Israeli Christians Await Results in Historic Election

Israelis voted Tuesday in their first national election since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks, with turnout reaching nearly 78 percent—the highest in more than 25 years. Yet no party came ahead as the clear winner, leaving the country in a deadlock that could take weeks to resol
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