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Netanyahu fights for political future as Israel heads to polls with Iran threat looming
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Ahead of Israel’s Oct. 27 national vote, President Donald Trump issued a sweeping endorsement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election bid, calling him a «great warrior,» an «even greater partner for peace» and an ally in the confrontation with Iran.
The backing could give Israel’s longest-serving prime minister a boost ahead of the country’s first national vote since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. The election is widely viewed in Israel as a referendum on whether to grant Netanyahu another term to pursue his war objectives, including disarming Hamas and Hezbollah and countering the nuclear threat from the Islamic Republic.
In response, Netanyahu thanked Trump for his «extraordinary endorsement.» «Together we will never let Iran’s regime get nuclear weapons,» he said.
TRUMP SAYS NETANYAHU NEEDS TO BE RE-ELECTED, OR ELSE US WILL HAVE TO ‘FINISH THE JOB’ AGAINST IRAN ALONE
President Donald Trump speaks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Oct. 13, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel. President Trump visited the country hours after Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages captured on Oct. 7, 2023, part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Addressing the endorsement, Doron Spielman, international spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, told Fox News Digital that no personal or professional bond in the history of U.S.-Israel relations compares with the current partnership.
«Israel and the U.S. have stood together as the two countries bearing the torch for the West, and that is a direct result of the incredible relationship between President Trump and Netanyahu,» he said.
He reiterated Netanyahu’s long-standing foreign-policy priority and central campaign promise: ensuring that Iran does not acquire atomic bombs under his watch.
«Israel prefers to do this with the U.S., which has been our greatest ally and friend, and who has already entered the front with us twice. But already at the time of Operation Rising Lion, Israel showed that it was willing to act alone. Israel acted for over a week before the U.S. joined,» he said, in reference to the June 2025 military mission against Iran.
Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, with roughly 20 years in office, Netanyahu began his diplomatic career in 1982 as deputy chief of mission at Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C. He served as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988 before entering politics with Likud. He became the party’s chairman in 1993 and was first elected premier in 1996.
After losing the 1999 election, Netanyahu returned to government in 2002 as foreign minister and later served as finance minister. He returned to the premiership in 2009, serving until 2021 and again from late 2022. He is widely credited with liberalizing Israel’s economy and helping transform the country into a global high-tech hub.
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Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a session at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, before it dissolves ahead of the 2026 Israeli elections, in Jerusalem, July 16, 2026. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)
Netanyahu’s current political allies include Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit, Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism-Zehut, and the ultra-Orthodox parties Shas and United Torah Judaism. The newcomer Amcha Yisrael, led by Ofer Winter, could also join the bloc, although Winter is currently feuding with Likud over concerns that his party, which is hovering near the electoral threshold, could split the right-wing vote and potentially «waste» tens of thousands of ballots.
According to most Hebrew-language media polls, neither Netanyahu’s bloc nor the opposition led by Gadi Eisenkot currently has a clear path to securing the 61 Knesset seats needed to form a government.
If no candidate can assemble a governing coalition, Israel could head to another election, repeating the cycle of political instability that saw the country hold four national votes between April 2019 and March 2021.
Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, told Fox News Digital that any incoming government will face the same formidable security challenges as the current one, with few prospects for quick victories.
A woman reacts as the community of Kibbutz Kfar Aza commemorates their members who were killed, taken hostage and who died in captivity, following the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas terrorists, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Oct. 16, 2025. (Hannah McKay/Reuters)
«The major challenge in this election will be what Netanyahu discussed in terms of adjusting the national security concept to prioritize prevention. That means taking very serious, assertive and aggressive military counterterrorism and nonmilitary actions against our enemies,» Diker said.
The Israeli left, center and even far-right believe Netanyahu has failed to meet the expectations associated with his image as «Mr. Security,» according to professor Tamar Hermann, a senior researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute.
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«He promised to topple the Iranian regime, he promised to dismantle Hamas, he promised to crush Hezbollah. None of it was achieved,» Hermann told Fox News Digital. «He gave a green light to not punishing vigilantes in the settlements who act against Palestinians. He also gave too much to the ultra-Orthodox parties, giving up on the idea of universal conscription.»
