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3 years later, Netanyahu faces reckoning over Oct. 7 in Israeli election

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Israel is marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attacks three weeks before an election where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's personal culpability for the country's worst-ever security failure will be a central issue. Why it matters: Netanyahu has never looked more politically vulner

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What the coverage shows

The coverage converges on Oct. 7 as a political reckoning for Netanyahu, with NPR, the Washington Post and Axios all focusing on how the attacks have altered his standing and election prospects. Axios is the clearest about personal culpability becoming a central issue in the upcoming vote, while the Washington Post foregrounds survivors and officials facing a long-delayed reckoning. NPR’s later piece uniquely emphasizes reports that Netanyahu had been warned before the attack, and its earlier interview with Dahlia Scheindlin is the only extract framed around his political legacy and future.

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