{
  "id": 487731,
  "title": "Pleasing no one: Netanyahu puts election first with Gaza decision",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/pleasing-no-one-netanyahu-puts-election-first-with-gaza-decision",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T17:30:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/pleasing-no-one-netanyahu-puts-election-first-gaza-decision"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Faced with a divisive US-led Gaza plan just before elections that could end his career, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to choose between pleasing his ally Donald Trump or his right-wing base. In rejecting the plan, he may not please anyone. The decision is a tactical and PR victory for Hamas, analysts say, with the Islamist movement publicly backing the deal under which it would…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Netanyahu eyes election base as friction with Trump grows over Gaza deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/netanyahu-eyes-election-base-as-friction-with-trump-grows-over-gaza",
        "published": "2026-08-10T09:55:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Pleasing no one: Netanyahu puts election first with Gaza decision",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/pleasing-no-one-netanyahu-puts-election-first-with-gaza-decision",
        "published": "2026-08-11T01:41:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}