Jewish Agency election postponed 

The election for chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) has been postponed to next week. The move will give the two candidates – Israel’s former minister of Diaspora affairs, Natan Sharansky, and the mayor of the Israeli town of Ra'anana Zeev Bielski – time to gather support, a World Zionist Organization official has announced. The Zionist General Council voted on Wednesday to grant both candidates seats on the Zionist Executive. A candidate must be a member of the Zionist Executive to run for chairman of the World Zionist Organization, who also chairs the JAFI. Sallai Meridor, the outgoing chairman of the Jewish Agency executive, said he would resign at the JAFI Assembly and Board of Governors meetings to take place from 26-30 June.