• General elections were held in Israel on 29 May 1996. For the first time, the prime minister was elected on a separate ballot from the remaining members...
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  • re-election. This election was only the second time in Israeli history an election had been held for the Prime Minister's post in addition to elections for...
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  • General elections were held for the first time in the Palestinian territories on 20 January 1996 to elect the President of the Palestinian National Authority...
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    General elections were held in Japan on 20 October 1996. A coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party, New Party Sakigake and the Social Democratic Party...
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    election 1996 Israeli general election 1999 Israeli general election 2003 Israeli legislative election 2006 Israeli legislative election 2009 Israeli...
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  • Religious Party, Agudat Israel, and others. In the 1996 Israeli general election–the first direct election of a prime minister in Israeli history–Likud leader...
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  • likely to influence Israeli elections" CNN, 5 February 1996 Historical overview of the Thirteenth Knesset Knesset website Election results Knesset website...
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    October 2008). "Israel sets February 10 as date for general elections". Haaretz. Retrieved 4 September 2014. "Q&A: Israeli elections". BBC News. 2 February...
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  • General elections were held in Lebanon between 18 August and 15 September 1996. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them...
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  • the 1969 elections. Suffrage is universal to all Israeli citizens above the age of 18. Israeli citizens living abroad have to travel to Israel in order...
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    flight from Israel to France by Palestinian guerrillas; Israeli commandos rescued 102 out of 106 Israeli hostages. The 1977 Knesset elections marked a major...
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  • Prime Minister Shimon Peres and the Israeli Labor Party in the 1996 Israeli general election and the victory of the right-wing Likud party of Benjamin Netanyahu...
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    massacre took place on April 18, 1996, near Qana, a village in then Israeli-occupied Southern Lebanon, when the Israeli military fired artillery shells...
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  • the direct election for prime minister 1996 Israeli general election. While he would lose the premiership in the 1999 Israeli general election, and would...
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  • the British Mandate, and previous municipal elections were held in 1972 and 1976, organized by the Israeli government. The Palestinian Legislative Council...
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    win a majority in the Knesset, all Israeli governments have been coalitions between two or more parties. Between 1996 and 2001, the prime minister was directly...
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  • State of Israel sparked the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, which resulted in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight from the land that the State of Israel came...
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    military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the Israeli Ground Forces, the Israeli Air Force, and the Israeli Navy. It is the sole...
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    General elections were held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the...
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    Campaign". Before the Israeli election in May 1999 the prime minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, promised that within a year all Israeli forces would withdraw...
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  • Percy the Park Keeper (1996–1999) First Report (used as the Hevrat HaHadashot theme tune for its 1996 Israeli general election special, and for its main...
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  • Events in the year 1996 in Israel. President of Israel – Ezer Weizman Prime Minister of Israel – Shimon Peres (Israeli Labor Party) until 18 June, Benjamin...
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    Operation Grapes of Wrath in 1996. Fighting with Hezbollah weakened Israeli resolve and led to a collapse of the SLA and an Israeli withdrawal in 2000 to their...
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    Israel, and its offices are located in HaKirya, Tel Aviv. The Ministry of Defense oversees most of the Israeli security forces, including the Israel Defense...
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    Ehud Barak (category Chiefs of the General Staff (Israel))
    בָּרָק [eˈhud baˈʁak] ; born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli former general and politician who served as the tenth prime minister from 1999...
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    Coping with Terror: An Israeli Perspective. Lexington. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7391-0684-6. "Israeli Elections and Parties: Likud". The Israel Democracy Institute...
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    the campaign. On the day of the election, the ballot boxes were held in Israeli Post Offices inside Jerusalem. Israeli police officers were present to...
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    suicide bombings by Palestinian groups in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, predominantly targeting Israeli civilians. This tactic is also referred to as...
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    Russian-speakers to Israel: "The Russian vote will decide the outcome of the [Israeli] election". Relations between Israel and Russia were improved by Israeli opposition...
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