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Israeli Elections

“I would say that approximately 80% of a person’s daily life is affected by decisions made in the municipal council, so it is very important to vote.”
Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. at 11,600 locations on Tuesday.
“I am convinced that Israel will go to elections in 2024,” said Merav Michaeli.
Otzma Yehudit believes an agreement that does not involve crushing Hamas and the release of all the hostages is a mistake.
“I fail to see how shouting jihad and calling for a mass murder of Jews is pro-Palestinian,” said Merav Michaeli.
“Not only the military and political arm, but also the sheikhs and religious judges of Hamas must die,” Zvi Sukkot wrote on X
“He who confesses and gives up [his transgressions] will find mercy,” Rothman responded, quoting the Book of Proverbs.
Victorian Labor’s annual conference overwhelmingly supported the resolution.
Closed-door meetings with Knesset factions come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put the brakes on the reform plan to allow time for dialogue.
The agreement with United Torah Judaism resolves a dispute last week that threatened the coalition’s formation.
A call by hundreds of non-Orthodox rabbis to boycott members of the Religious Zionism Party is answered.
CJV representing over 2,000 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in American public policy, said the letter had “unrestrained hypocrisy.”