Benjamin Netanyahu
“The longer the war lasts, the higher the number of civilian casualties rises, the more desperate the situation of the people in Gaza becomes,” said Olaf Scholz.
The government in Jerusalem represents the will of the people, the prime minister told “CNN.”
The PM called out the international community’s moral blindness, asking, “Is your memory so short?”
Netanyahu’s Likud Party charged that “Israel is not a banana republic, but an independent and proud democracy.”
The Jewish New York senator even drew gentle criticism from a fellow Democrat.
Former Likud member Gideon Sa’ar and three other lawmakers parted ways with Benny Gantz’s National Union. Sa’ar sought to return to the right-wing camp while Gantz stuck to left-wing principles.
MK Yifat Shasha-Biton of Sa’ar’s faction told JNS that Sa’ar will not rejoin the Likud, wants a seat in the war cabinet.
The revised framework raises the expenditure limit to $160 billion, up $19 billion from that approved before Oct. 7.
“We expect our friends to act to overthrow the terror regime of Hamas and not the elected government in Israel,” said the official.
Israelis “overwhelmingly” support the government’s policies on the war with Hamas, says PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
“A different, more moderate government is a possibility,” the annual intelligence report states.
The PM defended himself against remarks by the U.S. president, saying the “vast majority” of Israelis support his policies.
