# Israel elections: Can Netanyahu distract from the October 7 allegations?

https://mins.news/en/video/84753

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-03 15:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILQk3wsn80c

> With Israel’s election a month away, media debate has focused on what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew before October 7. Netanyahu is suing the Israeli newspaper that published the allegation, while right-wing Channel 14 says it does not matter. The coverage, the programme argues, has avoided reckoning with Israel’s actions in Gaza.

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