Israel Vote Ends In Deadlock
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Difficult negotiations lie ahead in Israel after Netanyahu’s bloc lost its parliamentary majority
Israel’s final election results confirmed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc lost its parliamentary majority and that weeks of difficult negotiations among very different parties, from ultra-Orthodox Jewish to secular to Arab-led,
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has repeatedly advocated for an independent Palestinian state as essential to lasting peace. He would have greater influence over the debate if Democrats win control of the House in Tuesday's midterm elections and he becomes speaker.
The results of Israel’s elections this week have left Democrats on Capitol Hill with a mixed bag of emotions. The lawmakers say they’re heartened by the massive voter turnout, the erosion of support for conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
For Palestinian citizens of Israel, it was a rare moment of political triumph. Hundreds of thousands voted in record numbers, giving two Arab-led parties their largest-ever number of seats in Israel’s parliament.
Abdul El-Sayed has previously said there is a responsibility to tackle "antisemitism in all of its forms wherever we see it."
Final election results show that Netanyahu’s bloc secured 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset. To form a government, political parties must secure the support of at least 61 lawmakers.
Israel demolished on Friday the homes of the assailants who killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron last week, part of an ongoing operation that has forcibly displaced over 3,
For decades, many Palestinian citizens of Israel stayed away from the polls, refusing to legitimize a system they say has oppressed their people, sidelined their concerns, and failed to represent them.
She criticized Zohran Mamdani, the New York mayor, and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat in the Michigan Senate race, over their refusal to endorse a Jewish state.
Accusations by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Tuesday's election was "stolen by Arab parties," and an official investigation into the matter, have cast a shadow over the vote.
