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(MENAFN) Israeli police detained a man carrying a large knife on Tuesday after he approached opposition leader Yair Golan during an election campaign event in Tel Aviv, in what was suspected to be an attempted stabbing, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political bloc was projected to obtain 53 seats in the Knesset on Wednesday, following the completion of counting for regular ballots, while more than 500,000 special ballots remained to be...

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(MENAFN) Neither side has a path to power yet. With 72.4% of ballots counted in Israel’s parliamentary election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc is projected to take 54 seats in the 120-member Knesset, seven short of the 61 needed to...

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(MENAFN) Polls closed across Israel on Tuesday night in the country’s parliamentary election, with voter turnout climbing to nearly 75%, election authorities and domestic media said.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces continued their military operations in Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, for a sixth consecutive day on Wednesday, conducting raids and imposing tighter restrictions across the city, according to local sources....

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(MENAFN) Israel’s two main election blocs are locked in a dead heat, according to revised exit polls released early Wednesday, and neither has a clear path to power.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces pressed their sixth straight day of operations in Hebron on Wednesday, raiding neighborhoods and tightening control over access to the city, local sources said.

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(MENAFN) Israeli attacks killed two Palestinians and injured five others across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, while a six-year-old girl and a man died from wounds sustained in earlier attacks, according to medical sources.

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(MENAFN) Voter participation in Israel’s parliamentary elections reached 77.7% on Tuesday, the highest level since 1999, the Central Elections Committee said, while exit polls pointed to historic gains for Arab parties.

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(MENAFN) Three of four exit polls in Israel’s parliamentary election on Tuesday put the bloc of rival Gadi Eisenkot ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp, but none gave either side a governing majority.

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(MENAFN) Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed two Palestinians and injured five more, medical sources said.

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(MENAFN) Israeli authorities prevented a group of 23 international lawmakers, politicians, and academics from entering the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, stopping them from attending an international gathering at Birzeit University near Ramallah....

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(MENAFN) Voter participation in Israel’s general elections reached 31.5% by noon local time on Tuesday, marking the highest turnout recorded by that point in the day since 1973, according to the Central Elections Committee.

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(MENAFN) Israeli police arrested a man carrying a large knife on Tuesday after he approached opposition politician Yair Golan during an election campaign appearance in Tel Aviv in what was suspected to be an attempted stabbing, according to...

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(MENAFN) Israel’s Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking to prevent polling station staff and party representatives from carrying firearms inside voting centers during Tuesday’s parliamentary elections, according to a statement from the...

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(MENAFN) More than 2,600 Palestinians have been driven from their homes as the Israeli army pressed a major offensive in the West Bank city of Hebron for a fourth straight day Monday, with raids, closures and assaults on residents continuing....

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(MENAFN) Israeli police are mobilizing 22,000 officers for Tuesday’s general elections, bracing for possible unrest once results are announced, local media reported Monday.

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(MENAFN) Polling stations across Israel are scheduled to close at 10 pm local time (2000GMT) on Tuesday, setting off the vote-counting process and negotiations that could determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retains power....

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(MENAFN) Israeli opposition leaders called on voters Tuesday to participate in large numbers in the country's parliamentary elections, presenting strong turnout as essential to ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's time in power.

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(MENAFN) Voting got under way Tuesday in Israel’s parliamentary elections, with more than 7.3 million citizens eligible to choose the 120-member Knesset in a contest too close to call.