Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces an even more awkward time with Washington and re-energised critics at home who accused him on Wednesday of backing the loser in the U.S. presidential election. With Iran topping his conservative agenda, Netanyahu will have to contend with a strengthened second-term Democratic president after four years of frosty dealings…
The incumbent president of the European Jewish Congress, Moshe Kantor, was re-elected to serve another four years. Sixty out of 86 representatives of European Jewish communities voted for Kantor at the EJC general assembly meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, and 22 voted for Richard Prasquier, the president of the umbrella group of France’s Jewish communities,…
Nevada Republican Dean Heller narrowly held on to his U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday in a closely watched race against Democratic Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, who became the target of a U.S. House of Representatives ethics probe earlier this year. Heller, 52, himself a former House member, was appointed last April by Nevada’s governor to fill…
Israeli leaders congratulated President Obama on his reelection. “The strategic alliance between Israel and the U.S. is stronger than ever,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a short statement issued Wednesday morning in Israel shortly after Obama delivered his victory speech. “I will continue to work with President Obama in order to assure the interests…
Billionaire investor George Soros said late Tuesday that the projected re-election of President Barack Obama will open “the door for more sensible politics.” Soros, who has contributed mightily to Democratic causes and supported many liberal and progressive groups, told Reuters: “I’m delighted that President Obama has won. The American electorate has rejected extremist positions.” In…
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has lost his bid for a congressional seat from New Jersey. The Orthodox rabbi, author and media personality was handily defeated in his effort to unseat Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.). Boteach mounted a longshot run as a Republican in the heavily Democratic northeastern New Jersey district. Pascrell previously had defeated fellow Democratic…
Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, taking over hotly contested Republican seats in Massachusetts and Indiana while holding on to most of the states they already had, including Wisconsin and Virginia, according to projections. The most significant turnover victory for Republicans came in Nebraska, where conservative candidate Deb Fischer, endorsed by…
President Barack Obama won a second term in the White House on Tuesday, overcoming deep doubts among voters about his handling of the U.S. economy to score a clear victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Americans chose to stick with a divided government in Washington, by keeping the Democratic incumbent in the White House and…
Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, a Republican Jew, lost his Senate bid tonight to Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown, NBC is reporting. Mandel was never a favorite, but Republican strategists saw the contest as winnable, and poured millions into the effort. A victory would have made him the only Republican Jew in the U.S. Senate. Just 35…
At about 10 a.m. on Election Day, a black sedan pulled up to the polling station at the J.C. Mitchell Elementary School. “He threw Israel under the bus,” said the car’s driver, a chatty silver-haired man, as he helped an elderly woman from the back seat. “You vote your way and I’ll vote mine,” she…
American tennis champion Serena Williams is visiting Israel for a few days. Williams arrived in the country Monday evening and is vacationing in Eilat for the week, Ynet reported. Eilat is known as Israel’s tennis capital and has hosted the European-African zone group of the Fed Cup for the past three years. Williams, who has…
