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The Academy plans to keep taking the Oscars global, from recruiting members in underrepresented countries to streaming the ceremony free on YouTube, its leadership said in Tokyo, where CEO Bill Kramer said the share of members living outside the U.S. has grown from around 5% to 25% in a decade. Kramer was speaking at an […]

Two polls project that veteran PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot are tied, with neither winning a majority.

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<p>A deeply divided Israel headed to the polls on Tuesday for the first time since Hamas’s <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1779807">Oct 7, 2023 attack</a>, with voters delivering their verdict on veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s rightward drift.</p> <p>Israelis are casting their ballots in the shadow of three years of multi-fron

Neither Netanyahu nor rival alliance led by Gadi Eisenkot has a clear path to power

The elections - the first since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel and the wars which followed - are widely seen as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_933,w_1400/732795' alt='Voters casting ballots in Israel's 25th Knesset election (photo credit: REUVEN CASTRO)' title='Voters casting ballots in Israel's 25th Knesset election (photo credit: REUVEN CASTRO)' /><br />Forces are expected to be deployed a

<p>A deeply divided Israel will head to the polls on Tuesday for the first time since the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1779807">October 7, 2023</a>, attack, with voters delivering their verdict on veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s rightward drift.</p> <p>Israelis will cast their ballots in the shadow of three years of multi-fr

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_600,w_1080/743725' alt='Tamar Krigel holds up an Israeli flag on she waits to check in for Israeli airline El Al’s nonstop flight from San Francisco to Tel Aviv, Oct. 25, 2026. Her shirt reads, "Flight for change." (photo credit: Aaron Levy-Wolins/J.

Tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad are expected to fly in for this month's election. That's according to AID Coalition, a U.S.-based nonprofit focused on strengthening Israel's democracy.

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/734577' alt=' US-ISRAEL-DIPLOMACY Israeli and US flags are seen on the table as US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on February 5, 2025; illustrative (ph

Polls have opened across Israel on Tuesday in one of the most momentous elections in its history as voters deliver their verdict on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's wartime leadership. Mr Netanyahu is seeking re-election after a four-year term defined by the catastrophic security failure of the attacks on October 7, 2023, Israel's destructive war on Gaza

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After three years of regional war, this is a battle Israel always knew was coming, writes Lucy Williamson.

Security and democracy emerge as central issues in Israel's highly anticipated general election, as Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reports.

Thousands of Israelis rallied against PM Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of elections on Tuesday.

Unless there is a major emergency, many of the far-right politicians who have set the tone in Israel for the past four years will put down their phones and log off for Shabbat on Friday evening. The country’s secular community will keep campaigning to some extent, but might also opt for a moment of rest before the crucial final days until polls open on Tuesd

A leaderless movement of student-backed candidates is the biggest threat former President Aleksandar Vucic has faced ahead of elections this weekend.

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