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7227 in English · 216 original-language storiesCH23: While the final results of the legislative elections held yesterday in Israel are expected to emerge in the coming days, preliminary results indicated that the coalition of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ahead. An update from the Central Elections Committee today, Wednesday, showed Netanyahu’s coalition leading by…
Nidaa Al Watan: تعهد رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتنياهو ومنافسه غادي آيزنكوت، الأربعاء، بتشكيل حكومة جديدة رغم إخفاق الطرفين في تحقيق أغلبية بعد أول انتخابات تشريعية منذ هجوم السابع من أكتوبر الذي أصاب إسرائيل بصدمة عميقة. وشهد الثلثاء إقبالا كثيفا للناخبين هو الأعلى…
Al Manar: Trump: My endorsement of Netanyahu turned the tide in the elections…
MTV Lebanon: Nadine Salam - Al-Liwaa: Polling stations in Israel saw unprecedented turnout in decades yesterday, in an election taking place amid ongoing escalation on the ground in Lebanon, with demolition and bulldozing operations, and the continued suffering of more than five thousand Palestinians who were displaced from the West Bank…
CH23: The historic elections in Israel, which saw the highest turnout in its history, did not overshadow the continued search for the outcomes of the meeting held in Tehran with the countries of the Mecca Alliance: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan. It is inseparable from the meetings held in Russia between President Vladimir Putin and the Emir of the State…
MTV Lebanon: On the Dhahr al-Baydar bombings file, sources told "Al-Liwaa" that "the file is expected to be raised again and put up for discussion in light of the repeated demands by the Lebanese Forces ministers and the Kataeb minister to refer the file to the Judicial Council, after the government confirmed its return to…"
CH23: Israel’s Central Elections Committee announced that Benjamin Netanyahu’s party was ahead of its rival, Gadi Eisenkot’s, as of six o’clock Wednesday morning, while the vote count was still ongoing. Netanyahu’s party had received 21,7 percent of the votes so far, compared with 15,7 percent for Eisenkot’s party. For its part,…
MTV Lebanon: Informed political sources told Al-Liwaa that “diplomatic activity in Lebanon to affirm the importance of Lebanon’s position on Israel’s violation of the framework agreement has not waned, and Lebanon is awaiting the possible results of the Israeli elections and whether there will be any change in the matter of…”
MTV Lebanon: Ahead of the Cabinet session on Thursday, October 29, which will follow up on the waste file discussed at previous sessions, striking contradictions are emerging in the file on the proposed marine landfill to be established in the area of “Saqi al-Badawi” – Tripoli, while it is worth noting that this solution…
National News Agency: Wataniya – Al-Liwaa newspaper wrote: On the day of the Israeli elections, attacks in the south did not stop: shelling, overflights, raids, and the demolition of homes, even as the soldiers of the occupation army were among the most enthusiastic about voting, more than (68%), perhaps to escape the cycle of wars that the current prime minister boasts of…
MTV Lebanon: Justice Minister Adel Nassar confirms that he will raise again the issue of referring the Dahr al-Baidar explosives case to the Judicial Council, at a Cabinet session in two weeks. The settlement reached on the matter, through the efforts of Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and involving Baabda and the Grand Serail, did not include Hezbollah…
National News Agency: National – Al-Diyar newspaper wrote: “Israel” went to the polls, but its ballot boxes did not determine the identity of the next ruler, after exit polls showed the opposition camp led by Gadi Eisenkot with a relative lead, without either side managing to secure the parliamentary majority needed to form a government. And so,…
MTV Lebanon: In late 2023, messages began reaching "Hezbollah" through intermediaries: the cost of the support war would not stop at the frontline villages. At the time, the "party" was carrying out operations it called "Blinding the Enemy," targeting communications towers and radars along the southern border,…
Lebanon Debate: The Israeli election surprise… 3 parties at risk of leaving…
Al Joumhouria: Informed sources told Al Joumhouria that, between the possibility of the current Israeli approach continuing, the arrival of new leadership that opens a window for negotiations, or the failure to form a new government, prolonging the period of uncertainty, Lebanon finds itself…
National News Agency: Wataniya – Nidaa Al-Watan newspaper wrote: The region is facing its last doses of diplomacy before they wear off, as contacts and initiatives accelerate in an effort to buy time and contain the delayed explosions. But the distance is shrinking between settlements that move from one station to another and potential confrontations whose course is difficult to control or contain…
