Israel's parliament announced national elections will occur on October 27. This vote is widely viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership. Netanyahu, the country's longest-serving prime minister, intends to run for re-election again. Recent polls indicate a majority of Israelis desire a change in leadership. Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot is emerging as Netanyahu's primary electoral rival.

JERUSALEM -- Israel's ruling coalition announced on Sunday that the general elections for the Knesset, the country's parliament, will be held as originally scheduled on Oct 27 and…

A Knesset committee has officially decided that the Knesset will be dissolved on July 17, which means Israelis will go to the polls at the end of October; These are the bills that…