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Netanyahu’s fate is on the line in Israel’s first elections since the Oct. 7 attacks. Breaking down the ballot measures to watch in the midterms. And a thrilling divisional showdown in the NFC North.
Here’s what to know today.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces one of the most significant electoral tests of his decadeslong political career.
As voters go to the polls tomorrow, Netanyahu’s party is neck and neck with former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, his strongest rival in a campaign that has revolved around everything from military conscription to the economy.
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Netanyahu has led Israel for nearly 19 of the past 30 years. But this is the first nationwide election since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks. Many of the prime minister’s opponents believe he has evaded responsibility for the intelligence failures leading up to the attacks and what is widely seen as the security forces’ inadequate response.
The election is also about his personal freedom: Netanyahu faces long-running criminal cases domestically, which have been dragged out because of his political privileges.
No one party can expect to earn a majority of the Israeli Knesset’s 120 seats. Instead, the country’s leadership will be decided by negotiations to build a governing coalition.
Here’s how that works.
Voters in more than three dozen states will determine the fate of nearly 150 ballot measures on Election Day that will shape local policy on a wide range of issues.
These are some of the ones to watch:
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Week 7 of the NFL season featured a Super Bowl contender getting back on track and a thrilling divisional showdown in the NFC North.
Here’s what you need to know about from Sunday:
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Over the summer, I started talking to supply chain and cargo theft experts about a pattern that surprised me — thieves were increasingly targeting valuable technology bound for data center projects across the country.
Soon enough, everyone I spoke with was referencing two incidents that sounded straight out of an action film’s opening scene: undercover security cars following trailers of data center equipment had been disabled so that thieves could get away with the goods unchaperoned. It was the first time something like that had happened in the U.S., which alarmed the experts I was in touch with.
I am always drawn to stories along the outer edges of phenomena and about unintended consequences. The AI boom coincided with a pandemic-driven shift in supply chain processes, which has enabled thieves to steal fewer but higher-value goods. What used to be an opportunistic crime is now highly strategic and done by organized criminal groups.
“It’s like stealing pure gold bars,” I was told early on in my conversations. I knew if I couldn’t stop thinking about it, I had to know more.
— Lisa Cavazuti, NBC News Investigative Unit producer and reporter
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