Lebanon Debate: An Arab electoral earthquake in Israel… 18 seats upend the calculations and unsettle…
National News Agency: وطنية – Al-Nahar newspaper wrote: Despite the scant factual and preliminary information that makes Lebanon deeply concerned with the results of the Israeli elections, in terms of hoping for a real change that would set in motion a diplomatic solution to end the occupation situation in the south, Lebanon appeared to be watching the course of these…
Lebanon Debate: The vote count turns the equation upside down in Israel… Netanyahu approaches 61, and Eizenkot refuses…
National News Agency: An-Nahar notes that a number of lawmakers belonging to political parties and movements are avoiding taking positions on diplomatic and military developments in the region, given the delicacy of the situation and the rapid shifts and changes, and following recommendations from their party leaders not to engage in any press interviews. A political activist said…
Lebanon 24: Al-Akhbar wrote: Bilal Erdoğan’s visit to Lebanon, the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is no longer mere speculation that has circulated over the past months. According to information, the visit has been scheduled for the middle of next month, as part of a program with a predominantly humanitarian and social character. The visit comes in the context of…
Lebanon 24: Al-Nahar wrote: The Kataeb Party is facing mounting political pressure over the two files concerning land purchases in Metn and the referral of the Dhahr al-Baydar explosives case to the Judicial Council, while finding itself facing a dual confrontation with opponents seeking to hold it responsible for contentious cases, and awkward questions within its political circle, particularly in…
LBCI: An-Nahar — It is noted that a number of MPs belonging to political parties and movements are avoiding expressing positions on diplomatic and military developments in the region, given the delicacy of the situation and the rapid shifts and changes, and based on recommendations from their party leaders not to engage in any press interview. — An activist said…
Al Anbaa: In his latest television interview, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam addressed the shortcomings of the trilateral framework signed between Lebanon and Israel under U.S. auspices at the end of last June, and said that former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt is right to be concerned about it, indeed…
Nidaa Al Watan: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Wednesday to form a new government after an election with close results, saying that no leader should govern relying on the support of Arabs in Israel, whose parties made strong gains. Netanyahu told his supporters in Jerusalem, “We must form a government…”
LBCI: 0 min Central Elections Committee: Netanyahu’s party receives 21.7% of the votes so far, compared with 15,7% for Eisenkot’s party. Breaking news. Central Elections Committee: Netanyahu, votes, compared with 15,7%, Eisenkot. Next: The Times of Israel: After 42% of the votes were counted, Netanyahu’s bloc is leading the opposition by 57…
An-Nahar: Sources in the Presidency deny any intention of a government reshuffle in Lebanon at present, and Nawaf Salam confirms that it is not possible to consider it at this time…
An-Nahar: A number of MPs belonging to political parties are avoiding making statements on diplomatic and military developments because of the sensitivity of the situation and recommendations…
Elnashra: The leader of the Israeli opposition Yashar party, Gadi Eisenkot, indicated in a statement, as the counting of votes in the Knesset elections continued, that there is no confidence in the Israeli prime minister…
An-Nahar: It reviewed the history of violence and protests in Paris, from the 1871 Commune to modern protests and their impact on French society…
Lebanon 24: As the mission of the “UNIFIL” forces nears its end, the future of the international presence in the south is moving to the forefront of diplomatic contacts, amid fears of a security vacuum that the departure of international forces could leave behind, and official assurances of the need to support the army and enable it to extend the state’s sovereignty over all its territory. Advertisement…
An-Nahar: An analytical article discusses the impact of the American and Israeli elections on policy toward Iran and the region, with a focus on Lebanon, Hezbollah, and tensions…
Elnashra: Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the counting of 1.6 million votes in the Knesset elections has been completed, with the Likud Party leading with 22.2% of them and the Yashar Party getting 15.4%.…
An-Nahar: U.S. sanctions against Hezbollah continue to target its funding and disarm it, with effects on politicians and security officials in Lebanon during…
Al Manar: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said that Trump’s admission that he never believed…
Al Manar: Baghaei: Trump considered the Islamabad agreement a mere waste of time and never believed in it…
