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Israel

Progressive US Jews call for Israel’s opposition bloc to welcome Arab parties

By SHARON UDASIN

(JTA) — Liberal U.S. Jewish leaders are urging Israel’s opposition parties to abandon their campaign promises and join hands with Arab parties in order to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

Following Tuesday’s vote, Netanyahu’s bloc was projected to...

Israel’s election deadlock: 3 scenarios for what comes next

By RUTH EGLASH

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – As election results from Israel’s parliamentary vote on Tuesday continue to trickle in, what seems clearest is that no side in this political race will have enough votes to form a majority government, meaning...

Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc ahead of opposition as post-election vote count continues

By CHARLES BYBELZER and AVIKA VAN KONINGSVELD

(JNS.org) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc appeared to outperform most exit polls following Tuesday’s national election, pulling ahead of the opposition overnight, according to partial results published by Israel’s Central Elections...

Netanyahu supporters try to project cheer while waiting for ‘King Bibi’ to show

By THEA CHATELLE

(JTA) — JERUSALEM — Forty-five minutes after Israeli channels released their first exit polls, a silence had washed over the Likud election watch party held at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.

Supporters had waited in anticipation for...

Israeli election: Likud largest party, but no clear path to governing coalition, exit polls show

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party edged out Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar in Israel’s national election on Tuesday, according to exit polls published as voting closed at 10 p.m. local time. However, the incumbent did not immediately...

Netanyahu leads in exit polls, but Eisenkot’s change bloc has more seats

By RUTH EGLASH

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – Israel’s parliamentary election has ended with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party remaining the largest faction, even though it appears he will struggle to form a government, according to exit polls published as...

Israel revokes travel permissions for Brad Lander, American rabbis

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — Israel revoked travel authorizations for several American rabbis, activists and Jewish New York politician Brad Lander following their work last week with Palestinians harvesting olives in the West Bank.

Emails from Israel’s immigration authority, shared with...

Highest turnout since 1973 as Israelis cast ballots to decide Netanyahu’s fate

By RUTH EGLASH

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – Israelis turned out to vote in high numbers Tuesday, with some 44.9% of the country’s 7 million eligible voters having cast their ballots by 2 p.m. in an election many are calling the most...

Democrats leader Golan approached by man with knife on election day

By MICHELE CHABIN

(JTA) — JERUSALEM —  Israel Police arrested a man carrying a large knife after he approached Yair Golan, head of the Democrats party, as Golan was campaigning in Tel Aviv on Election Day.

“Contrary to reports, no stabbing...

Polls show a deadlock, but betting markets strongly favor Eisenkot to replace Netanyahu

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) — Traders on the Kalshi and Polymarket prediction markets are betting that former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot will replace incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s next prime minister following Tuesday’s election.

That assessment comes...