Israeli election candidate tells AFP Netanyahu win would be 'catastrophe'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/top-arab-israeli-election-candidate-tells-afp-netanyahu-win-would-be",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T15:30:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/top-arab-israeli-election-candidate-tells-afp-netanyahu-win-would-be-catastrophe"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A leading Arab candidate who could emerge as a kingmaker in next week's Israeli elections warned on Wednesday of disaster if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won again, voicing hope for high Arab turnout. If Netanyahu and his far-right allies return to power, \"that would, first and foremost, be a catastrophe for the State of Israel\", Raam party leader Mansour Abbas told AFP in an interview.…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Top election official: Netanyahu's Likud illegally used IDF assets in campaign ads",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/top-election-official-netanyahus-likud-illegally-used-idf-assets-in",
        "published": "2026-10-21T03:02:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}