Conservative Polish lawmaker Miroslaw Piotrowski\’s invitation to a controversial priest to speak in Brussels has led to a split among the European Conservatives and Reformists group, or ECR.
A bill aimed at applying Israeli law on West Bank settlements was rejected by a Knesset committee.
The Likud Party, which leads the ruling coalition, has submitted a bill to dissolve the current Knesset and is pushing for new elections on Sept. 4.
Former opposition leader Tzipi Livni resigned from Israel\’s Knesset.
Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei\’s power over rival hardliners led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a new mandate to head his right-wing Likud party, defeating an ultranationalist challenger opposed to any land-for-peace deal with Palestinians.
Members of Israel\’s Likud Party went to the polls to elect a party chairman and a new Central Committee, more than a year before scheduled national elections.\n
Israel\’s Foreign Ministry issued a travel advisory for citizens visiting Britain.
More than 100 members of the European Parliament signed a letter urging the European Union to reject the unilateral Palestinian bid for statehood.
Argentine Rabbi Sergio Bergman handily won a seat on the Buenos Aires municipal legislature.
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