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Haifa heads to runoff race, Beersheba mayor runs unopposed • Incumbents win big, from Eilat to Tiberias through the West Bank

Yossi Neveah was declared the winner in the Tiberias mayoral race early Wednesday with 51.8% of the vote.In se

Opposition leader and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid in Tel Aviv expressed his support for former Yesh Atid minister Orna Barbivay, who is running against incumbent mayor Ron Huldai.

Baharav-Miara says law, frozen since last week, 'sets legal situation backward,' unfairly benefits incumbents, and should not be implemented at upcoming vote on October 31

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Justices issue injunction against legislation which removes requirement for caretaker mayors to sit out an election period before running for the office they were appointed to

Measure passes on second and third reading despite coming allegations of being tailored to allow the well-connected acting mayor of Tiberias to run for the seat as an incumbent

Shani Illouz, herself a Likud member, tells Knesset panel members of the party offered her various jobs in exchange for backing down ahead of October election

Acting Mayor Boaz Yosef needs to sit out an election cycle before running to lead his city -- unless fast-tracked Likud-sponsored bill changes the rules of the game

Rav Dov Kook resides in Teveria but occupies a world of mystery