AP - Top International News: Israeli TV show casts cutting comedy eye on March election

HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) -- For many Israelis, the country's election campaign has only truly begun with the recent return of "Eretz Nehederet," a biting TV satire that is Israel's equivalent of "Saturday Night Live." The show provides a cultural touchstone for a famously combative political environment that, as the vote draws near, is becoming surprisingly laced with humor....



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