South Lebanon: In Zawtar al-Gharbia, Israel's elections "don't concern" the residents While the ballot counting was still underway in Israel, outgoing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was neck and neck with his opposition rival Gadi Eisenkot. Both are so far far from obtaining the majority of votes in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. In neighboring Lebanon, where Israel occupies 6% of the territory in the south, in order to carve out a buffer zone by razing entire villages to the ground in the name of fighting Hezbollah, the residents do not see what these elections can change for them. read more

South Lebanon: In Zawtar al-Gharbia, Israel's elections "don't concern" the residents While the ballot counting was still underway in Israel, outgoing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was neck and neck with his opposition rival Gadi Eisenkot. Both are so far far from obtaining the majority of votes in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. In neighboring Lebanon, where Israel occupies 6% of the territory in the south, in order to carve out a buffer zone by razing entire villages to the ground in the name of fighting Hezbollah, the residents do not see what these elections can change for them. read more