Hermann said that Netanyahu’s current term has been his least successful, beginning with the judicial reform push, which triggered mass protests in 2023, and followed by the Palestinian terror attacks on Oct. 7. Netanyahu subsequently faced public anger over his handling of the hostage crisis, although, in coordination with Trump and his envoys, he ultimately secured the return of all the captives.
Memorials at the site of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, on May 27, 2024. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«In the eyes of some, his legacy will be that he inflicted a huge disaster upon Israel in terms of what happened to civilians on Oct. 7 and the deterioration of Israel’s international image,» she said.
Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States, framed the upcoming election in terms of legacy and how Netanyahu will be remembered 50 years from now.
«There are two types of leaders: leaders in history and leaders of history,» he told Fox News Digital. «There are leaders who go into office and perform as best they can, and there are leaders who go into office and see themselves as transformative, as having a historical role like Abraham Lincoln, Roosevelt or Churchill. Benjamin Netanyahu belongs to this category.»
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands on a platform overlooking the Gaza Strip during his first visit to Kibbutz Nir Oz since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas terrorists, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Oren said Netanyahu sees his mission as saving Israel from existential threats, foremost among them Iran, a goal he has yet to achieve.
«He is willing to endure virtually limitless criticism and condemnation around the world, as well as mass demonstrations against him, to fulfill this one role,» he said. «To understand that is to understand Benjamin Netanyahu: He is a leader of history.»
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What’s next for Ilhan Omar? Former immigration judge breaks down legal risks amid federal probes
MINNEAPOLIS — A former federal immigration judge says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who is under investigation, could face both criminal charges and denaturalization.
There are two federal probes ongoing into the congresswoman — the first into alleged immigration fraud and the second involving her financial disclosures and a sharp discrepancy reported just one year apart.
«If somebody who’s a naturalized citizen — which I believe Ilhan Omar is — is convicted of a crime, that doesn’t automatically mean that they face denaturalization or anything like that,» Nathan Hansen, an attorney of 23 years, told Digital. «They would be handled by any type of other normal punishment that would come from the court.»
Hansen was appointed by former Attorney General Pam Bondi to serve as an immigration judge earlier this year. He served in the role for four months.
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Denaturalization proceedings are separate from any criminal case that could arise from the federal investigation into Omar, whose «real name,» according to sources familiar with the investigation, is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi. Omar is under investigation for alleged immigration fraud related to the way she or her late father filled out her citizenship paperwork.
«A denaturalization proceeding, or somebody to strip somebody of their naturalization, is another proceeding, which would be a civil proceeding brought by the Department of Justice, presumably maybe on behalf of the Department for Homeland Security, who handles most of these things,» said Hansen.
HOMAN SAYS ILHAN OMAR COULD BE STRIPPED OF NATURALIZATION, DEPORTED IF IMMIGRATION FRAUD IS PROVEN
«If there was some sort of nexus between the criminal conviction and somebody’s citizenship, It might be more likely that The Department of Justice would bring a denaturalization proceeding,» Hansen continued. «But I think it would be a discretionary matter within the people who are running the Justice Department.»
Omar’s Washington, D.C. home was raided by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the principal investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in the early morning hours of Oct. 12.
During the raid, investigators reportedly seized the congresswoman’s phone, passport and computer. later confirmed that authorities are in possession of her DNA.
Regarding the case, observers have speculated that if indeed Omar has broken the law, statutes of limitations could hinder a prosecution. Hansen has seen those claims, but doesn’t believe them to be valid.
«My view of that is generally that fraud stops any statute of limitations. In other words, if something isn’t disclosed or something’s hidden, then it would be unfair to the other party to toll a statute of limitations against them,» said Hansen. «That’s just sort of a general principle of law.»
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Asked about the prevalence of immigration fraud in general, Hansen pointed to the sheer number of pending immigration and removal cases across the country an in Minnesota.
«I think I would take it from a 30,000 foot view of just the amount of cases that the United States is facing right now of people coming here,» he said. «It’s got to be in the tens of millions of people coming here, I think, but certainly millions.»
