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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Friday, 25 January 2013), met with a bipartisan delegation of members of the US House of Representatives led by Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA). The Prime Minister and the House members discussed developments in the region, including the Iranian nuclear issue, the chemical weapons in Syria and the situation in the Palestinian Authority.

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1. DRAMATIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR YAIR LAPID; DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE LIKUD
Elections that had been portrayed as relatively sleepy end in surprise. According to television exit polls, Netanyahu's strength was significantly weakened and his ability to form a stable right-wing government is limited. Slight rise in turnout to 66.6%.

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"Tomorrow at 08:30 in the morning I am going to vote – I do it with a great sense of excitement and pride, as a citizen who loves his country."

The President of the State of Israel, President Shimon Peres, sent a message to all the citizens of Israel on the eve of the elections calling on them to vote. In a message that was also uploaded on to the president's Facebook page, President Peres calls upon all Israeli's to take advantage of their democratic right to vote:

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We fought for our survival but never gave up our democracy. We are a unique country; neither war nor trouble can overcome freedom. Today is a celebration of that democracy."

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Some of the most eminent British and Israeli biological scientists came together yesterday for the annual UK Israel Life Science Council meeting. Hosted by the University of Haifa, the conference is the third meeting of the council, launched in 2010 to improve scientific collaboration between the two countries. 

Members of the council, including council co-chair Prof. Raymond Dwek CBE FRS and Lord Professor Robert Winston, enjoyed presentations from seven major research projects. The projects receive BIRAX grants for their research and form the BIRAX Regenerative Medicine Initiative, a five-year multimillion-pound programme initiated by the UK Israel Life Sciences Council that represents one of the most ambitious and innovative bi-lateral medical science collaborations between two countries anywhere in the world.

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  2. President Peres met with a high level delegation of American Senators led by Sen. John McCain
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  4. PM Netanyahu Meets with US Senate Delegation