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With Israel's general election set for October 27, 2026, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned the police commissioner for an election-readiness briefing after the officer had snubbed a similar meeting with far-right minister Ben-Gvir, while opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot weighed forming a minority government and clashed with Netanyahu over a proposed cryptocurrency scheme to evade sanctions, which the Bank of Israel and opposition figures also rejected. Separately, reports said Netanyahu had ordered Israel to back Argentina's call for Falklands talks amid tensions with Britain over West Bank settlement sanctions, a claim Israel's foreign ministry denied. Arab-Israeli parties signaled readiness to form an opposition alliance, polls showed cracks in Likud support in the Netanyahu stronghold of Kiryat Shmona, and debate continued over drafting ultra-Orthodox men into the military.