Beny Steinmetz and two others are accused of bribing Guinean officials to win the rights to mining contracts. “His defense is simple, he absolutely contests all the charges against him. They have no basis in the facts or in law,” says Marc Bonnant, a prominent Geneva lawyer representing Steinmetz.

While committee has final say on who will be allowed to run, Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit says Ben-Zion Gopstein and Baruch Marzel are "deep in the forbidden territory" of incitement to racism.

Hamas deputy leader Saleh Arouri "gets military aid and economic support from the regime in Tehran, and is rigorously working to rehabilitate Hamas' terrorist cells in the West Bank while exploiting the [PA's] diplomatic standstill [with Israel] and the fact that the leadership in Ramallah has reduced to a minimum its security cooperation with Israel," senior PA official tells Israel Hayom.

This is what we know so far about what the major political players intend to do in the week leading up the election and on Election Day itself to make sure they squeeze out every possible vote.

Saudi Arabia stakes its reputation on its guardianship of Islam’s holiest sites, Mecca and Medina, and its organization of the pilgrimage. It hopes to continue expanding attendance to help build its tourism industry.