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Final vote tally in Israel gives right slight edge
JERUSALEM – A final tally released Thursday of votes from this week's parliamentary election in Israel broke the virtual tie between rival ideological factions, giving the right-wing bloc, including religious parties, 61 seats in the Knesset,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, National Government, Civil Rights, Labor Legislation, Likud
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Exit polls: Israeli right-wing bloc heading to narrow election win
JERUSALEM -- With one of the highest voter turnouts since 1999, Israelis once again threw their support behind the nation’s conservative and religious political parties, probably ensuring the reelection of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...
Tags: Tzipi Livni, Likud, Israel, Christian Orthodoxy, Polls
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Kadima party breaks from Israeli government coalition
World NowIsrael’s much-touted grand coalition broke apart Tuesday as the centrist Kadima Party said it would quit less than three months after it surprised the nation by joining Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government.... -
Israeli authorities round up South Sudanese for deportation
World NowIsraeli immigration authorities on Monday arrested dozens of people in a crackdown on African migrants mainly targeting asylum seekers from South Sudan.... -
Israel's Netanyahu calls early elections for September
World NowPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Sunday he is moving to dismantle what has been considered one of the more stable coalition governments in Israel’s history and calling for early elections in September.... -
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu decides to form unity government
World NowIn a surprise turnabout, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to cancel the early election he had called just 24 hours before and instead form a unity government with opposition party Kadima, Israeli officials said Tuesday.... -
New Israeli coalition expected to steer more moderate course
World NowThe surprise unity government announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has many observers predicting that the reformed coalition will embark on a more moderate path.... -
Arab League to increase the number of its monitors in Syria
World NowThe Arab League is pressing ahead with a heavily criticized observer mission in Syria, saying it will increase the number of monitors and calling on all sides to halt months of bloodshed. The head of the observers briefed an Arab League ministerial... -
Popular Israeli anchor to quit television and enter politics
World NowYair Lapid, a popular Israeli news anchor and television personality, is quitting journalism and heading for politics, local media reported Sunday.... -
Israeli court overturns ultra-Orthodox military exemption law
World NowIsrael, ultra-Orthodox, military service, Netanyahu: Israel’s Supreme Court has dropped a political hot potato on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plate by overturning a law that had effectively exempted tens of thousands of ultra-... -
MIDDLE EAST: While waiting for the peace talks to begin ...
Babylon & BeyondSince reopening with much fanfare last week, peace talks between Israel and Palestinians continue to generate the typical mood swings. Parades are promptly rained on, windows of opportunity pronounced open one minute are declared closing the next. The... -
ISRAEL: Bill to ban fur gets fuzzy -- but also gets Pamela Anderson
Babylon & BeyondWell, it's not every day that an ultra-Orthodox Jew gets a personal letter from a Playboy cover girl, but in this case there's a perfectly good explanation. Pamela Anderson, expected to descend on Israel in full glory next week for......
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