Israel: municipal elections marked by the war in Gaza. Turnout was 30.8% in Jerusalem and 40% in Tel Aviv, the electoral commission added.
In Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, the outgoing mayors remain in place with a tidal wave in Jerusalem in favor of Moshe Leon. And a landslide victory inTel Aviv for Ron Huldai who won a sixth term. Humiliating defeat in Haifa where the outgoing mayor did not even obtain 5% of the votes. The inhabitants of the border localities, around Gaza and around Lebanon who have been evacuated, will not be called upon to make their decision until next November.