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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...

Lula’s reelection puts the brakes on Latin America’s pro-Israel shift

By JUAN MELAMED

(JTA) — BUENOS AIRES – Brazilians reelected Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva as president, defeating the center-right senator Flavio Bolsonaro, putting the breaks on a regional shift toward closer ties with Israel.

The current president, a left-wing leader...

Trump says Jews who support El-Sayed should be ‘ashamed’ of themselves

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — President Donald Trump disparaged Jewish voters who support Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee, at a rally in Port Huron on Sunday.

“Any Jewish person that supports this guy should be ashamed of themselves,” Trump...

Israel’s global image is deteriorating. Why isn’t it a bigger issue in the election?

By RUTH EGLASH

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – Over the past few months, Israeli media has been full of reports of Israeli holidaymakers in Europe, Asia and the Americas being harassed or physically attacked after being identified as Israeli.

In July, a...

CAIR Connecticut urges Greenwich schools to stop using Eisner Camp over Israel ties

By TOBY AXELROD

(JTA) — GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. – Greenwich Public Schools in Connecticut said it would proceed with a planned fall trip for sixth graders at a Jewish camp in Massachusetts as planned this week, despite pressure from a Muslim...

Who are the first-time voters who could sway Israel’s election?

By MICHELE CHABIN

(JTA) — JERUSALEM — On Oct. 27, Yael Chernyvsky, 18, from Ramat Hasharon in central Israel, plans to cast her ballot for the first time. 

“I’m voting so we can change the future of this country,” the...

After backlash, Tulane cancels in-person talk on Israel ‘weaponizing’ diseases

By JESSICA RUSSAK-HOFFMAN

(JNS.org) – Tulane University canceled an in-person lecture, slated for Thursday night, with Dr. Salman Khan, associate professor of medicine at Columbia University, titled “Israel’s weaponization of infectious diseases in Gaza.”

The event was planned by student...

NCJW’s Greater New Orleans Section wins victory in federal court ruling

Led by a legal challenge filed by the Greater New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), non-profit organizations achieved a major victory last week when a federal court permanently struck down a Trump administration ban that...