Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Israeli Parliament Votes on New President to Succeed Peres

(Version anglaise seulement)

Israel's parliament voted on Tuesday for a new head of state to succeed President Shimon Peres after a scandal-tinged race for a largely ceremonial post that is supposed to serve as a moral authority for the nation. None of the five candidates to take over from Peres, a Nobel peace prize laureate whose term expires next month, captured the required 61 votes in the 120-seat legislature, to win outright, and a run-off will be held later in the day. In the second round,...

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