Netanyahu kicks off election campaign by touring Jerusalem mall
Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu wasted no time after the dispersal of the Knesset on Thursday, kicking off his election campaign by touring a mall in Jerusalem and pledging to…
Shaked-led Yamina facing defections, electoral challenges in coming campaign
Yamina was Israel’s ruling party on Thursday. Just a day later, it finds itself as a minor Knesset faction struggling to survive in a volatile political landscape. In a dramatic…
Egypt’s government sponsoring ‘campaign against journalism’ — media watchdog
PARIS, France — Pro-government television presenters and state newspapers in Egypt are at the forefront of a “campaign against journalism,” Reporters Without Borders (RSF) charged Thursday. The media watchdog, in…
Giuliani associate Lev Parnas receives 20-month sentence for campaign finance crimes
NEW YORK (AP) — Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani who was a figure in president Donald Trump’s first impeachment investigation, was sentenced Wednesday to a year and eight…
Jerry Nadler’s campaign urges support for ‘last remaining NYC Jewish congressmember’
New York Jewish Week via JTA — Rep. Jerry Nadler’s election campaign sent out a fundraising email on Tuesday highlighting that he is the last remaining Jew representing New York City…
Last-minute campaign funding deal challenged before Knesset’s planned dispersal
As the Knesset prepares to send Israel to its fifth election since 2019, some coalition parties are opposing an eleventh-hour compromise that would add NIS 30 million from the state…
UN launches $5 million crowdfunding campaign to prevent massive oil spill off Yemen
The United Nations has announced a $5 million crowdfunding campaign to help prevent the imminent breakup of an aging supertanker that holds over a million barrels of oil — four…
Jewish man says he was beaten while hanging campaign flyers for his wife in France
JTA — A group of men violently assaulted a Jewish man while he was putting up campaign posters for his wife, who is running for a legislative seat in Strasbourg,…