Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli politics is embroiled in a new political crisis, as Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit says a vote to appoint Likud’s Ofir Akunis to the vacant position was in violation of the law
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blames Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich’s “provocations” against the Ra’am Party after the opposition wins control of the Arrangements Committee.
Shas Party leader urges MKs to support the measure to break Israel’s political stalemate • Yair Lapid calls to form “Israeli unity government.”
Both “first aid” and “comprehensive” reforms will be brought to the Cabinet within two weeks, promises Israeli premier.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held discussions with Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and others before issuing its response.
Consultations with all Knesset factions indicate that no candidate has a “realistic chance” of assembling a coalition, says Reuven Rivlin.
Ilan Yeshua, the former CEO of the Walla news website, is the first of a projected 300 witnesses that will testify in the prime minister’s trial, which experts predict could take up to three years.
CAMERA found that the filmmakers had cobbled together wording from statements made on Jan. 28, 2020 by former President Donald Trump to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“For 30 years, we’ve tried the path of isolationism, and it hasn’t gotten us anywhere. It’s time for a change,” says a senior member of the Arab-Israeli party.
“We call on members of the national camp to set aside their differences. Israel needs a solid, cohesive right-wing government,” says party leader Bezalel Smotrich.
Notwithstanding a major political development, it appears that Israel will head to an unprecedented fifth round of elections this summer.
The American Jewish Committee expressed concern “about those on the other end of the political spectrum who deny Israel’s very right to exist, even as they are elected via Israel’s democratic system, and embrace such terror groups as Hamas.”
