Israel’s opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot says the country’s four opposition parties still stand by their pledge to remove Benjamin Netanyahu from power - but the path to doing so through parliament remains uncertain.
World politicsIsrael's Arab parties are making historic gains in the election and could become kingmakers in the difficult task of forming a government. They look set to nearly double their seats in parliament, making it harder for either bloc to form a government, says Israel expert Anders Persson.
World politicsNeither bloc will win a majority in Israel’s election, according to exit polls. But most major TV channels’ exit polls show challenger Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s.
World politicsThere is a fierce battle for voters in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is being challenged in Tuesday’s election by an opposition led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party. “He is running for office on an eternal war,” Eisenkot said of Netanyahu at a campaign rally.
World politicsIt is described as the most important election in Israel’s history - an election that tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad are expected to travel home to vote in. Many feel this is when the country’s future will be decided and that too much is at stake, says Yael Shomer, an associate professor of political science at Tel Aviv University.
World politicsTwo days before Israel’s election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns citizens of a “second Holocaust” at the hands of Iran.
World politicsThousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv to express their dissatisfaction with Israel’s current government.
World politicsA plane from Tel Aviv, Israel, was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, after what Bulgarian authorities described as a “bomb threat signal,” Sky News reports.
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