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Turnout stands at 20% by early afternoon, with results expected Thursday morning in competitive primary for the party predicted to be the largest in the next Knesset
Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel.
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday’s events as they unfold.
Iraq begins rebuilding Mosul airport five years after its destruction
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi inaugurates the reconstruction of Mosul international airport, still in disrepair five years after the battle that expelled the Islamic State group from the city.
Entire sectors of the northern metropolis have remained in ruins since the July 2017 recapture of Mosul by Iraqi forces backed by a US-led multinational coalition. The airport, which was heavily damaged in the battle, has been disused since the jihadists seized Mosul and adjacent areas in 2014.
Kadhemi, in an official ceremony at the airport on the southern outskirts of Mosul, lays the foundation stone for its renovation. Airport director Haider Ali tells AFP that the reconstruction has been assigned to two Turkish companies and is expected to take 24 months.
G7 warns Russian control of Ukraine nuclear plant ‘endangers the region’
The Group of Seven industrialized nations condemns Russia’s occupation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and calls on Moscow to immediately hand back full control of the plant to Ukraine.
Ukrainian staff operating the plant “must be able to carry out their duties without threats or pressure. It is Russia’s continued control of the plant that endangers the region,” the G7 foreign ministers say in a statement.
Netanyahu casts vote in Likud primary: ‘We’ll have an incredible slate’
Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote in today’s Likud primary.
“We are going to have an incredible slate — and we’re going to lead this country,” he tells reporters. “If we want to prevent another round of elections, we need a big Likud.”
As of 2 p.m., turnout stands at 20% in the primary for the party’s slate.
