{
  "id": 16763648,
  "title": "Likud requests extension to voting hours beyond 10pm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/likud-requests-extension-to-voting-hours-beyond-10pm",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T16:07:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/likud-requests-extension-voting-hours-beyond-10pm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Likud requests extension to voting hours beyond 10pm Netanyahu's Likud party has submitted a request to extend the voting hours beyond 1opm. Times of Israel said that the ultra-Orthodox Shas party had also requested an extension. “The parties are trying to prevent a situation in which citizens waiting in line won’t be able to vote,\" they party said in a statement.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Likud, Shas, Otzma Yehudit push to extend voting hours amid reports of congested polling stations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/likud-shas-otzma-yehudit-push-to-extend-voting-hours-amid-reports-of",
        "published": "2026-10-27T16:16:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}