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Democratic process by which leaders are chosen. Israel must hold parliamentary elections at least once every five years
 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden speaks on the phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, last week.

The war in Gaza and Biden’s calculations in light of it

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) meets with Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2024.

Gantz or Bennett might be the next Prime Minister, according to N13 new poll

 Demonstrators protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip and against the current Israeli government outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, April 20, 2024.

Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to protest government and demand hostage release

 El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden (izq.) y el ex presidente Donald Trump.

Latino Americans hold unfavorable views of Trump, Biden, still favor Democrats

 Simon Harris, the new Prime Minister of Ireland.

Simon Harris elected new Irish prime minister

By REUTERS
 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office, in 2020. The suppression of the Palestinian cause in global politics was largely due to Israeli efforts during the Trump administration, the writer notes.

Donald Trump: Jewish Americans who vote for Biden don’t love Israel

 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Richmond, Virginia, on March 2.

Trump says $50m. raised at fundraiser

By ALEXANDRA ULMER
 Benny Gantz

Why did Benny Gantz call for an election - and how will Netanyahu respond?

  An aerial view taken with a drone shows Kuwait National Assembly building in Kuwait City, Kuwait October 7, 2020.

Kuwait holds first parliamentary election under new Emir

By REUTERS
Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, April 3, 2024

Benny Gantz to Netanyahu: Hold Israeli elections in September

 Letters

Letters to the Editor April 3, 2024: Final stronghold

 Protesters march toward Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef's office. April 2, 2024

Protesters present Sephardi chief rabbi with 'Dividing Israel' award

 Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi speaks while meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, at Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo, Egypt Sunday Oct. 15, 2023.

Winning with 89.6% of the vote, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sworn in for third term

By REUTERS
 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks on as he delivers statements, in Budapest, Hungary, December 18, 2023

Turkey's resurgent opposition thumps Erdogan in pivotal local elections

By REUTERS
Protesters gather outside of the Knesset building, March 31, 2024.

Demonstration outside Knesset calling for elections, return of hostages

 Israelis protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, March 4, 2023.

Netanyahu: Elections will set Israel back to before Gaza war

 Families of the hostages held in Gaza call for new elections, March 30, 2024.

'You abandoned our families': Hostage families call to replace Prime Minister Netanyahu

 Democratic congressional nominee Jamaal Bowman delivers remarks in tribute to congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis during an event to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the death of Eric Garner at the National Action Network House of Justice in New York City, July 18, 2020.

House Dem. leaders endorse Israel critic Jamaal Bowman after Jewish Dems’ group backs challenger

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA