Although the final votes have yet to be tallied, a consensus among Israeli political commentators emerged Tuesday evening suggesting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party may enjoy a significant edge in forming the next Israeli government–with Channel 2’s Ilana Dayan going as far as calling the election in Likud’s...

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In one of the most hotly-contested elections in recent memory, with possibly the highest voter turnout in nearly two decades, Israelis appear to have surprised previous polls by streaming away from smaller parties to strengthen both Likud and the Zionist Union. Yet despite the apparent shift from the last set...

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This post is updated to reflect exit poll adjustments by Channels 1 and 10. As the Israeli election concluded today, exit polls showed that the Likud party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is either tied or slightly ahead of the main opposition, the Zionist Union. Polls from Israel’s three major...

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With voter participation now at its highest level in more than a decade after slightly underwhelming turnout earlier in the day, Israeli political parties are making their final pitches to be included in the next government. According to the latest numbers at 8:00 PM local time, voter participation was at 65.7%,...

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Millions of Israeli citizens are heading to polling stations today to vote in one of the most contentious polls in recent memory. As of 4:00 PM local time, 45.4% of eligible voters have cast ballots in today’s Israeli elections, according to the Israeli Central Elections Committee. This is slightly lower than the 46.6% turnout at that point in...

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Asaf Brimer spent 25 years in the Israeli air force and aerospace sector before an idea came into his mind like a shooting star across the horizon: He would bring Israeli Arab and Jewish students together through a collaborative research center focused on outer space. Moona — a Space for...

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Former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni, whose Hatnua party merged with the Isaac Herzog-led Labor Party to form the Zionist Union slate, announced today, hours before Israelis are set to elect a new government, that she would forgo an opportunity to serve as prime minister as part of a rotation agreement...

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In an exclusive interview with The Tower’s Benjamin Kerstein, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren shared his concerns over Iran’s nuclear program, including his apprehension regarding the reported nuclear deal emerging from ongoing negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 powers. The full interview will appear in the...

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Lamenting that the “the administration’s assurances are at odds with its actions,” a staff editorial in The Washington Post today expressed concern that President Barack Obama is prepared to accept increasing Iranian aggression in the Middle East in order to preserve the nuclear deal that the P5+1 nations are negotiating with Iran. The president himself...

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Two former Israel Air Force pilots, both passionate athletes, already devised a bio-sensing technology embedded in headgear to measure vital signs. Now, the smart sensors that power their LifeBEAM line of sport caps, visors, and helmets are going into Samsung’s future Simband platform for wearable devices to measure heart rate, blood flow, sweat...

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