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While the sides have agreed on the allocation of roles in the prospective government, a follow-up meeting will be held to discuss other “fundamental issues.”
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid shoots back at the claim his call to flout the incoming government’s directives amounts to sedition.
Israel’s outgoing PM urged municipalities not to cooperate with an educational department to be headed by lawmaker Avi Maoz.
Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu vows to uphold Israeli democracy and steer the country with “two hands on the wheel.”
Abdul Latef Al Zayani says Manama is seeking “to continue working on the successful achievements” with Israel, and emphasizes his conviction that Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu believes in peace.
“I call on the opposition to behave responsibly. We have one country, one army and one people. We must not harm them,” says Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu.
“To my friend Donald Trump, you are better than this,” said President Donald Trump’s former Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
“Today we are taking another historic step to establish a Jewish, Zionist and national government,” Finance Minister-designate Bezalel Smotrich said.
The decision to dine with Ye was “wrong and misplaced,” Israel’s prime minister-designate says.
The agreement will make Noam Party head Avi Maoz a deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, in charge of strengthening Israel’s Jewish identity.
Washington’s involvement in Israeli politics following the country’s recent elections is “something new in this space” and not a positive precedent, expert tells JNS.
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer had been viewed as the leading candidate for the position, and the Biden administration was said to be advocating for his appointment.