Posts Tagged: elections
Israel’s President Herzog to Kick Off Talks Next Week on Candidate to Form Next Government
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog will kick off consultation meetings with party leaders on Wednesday before announcing the Knesset member who will be tasked with forming...
Israeli Election 2022: With Most Votes Counted, Netanyahu on Path of Comeback Helped by Right-Wing Allies
With almost 90 percent of the vote counted in Israel’s 2022 elections, the comeback of opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu leading one of the most right-wing...
President Herzog Tells American Jewish Leaders Israeli Vote ‘Should Be Respected’
Just hours before Israelis go to the polls for the fifth time in almost four years, President Isaac Herzog on Monday addressed American Jewish leaders...
‘We Cannot Go Backwards’: Bennett Thanks Coalition Partners for Putting Aside ‘Differences’ During Tenure
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday praised his coalition partners and touted the relative calm along the Gaza border during what was likely his...
‘Right Decision’: Israel Set for New Elections as Fragile Coalition Government Collapses
Israel is paving the way for its fifth election in less than four years, as efforts to stabilize the fragile ruling coalition led by Prime...
Palestinians Vote in Local Elections Amid Rising Anger with Abbas
Palestinians held municipal elections in the West Bank on Saturday in a rare democratic exercise and amid rising anger with President Mahmoud Abbas after he...
Jewish Leader Urges Renewed Fight Against Extremism as German Exit Polls Show Tight Race for Merkel Successor
As Germany voted on the shape of its next government and on who will succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel after 16 years in office, the head...
Iranian Army Chief Warns Parliamentary Candidates Against Maintaining US, UK Ties
Iran's top brass warned candidates running in the current parliamentary elections to distance themselves from the United States and Britain, Tehran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported...
Hamas Says Palestinian Authority Afraid of Elections Because They Know They Will Lose
Gaza-based terror group Hamas lashed out at the Palestinian Authority on Thursday, saying that the PA opposes the operation of the "democratic process" because it...
White House Says Committed to ‘Working Very Closely’ With Winner of Israeli Election
White House spokesman Josh Earnest told The New York Times on Tuesday that regardless of the outcome of today's general election in Israel, President Obama will...
Israeli Knesset Officially Disperses Ahead of March Elections
JNS.org - On Monday night, the curtain closed on one of the shortest Knesset terms in Israel's history. After only 20 months, members of...
Voters head to Polls in Several U.S. States
Politico - Candidates for Virginia and New Jersey governor and New York City mayor on Monday sprinted toward the finish line of Election 2013,...
Venezuela’s Next President Could be Son of Holocaust Survivors
On Sunday, February 12th, Henrique Capriles Radonski won the primary elections in Venezuela, solidifying his candidacy for the presidency of Venezuela in this years October...
Obama Faces Critical Decision on Afghan Troop Withdrawal
President Obama must soon make a critical decision: how many and what type of U.S. forces to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan this summer. The July...
