Itamar Ben-Gvir
Members of the Israeli government called the march, which was joined by Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir, a “provocation.”
Otzma Yehudit Party head Itamar Ben-Gvir refused to address Joint List Knesset member Ahmad Tibi as “Mr. Deputy Speaker,” saying he belonged in the Syrian parliament.
Event organizers accuse police of “capitulating to terrorism” • Far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir calls on lawmakers to use parliamentary immunity to defy police orders.
“In the face of the wrath of the emerging far-left government, we will march in Jerusalem,” says Itamar Ben-Gvir of the far-right Religious Zionist Party.
The bill to pass an official commission of inquiry into Israel’s worst-ever civil disaster passed by a vote of 19-13, after a walkout by Knesset members associated with the Likud bloc.
Temple Mount reopens to Jewish visitors after 19 days
Despite reports of small-scale disturbances at the site, the visit by a group of 20 Jews to the compound went ahead as planned.
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.”
Dramatic footage shows soldier charging into a group of Israeli youths attacking 31-year-old Ibrahim Bader in Hebron • Arab residents reportedly hurl stones, firebombs at Israelis.
After realizing that the far-right party cannot be convinced not to run in the March 2 elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his advisers decide to try to push it over the voting threshold.
