Arafat electioneers in West Bank towns
JERUSALEM: Palestine Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat has called on Palestinian residents of Tulkarm and Kalkilya to foster…
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NEWS International Elections test Arafat’s democracy promise News Analysis
JERUSALEM: It is going to be the best show of democracy the Arab world, has ever known. But in the best tradition of the Arab Middle East, there will be few surprises in the voting:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gordon Samuels, Governor of NSW Historic Palestinian elections this week 650 at Junior Carnival
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Syrian link to elections helps Likud
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Shimon Peres may have painted himself into a corner by moving towards early elections in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hamas to contest local elections
JERUSALEM: A leader of the Islamic fundamentalist Hamas movement said this week that the group would participate in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Israel gears for May elections
JERUSALEM: Expectations are high that Israel will go to the polls within three months. Sources in the Labour Party point to May 14, 21 or 28 as possible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The election and the Jewish questions News Background
SOMEWHERE in the files and, hopefully, minds of the electioneering political leaders is a list of 16 issues of concern to the Jewish…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Les élections polynésiennes
L'Assemblée nationale a adopté, le 17 janvier, une proposition de loi de Pierre Mazeaud (RPR, Haute-Savoie) visant à reporter en mai 1996 les élections des membres de l'Assemblée territoriale…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Elections Federales
Les électeurs d'Australie sont appelés aux urnes le samedi 2 mars pour élire les membres de la Chambre des représentants et une moitié des sénateurs dont le mandat vient à terme…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →international Third Way to contest elections
JERUSALEM: Nearly two years after its inception, the Third Way movement has declared itself a political party to run in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Which party will you be wearing after the election ?
Everyone at the moment is thinking about what they are going to wear to Mardi Gras, who they should buy their E’s from and who is going to win the election. In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need to worry about our deals, because no aspirin would cost $60. We would also be scriously considering who we will vote for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Twin suicide attacks throw Israel's elections wide open News Analysis
JERUSALEM: The suicide bombings that took 25 victims in Jerusalem and Ashkelon have thrown Israel’s election campaign wide open. Opinion polls taken in the wake of Sunday’s attacks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Racism has't been far below the surface ELECTION '96 Ballat Box DIARY Bernard Freedman
RACISM has not been far below the surface in this election and once it rears its ugly head, racists pop up all over the place…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →election '96 Labor gets nod from "ethnics"
THE Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils has come out strongly in favour of Labor’s policies…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Is there really an ethnic vote? Election Diary '96 Ballot Box
IS THERE really such a creature as “the ethnic vote” or is it simply a political myth stemming from the growth of ethnic lobbying groups?…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →European Parliament adopts economic accord with Israel
BRUSSELS: The legislative branch of the European Union has given its formal approval to a new association agreement signed last November by Israel and the union’s 15 member-states…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Candidates line up for Israel's election
JERUSALEM: Israel’s two major political parties, Labor and Likud, have emerged from pre-election primaries with their leadership slates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Israeli blitz linked to election
ISRAEL’S blitz against the Hezbollah had “something to do” with the forthcoming election because leaders and politicians had to prove themselves, Israel’s Ambassador…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Spotlight on peace process, terror, elections
THE peace process has passed the point of no return. With those words economist and former kibbutznik Dina Amir brought…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Arabs, Russians, Orthodox hold f key to election
JERUSALEM: As the Israeli election campaign enters its final two weeks, the Labour and Likud parties are still unsure how three key groups — Israeli Arabs, Russian immigrants…
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