{
  "id": 17070592,
  "title": "Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel's longest-serving PM fights to survive",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/benjamin-netanyahu-israels-longest-serving-pm-fights-to-survive",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T13:30:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/benjamin-netanyahu-israels-longest-serving-pm-fights-survive"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's consummate political survivor, is scrambling for options to hold on to power after hard-fought elections delivered no clear winner. Voters on Tuesday cast their ballots in numbers not seen in decades, in a pivotal vote seen by many as a referendum on Netanyahu, who has governed Israel on-and-off for more than 19 years.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 7,
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      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "Netanyahu warns against government with Arab parties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/netanyahu-warns-against-government-with-arab-parties",
        "published": "2026-10-28T13:10:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Netanyahu’s bloc falls to 53 seats as Israel counts 85.6 percent of ballots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/netanyahus-bloc-falls-to-53-seats-as-israel-counts-85-6-percent-of",
        "published": "2026-10-28T13:13:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "This Day",
        "title": "Israel Election Count: Netanyahu’s Bloc Leads With 54 Seats, Eisenkot-led Bloc 49, Arab Parties 17",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/israel-election-count-netanyahus-bloc-leads-with-54-seats-eisenkot",
        "published": "2026-10-28T13:15:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Arab parties emerge as kingmakers as Netanyahu bloc falls short",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/arab-parties-emerge-as-kingmakers-as-netanyahu-bloc-falls-short",
        "published": "2026-10-29T11:13:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Israel piles pressure on Arab parties as Netanyahu seeks government",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/israel-piles-pressure-on-arab-parties-as-netanyahu-seeks-government-17064791",
        "published": "2026-10-29T12:52:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "How Netanyahu changed Israel, and the challenge that is for him now",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/how-netanyahu-changed-israel-and-the-challenge-that-is-for-him-now",
        "published": "2026-10-29T13:45:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}