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Israelis spent NIS 250.78 million on card payments between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Tuesday, as voting in Israel's 26th Knesset elections was underway. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

jpost.comElection Day spending sees significant rise from 2022 election | The Jerusalem PostAccording to SHVA, the company that manages and develops Israel's national payment system, Israelis spent NIS 250.78 million using payment cards between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Tuesday.
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Central Elections Committee Chairman Justice Noam Sohlberg issued an interim order prohibiting United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and its representatives at polling stations from reporting voter numbers in real time. www.jpost.com/israel-elect...

jpost.comUTJ barred from reporting real-time voter numbers, Sohlberg says | The Jerusalem PostThe order followed a petition filed by the Movement for Quality Government in Israel over concerns that the party was violating a High Court of Justice ruling.
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The Netherlands will not participate in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest because no broadcaster is willing to take responsibility for the Dutch entry, citing concerns about Israel's participation, broadcaster association NPO said on Tuesday. www.jpost.com/internationa...

jpost.comNetherlands to boycott Eurovision 2027 because of Israel-Gaza war | The Jerusalem PostWeeks after saying it was confident the Netherlands would return, NPO said no Dutch broadcaster was willing to take on the entry over concerns about Israel’s participation in the contest.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi is caught between the need to restrict arms and drug trafficking through Iranian border crossings and the realities of an economy that has become dependent on cheap produce imported from the neighboring country. www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

jpost.comIraq balances Iran border crossing closure with national needs as tensions mount | The Jerusalem PostAuthorities closed the al-Shib crossing last week as they upgraded security and detection equipment, an Iraqi official told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Parties barred from using voter-tracking apps inside polling stations found other ways on Tuesday to track which of their supporters turned out to vote. www.jpost.com/israel-elect...

jpost.comParties find workaround to app ban, track voters at the door | The Jerusalem PostBarred from using voter-tracking apps inside polling stations, parties including Likud and United Torah Judaism stationed activists outside to ask voters to identify themselves and log their turnout.
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Turnout at 12:00 p.m.: 31.5% 31.5% of eligible voters had cast their ballots by 12:00 p.m., according to the Central Elections Committee. That is up from 28.4% at the same time in the 2022 election. At 12:00 p.m. in earlier elections: 25.4% in 2021, 27.6% in 2020. Polls close at 10:00 p.m.

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Security, religion, and loyalty remain the core values Jerusalem residents shared as they prepared to vote in the 26th Knesset elections, with opinions sharply split over whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should remain prime minister. www.jpost.com/israel-elect...

jpost.comJerusalem's right-wing voters split over who should lead next gov't | The Jerusalem PostSome voters interviewed in Jerusalem reflected that shift. “I just know I don’t want Bibi,” said a woman in Mahane Yehuda who is leaning toward Bennett, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname.
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Experts at a digital defense firm recently found that an Israeli ad tech company heavily targeted users of Starlink's satellite internet service, likely to spy on them, according to six people familiar with the matter. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

jpost.comIsraeli company alleged to use ad tech for spying targeted Starlink users | The Jerusalem PostResearchers at TrendAI, a unit of Tokyo-based cybersecurity company Trend Micro, concluded the Israeli company Discover-Tech was one of the biggest sources of digital ads shown to users of Starlink.
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Jordan carried out airstrikes in southern Syria on Monday evening, saying it was targeting terrorist hideouts linked to a deadly attack on a church in Karak governorate in southern Jordan on Friday. www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

jpost.comJordan strikes ‘terrorist hideouts’ in Syria after church attack | The Jerusalem PostDamascus has opened an investigation and is in direct contact with Amman after the strikes in Daraa, as Syrians mourn the dead.
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Religious Zionist Party reports deliberately damaged Likud, Religious Zionist ballot slips https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/2026-10-27/live-updates-912992#update-38157

jpost.comIsrael Election 2026 live updates: Netanyahu, Eisenkot battle for powerRock-throwing terror attack reported in West Bank on Election Day • Channel 14 reporter verbally assaulted, harassed while covering voting in Haifa • Three arrested on suspicion of election bribery
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Turnout at 10:00 a.m.: 16.68% 16.68% of eligible voters had cast their ballots by 10:00 a.m., according to the Central Elections Committee. That is up from 15.9% at the same time in the 2022 election. At 10:00 a.m. in earlier elections: 14.8% in 2021, 14.5% in 2020. Polls close at 10:00 p.m.