Tag: Israel

Israeli Government Dissolves, Triggers Snap Election

Israel is heading to its fourth election in two years after its parliament failed to pass a new budget by the midnight deadline, the Israeli Knesset spokesman’s office confirmed early Wednesday. The failure to approve a budget by deadline brings about the automatic dissolution of the country’s current government, and automatically triggers a snap, which…


Kushner Joins Israelis on Landmark Visit to Morocco

BEN-GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel—Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner led a delegation from Israel to Morocco on Tuesday on the first known direct flight since the two countries agreed to establish full diplomatic ties earlier this month as part of a series of U.S.-brokered normalization accords with Arab countries. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has overseen…