Israel's voters are heading to the polls for the fifth time in three and a half years, but the country remains divided ⤵️ aje.io/vzn3oc
Israel's former PM Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to play a crucial role in the country's election.
Professor Gideon Rahat explains Israel's recent electoral instability and what to expect ⤵️
For the fifth time since 2019, Israelis are voting in national elections, hoping to break the political deadlock that has paralysed the country for the past three and a half years.
@marwanbishara We look at the Palestinian parties participating in Israeli elections this year and what voter turnout among Israel's 1.8 million Palestinians could mean for any result ⤵️ aje.io/enqgw4
@marwanbishara Until last year, Itamar Ben-Gvir was best known as a fringe Palestinian-hating religious far-right provocateur.
Now, he looks set to become a key player in Israel's election aje.io/nnoolr
Israel’s former leader Benjamin Netanyahu has cast his ballot, as the right-wing politician eyes a return to power.
If exit polls are correct, former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies could win a narrow majority of seats in Israel’s parliament.
Exit polls are not official and results could change as votes continue to be counted⤵️
Former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu appeared well placed for comeback as his right-wing bloc projected to win slim majority aje.io/j6laxa
Exit polls suggest Israel’s former leader Benjamin Netanyahu will be able to form coalition with support of ‘Religious Zionism’, which plans major changes ⤵️ aje.io/7m0r5r
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The UN is adding Israel to its 'blacklist' of countries that have committed abuses against children in armed conflict, as more than 15,500 Palestinian children have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7.
An Israeli air attack on a home in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in northern Gaza has killed at least four Palestinians and injured 14 more, the Wafa news agency reports.
Two Palestinian men have been shot during an Israeli raid in the Aqabat Jabr camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, the Wafa news agency reports.
Qatar, Egypt and the US urge Israel and Hamas to conclude a ceasefire agreement that embodies the principles outlined by US President Biden, amid Israel's continuing bombardment of besieged Gaza.
Alexandra Saieh, head of humanitarian policy and advocacy at Save the Children, has told Al Jazeera that “Gaza is witnessing the worst levels of malnutrition, of child malnutrition especially, worldwide right now.”
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has denounced far-right ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich for threatening to dissolve Benjamin Netanyahu’s government if he were to accept President Biden’s new ceasefire deal.
On May 29, South Africans will head to the polls to vote in national and provincial elections to elect a new National Assembly, which will choose the president for the next 5 years.
Here’s a guide to the elections and major political parties ⤵️
South Africa follows a proportional voting system where parties and candidates compete for 400 seats in the National Assembly.
For the first time, independent candidates will compete in the elections with voters given three ballots instead of two.
Who is in South Africa’s current National Assembly?
South Africa’s lower house of parliament currently includes 14 political parties represented by 400 members, allocated proportionally based on the votes each party received in the 2019 elections.
Israel calls the ICJ binding order to immediately stop its attack on Rafah “outrageous, morally repugnant and disgusting” as it continues its war and bombardment of Gaza.
The Elders group of world leaders has said “no country is above the law” and Israel’s “unlawful approach” to its war on Gaza cannot continue following the ICJ’s order to halt attacks on Rafah.
US Senator Bernie Sanders warned the US that if it ignores “crimes against humanity” being committed in Gaza, it will not have the credibility to criticise “the actions of any country, no matter how terrible.”
Israel faces global criticism over the mounting death toll and devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, with more than 900,000 Palestinians forcibly displaced in two weeks and now lacking shelter, food, water and medicine.