Israel elections

EghtesadOnline: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared he has no plan to go to early elections, as his coalition closed ranks around a leader who police say should stand trial for bribery.

EghtesadOnline: Israeli Labor Party members went to the polls Monday for a runoff election between two candidates hoping to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and return the country’s founding movement to power.

EghtesadOnline: Iran is preparing for the possibility of renewed military confrontation with the United States and Israel, despite recent diplomatic initiatives aimed at reaching an agreement with Washington. Tehran believes that neither a change of government in Israel nor political shifts in the US Congress would necessarily ease regional tensions.