He said that in Minnesota alone, there are 20,000 to 30,000 removal cases pending that do not have a scheduled court date, due to a massive backlog of immigration-related cases.
«Whether you want to call it fraud or whatever, it’s like an overwhelming of the system and the system is not being used in the way in which it was intended,» he explained.
Bogus asylum claims are also contributing to the backlog, Hansen explained.
ILHAN OMAR’S TURBULENT WEEK EXPLAINED: THE DUELING PROBES THAT THREW THE SOMALI-BORN PROGRESSIVE INTO CHAOS
«Asylum relief has to do with protected grounds,» he said. «The most common ones are that, ‘I was persecuted at the acquiescence or directly at the behest at the government I am fleeing from based upon my race, my religion, my ethnicity [or] my political views.’ These are common claims.»
Hansen said that during the time when he was an immigration judge, he frequently saw claims that «just totally didn’t add up,» or documents provided by the applicant were «clearly fake.»
«There were other asylum applications that just clearly lacked merit under existing law,» he continued. «I mean, people would — I’ve seen cases where people would say, ‘well, people insulted me in my country.’ And my response to that is, ‘your country probably provides more protection against insults than the United States. In the United States we have freedom of speech, and for the most part, you can be as rude as you want to someone and insult them, and it’s not a crime.’»
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Frustrado por el triunfo de Lula, un diputado “bolsonarista” propuso separar los tres estados del sur de Brasil del resto del país
Decepcionado por la derrota de Flávio Bolsonaro ante el presidente Lula da Silva en las elecciones y su posterior huida a Estados Unidos, un diputado de su Partido Liberal (PL) propuso separar el sur del país de Brasil.
“Como representante recién electo en Santa Catarina, cumpliré mi promesa de campaña: convocar a un plebiscito para que el pueblo de Santa Catarina (y el Sur) vote sobre si aún desea formar parte de esta Federación”, escribió el legislador Bruno Souza.
No es algo nuevo. En Brasil existen numerosos movimientos independentistas minoritarios desparramados por todo el país y que cada tanto asoman la cabeza para visibilizar sus reclamos secesionistas.
De hecho, el sur del país —rico y europeizado— tiene grupos que promueven la independencia de los estados de Santa Catarina, Paraná y Río Grande do Sul, como “O Sul é o Meu País” (“El Sur es Mi País”) y la “República do Pampa” (La República de la Pampa), que en los años 90 llegó a mencionar la posibilidad de crear una nueva nación con las provincias argentinas del litoral y la pampa húmeda.
El plan de Souza es irrealizable simplemente porque lo prohíbe la Constitución brasileña. Pero su elección como diputado estadual demuestra que estos movimientos, si bien minoritarios, tienen base electoral.
“Las diferencias en preferencias, prioridades y valores quedaron claras una vez más en estas elecciones. ¡El Sur merece ser libre!”, clamó Souza.
El analista Joao Daniel Almeida, de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Río de Janeiro, dijo a TN que “la última vez que este tema apareció de manera seria fue hace 130 años, entre 1891 y 1894, durante la Revolución Federalista”, una guerra civil que ensangrentó los estados del sur y culminó con la victoria del gobierno central.
“Hubo un movimiento de este tipo en los años 90, pero siempre tratado como una broma. Tal como sucede ahora de nuevo”, indicó.
Un debate que revive en cada elección
El legislador electo reavivó el debate en una región donde Bolsonaro arrasó en el balotaje del domingo. Allí, siete de cada diez electores catarinenses eligieron al candidato de la derecha dura. El número bajó a 6,2 de cada diez en Paraná y arañó los seis en Río Grande do Sul.
Nadie duda de que el sur es anti-Lula. Pero de ahí a separar la región hay un trecho enorme.
“No entiendo por qué tantos consideran extraño o ´exótico´ la idea de separar el Sur. Si la libertad es una premisa y la autonomía de los pueblos es un derecho, ¿por qué sería radical que un pueblo no quiera continuar en un arreglo que no lo beneficia ni lo representa? No es terraplanismo, es solo lógica. Si el pacto federativo ya no funciona para nosotros, ¿por qué insistir?“, afirmó Souza en su cuenta de Instagram.
