Tag: Likud Party

WITH 99 percent of the ballots counted by Wednesday morning, it was clear that Benjamin Netanyahu had for the fourth time been elected as Israel’s prime minister.

Ariel Sharon, one of the most influential figures in Israel’s history, a military commander and political leader who at the height of his power redrew the country’s electoral map, only to suffer a severe stroke from which he never recovered, died Saturday in a hospital near Tel Aviv. He was 85.

SHARON, 85, has been in a coma since 2006 when a devastating stroke incapacitated him at the height of his political power. His family has said that he sometimes opens his eyes and moves his fingers.

PRAY for the nation of Israel as its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the end of his government and called for early elections. According to reports, Netanyahu's announcement means elections could take place by mid-January or February.