After counting more than half of the polling stations, Netanyahu's camp is projected to win 55 seats. Six seats are missing for a majority in the Knesset.
Election in Israel: Netanyahu's camp ahead, but without a majority
After counting more than half of the polling stations, Netanyahu's camp is projected to win 55 seats. Six seats are missing for a majority in the Knesset.
Israel votes today, reaffirming a 3,000-year-old civilization’s commitment to democracy in the heart of the Middle East.
Israeli analysts told JNS that at the least, an opposition victory means a freeze on new settlement construction. In the worst-case scenario, it puts Israel’s very survival at risk.
The Shin Bet, social media platforms and independent researchers are working to expose influence operations and protect election systems.
Whether from shared interests, from love, or from a sense of responsibility – the Bible shows that the true value of a covenant is only revealed when faithfulness costs us something.
A day before the vote, the US president doubled down on an endorsement, and again tied Netanyahu’s reelection to the unfinished war with Iran.
A possible military strike against Iran is causing tensions between politicians and military leadership. At the same time, there is suspicion that political interests could be influencing decisions about war and peace.
Shas’s spiritual leader has ruled that voting for Itamar Ben-Gvir is a sin. At stake is Judaism’s holiest site, the Temple Mount, and who speaks for the tradition.
One day before the election, Prime Minister Netanyahu warns of an Iranian atomic bomb over Tel Aviv and portrays his political rivals as a threat to Israel’s existence. Yet his warnings contradict his own earlier declarations of victory.
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A day before the vote, the US president doubled down on an endorsement, and again tied Netanyahu’s reelection to the unfinished war with Iran.
A possible military strike against Iran is causing tensions between politicians and military leadership. At the same time, there is suspicion that political interests could be influencing decisions about war and peace.
While Israel and the United States face crucial elections, evidence of military planning against Iran is mounting. However, Tehran could disrupt the political timetable of Trump and Netanyahu.
In a wide-ranging pre-election interview, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses his alliance with US President Donald Trump; the necessity to act against Iran; expand the Abraham Accords; tackle domestic challenges, including reintroducing judicial reforms; and further strengthening the Israeli economy.
Despite a mutual desire to avoid escalation ahead of upcoming elections, something dramatic is unfolding between Washington and Jerusalem.
The election timing invites cynicism. But the warnings are also coming from Beirut, Riyadh and Washington, and Tehran is running out of room.
Three years after October 7, Tehran celebrates the massacre as the beginning of Israel’s end, while its president plans to close sports halls to keep the factories running.
The humble hill barely a stone’s throw east of the Temple Mount has a glorious past and even more glorious future.
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