{"id":12059,"date":"2026-07-13T11:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/?p=12059"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:15:39","slug":"israel-to-hold-general-elections-on-october-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/israel-to-hold-general-elections-on-october-27-13072026\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel to Hold General Elections on October 27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current chamber completes its mandate on July 17, triggering the electoral recess. The ratification follows a failed opposition attempt last month to dissolve Parliament for early elections, which was rejected 61-53 after ultra-Orthodox parties Shas and United Torah Judaism withdrew support following a preliminary agreement on military service regulation for their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/yemens-houthis-reaffirm-their-support-for-iran\/\">Yemen\u2019s Houthis Reaffirm Their Support for Iran<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military exemption issue remains a political flashpoint, especially since the Supreme Court ruled mandatory recruitment for ultra-Orthodox Jews in June 2024 after the exemption law expired. The government has promoted a bill to maintain most privileges while incorporating some into the army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May, opposition leader Yair Lapid called for early August elections, seeking to end Netanyahu\u2019s government. He warned against prolonging \u201canother entire summer of corruption and fratricidal hatred,\u201d alluding to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the prime minister\u2019s corruption trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: vmmh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: agencies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: teleSUR English<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current chamber completes its mandate on July 17, triggering the electoral recess. The ratification follows a failed opposition attempt last month to dissolve Parliament for early elections, which was&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[9],"class_list":["post-12059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"authors":[{"term_id":9,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"radio-rebelde-news-desk","display_name":"Radio Rebelde News Desk","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12061,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12059\/revisions\/12061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12059"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=12059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}