Israel election deadlock: Netanyahu rival rejects key settlement project
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Israeli voters will go to the polls on October 27. Gadi Eisenkot, the centrist opponent of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has rejected the E1 settlement project. This project would split the largest Palestinian territory in two. However, Eisenkot remains as firmly opposed as the prime minister to the creation of a Palestinian state.