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Jerusalem Daily: Israeli elections underway
Voting has begun in Israel, with over seven million eligible voters expected at the polls.
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Iran’s calculations as US escalation looms: Trust, midterms, Hormuz
Tehran remains firm on demands despite diplomatic urgency to prevent escalation in the ongoing US-Israeli conflict.
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Israeli military detains Egyptian national who crossed border
Egyptian man held after crossing into Israel near Nitzana, his motive for the crossing still unknown.
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Israel election turnout highest in 50 years as voting continues
Voting numbers by 6pm local time had exceeded the number of all votes in 2022 elections.
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Turnout high as Israeli voters deliver verdict on Netanyahu
Israelis flocked to the polls Tuesday (October 27) in turnout unseen in decades, with a deeply divided electorate delivering a verdict on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the first election since the October 7, 2023 attack. Former FRANCE 24 correspondent, Irris Makler, tells us more.
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Political rivals, and their wives, vote in Israeli election
Polling published on Friday suggests incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu is almost neck-and-neck with former military chief Gadi Eisenkot in the race to become prime minister.
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Iranians brace for renewed attacks after Israeli, US elections
The US and Israel have teased strikes around their elections, particularly against Iran's civilian infrastructure.
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Israeli PM casts his ballot as voters voice opposition to Netanyahu outside polling stations
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cast his vote on Tuesday (October 27) in Israel’s general election. FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali tells us more.
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Israeli election: A referendum on 'Bibi' Netanyahu?
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, October 27: The Israeli, Palestinian and Lebanese papers break down what's at stake on election day for Israel and its neighbours. Also, the French government announces its first major concessions to protesting high school students, hoping to calm the movement. Finally, Harry Kane's Ballon d'Or means Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé will have to wait their turn.
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MPs and MSP detained by Israel and barred from entering West Bank
SNP MP Lara Bird and the Scottish Greens MSP Kate Nevens were part of an international delegation turned away by Israeli security forces.
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Israeli election: Fragile co-existence between residents in Jewish-Arab town of Lod
As Israelis head to the polls this Tuesday, among those voting are 2 million Palestinian citizens of Israel, some of whom live in mixed Jewish-Arab towns. One of them, Lod, has long been seen as symbolic of this coexistence. However in 2021 the town was the scene of violent clashes, whose consequences are still being felt. FRANCE 24's Stéphane Amar, Sandra Lederer and Josh Vardey report.
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Israeli elections: voters turnout reaches '16.7%' four hours after polls open
A deeply divided Israel headed to the polls on Tuesday (October 27) for the first time since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, with voters delivering their verdict on veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's rightward drift. FRANCE 24's Noga Tornapolski tells us more.
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Why it could take time for a new Israeli government to form
Israel faces what many view as one of the most pivotal elections in the country's history.
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Live: Netanyahu blasts Arab parties for ‘trying to steal’ vote as Israel holds tense election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday renewed his attacks on Arab parties, warning after casting his ballot that "they're trying to steal the election" after reports that individuals were arrested with envelopes of cash. The deeply divided country is voting in its first national elections since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Follow our live blog for all the latest updates.
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Polls open in Israeli election seen as referendum on Netanyahu
Polls opened Tuesday in Israel’s critical national election viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky explains that “the name of the game” after Election Day is whether the country’s fractious opposition, including an Arab-Israeli majority bloc, can come together to form a government.
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Oil prices fall after Iran supreme leader and top security official discuss conditions to end war
Renewed diplomatic efforts to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran pushed oil prices lower
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Israeli election draws tens of thousands of citizens flying back to vote
Tens of thousands of Israelis are returning home to vote in a tight election.
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UN sounds the alarm over Israel's West Bank military operation
The UN has sounded the alarm on Israeli action in the West Bank city of Hebron after hundreds of families were displaced over the weekend. Israel has ordered the military to demolish homes after soldiers were killed.
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Palestinian children crawl under Israeli military gates to get to school
Palestinian children in Jenin have to crawl under Israeli military gates to get to and from school.
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Opponents accuse Netanyahu of stoking tensions with Iran before Israel's election
Israel's defence minister denied on Monday (October 26) reports of a rift between PM Netanyahu and the army over Iran, before the vote. Netanyahu has campaigned heavily on his security credentials, insisting only he can "finish the job" in the US-Israeli war on Iran. His main rival, ex-army chief Gadi Eisenkot, has accused him of playing up the Iran threat when it suits him politically, and of failing to accomplish his war goals. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.