La independencia del sur de Brasil es un tema recurrente ante cada elección.
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El Ejército israelí informó que la participación electoral entre los militares alcanzó casi el 80%
El 79,9% de los militares israelíes en actividad votó durante las elecciones parlamentarias del martes, una participación 6,2 puntos porcentuales superior a la registrada en los comicios de 2022. Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) instalaron más de 890 colegios electorales en bases y unidades de todo el país, además de puestos militares en la Franja de Gaza, Líbano y Siria.
La participación entre los integrantes del Ejército superó al 77,7% del conjunto del electorado, la cifra más alta desde 1999 y casi ocho puntos por encima de la registrada en 2022. La jornada también registró un aumento del voto en las localidades árabes.
Con el 51,6% de las urnas escrutadas, el Likud, del primer ministro Benjamín Netanyahu, encabezaba el recuento con el 20,7% de los votos. Le seguían Yashar, del ex jefe del Estado Mayor Gadi Eisenkot, con el 16,7%, y Juntos, la alianza de Naftali Bénet y Yair Lapid, con el 9%. El escrutinio parcial y los sondeos a boca de urna no asignaban a ninguno de los dos principales bloques los 61 escaños necesarios para alcanzar la mayoría en la Knesset y formar gobierno.
Los colegios electorales de Israel cerraron el martes a las 22:00 hora local, después de una jornada que registró la mayor participación electoral de las últimas décadas y que dejó abierto el escenario para la formación del próximo Gobierno.
A las 20:00, la participación alcanzaba el 74,3%, con 5,4 millones de votos emitidos, según la Comisión Electoral Central. La cifra superó en ocho puntos porcentuales la registrada a la misma hora en 2022 y fue la más alta desde 1988 para ese tramo de la jornada.
El dato se conoció pese a las lluvias torrenciales que afectaron al país durante la tarde. Un total de 7.331.981 electores estaban habilitados para elegir a los 120 integrantes de la Knesset (el Parlamento israelí) entre 38 listas, aunque las proyecciones anticipaban que cerca de 11 fuerzas superarían el umbral del 3,25% necesario para acceder al Parlamento. Las autoridades estimaron que unos 67.000 israelíes viajaron desde el exterior para votar, ya que el país no permite el sufragio a distancia salvo para sus representantes diplomáticos.
Los sondeos previos ubicaban a los bloques del primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu y del opositor Gadi Eisenkot por debajo de los 61 escaños necesarios para formar gobierno. En ese escenario, los partidos árabes podrían adquirir un papel decisivo en las negociaciones posteriores al escrutinio.
El Likud solicitó extender la votación más allá de las 22:00 por la elevada afluencia y las esperas en algunos centros. La iniciativa contó con el respaldo de Otzmá Yehudit, la formación ultraderechista de Itamar Ben Gvir. La Comisión Electoral Central rechazó el pedido e indicó que podían sufragar quienes llegaran a su colegio antes del horario de cierre. Yashar!, el partido de Eisenkot, se opuso a la prórroga y sostuvo que no existía una situación excepcional que justificara modificar el cronograma.
Durante la jornada, Yashar! denunció presuntas irregularidades en una decena de colegios, con papeletas desaparecidas, dañadas o marcadas de forma que podían invalidar votos. La Comisión Electoral Central indicó que no había pruebas de una manipulación sistemática y que atendía los casos particulares.
La organización de derechos humanos Adalah también alertó sobre retrasos, cierres de centros y falta de papeletas en árabe en localidades de población árabe. La autoridad electoral emitió instrucciones para agilizar las filas y facilitar el voto.
La Policía arrestó a tres personas en el Néguev, bajo sospecha de participar en una trama de compra de votos a favor del partido árabe Ra’am. La agrupación rechazó las detenciones y afirmó que buscaban reducir la participación del electorado árabe.
En Tel Aviv, agentes detuvieron a un hombre que portaba un cuchillo cerca de Yair Golán, dirigente del partido Los Demócratas. La fuerza política calificó el episodio como un intento de apuñalamiento, aunque la Policía no confirmó esa versión.
(Con información de EFE)
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