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“We need to act against the head of the snake, which is the Iranian regime itself,” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told JNS.
Blackouts have plunged highways and shopping malls into darkness and brought manufacturing “to a near halt.”
The investigation risks undermining social cohesion and confidence in the Shin Bet, the lawmakers say.
Ariel Danino says he is being targeted for exposing that the Shin Bet is carrying out politically motivated arrests against Jews.
“The advantages of independence clearly outweigh the benefits of continuing the status quo,” Misgav Institute fellow Raphael BenLevi tells JNS.
The 1% increase will cost Israeli families an additional 1,000 to 2,000 shekels per year, according to estimates.
“The State of Israel is establishing its position as a center of power in our region, as it has not been for decades,” the prime minister said.
The Supreme Court rejected the prosecutor’s appeal to keep Eliezer Feldstein behind bars.
The Assad regime’s collapse was the direct result of blows Israel inflicted on Iran and Hezbollah, the prime minister said.
Henri Borlant, together with his brother, sister and father, were crammed into cattle cars with 824 others on July 20, 1942, and deported to Auschwitz.
While Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has been accused of attempting to ignite a “religious war,” his aim to limit the volume of Muslim calls to prayer follows similar efforts in several European countries.
The Kyiv City Council renamed the site in honor of the Israeli prime minister on the 125th anniversary of her birth.