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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Uri Epstein elected head of Gaza border municipality in delayed run-off
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Uri Epstein is elected head of the Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council with 53.12 percent of the vote following Tuesday’s run-off election.
Several regions of southern Israel held long-delayed municipal elections earlier this month, nine months after most of the country’s municipalities held their own already war-delayed votes.
A second round of voting was held in the Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council after no candidate could garner at least 40% of the vote.
