“We thought people were apathetic, that people wouldn’t come out to vote,” Fuchs said, explaining that the election fatigue that pollsters and analysts were expecting was blown out of proportion.;

The Serbian president announced that his country is planning to open a diplomatic mission and an economic office in Jerusalem.;

"Make an ideological vote - to the only party on the Right who is not trying to con its voters," Otzma Yehudit stated.;

Authorities cancel flights, close borders as governments race to prepare for possible outbreaks;

Tshisekedi, who became president last year, credited his Christian faith and thanked American Evangelicals for their support for the Jewish state.;

As the day progressed, Shas leader Arye Deri, UTJ leader and Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman and senior UTJ MK Moshe Gafni all started hitting the panic button.;

The final voter turnout was 71% - up from 69.8% in the previous election.;

Strangely enough, the problem in Israel over the past year has not been that politicians have lied. It has been that they have been telling the truth.;