Meir Kahane
The security agency denies that it investigated the national security minister or the Israel Police.
Ronen Bar’s “explicit instruction” that evidence be gathered against the political echelon is “reminiscent of dark regimes,” said the PMO.
After Religious Zionist Party MK Itamar Ben-Gvir attended a ceremony commemorating 32 years since Rabbi Meir Kahane’s assassination, State Department spokesperson Ned Price had said that “celebrating the legacy of a terrorist organization is abhorrent.”
No family should be afraid to visit the Western Wall, said Otzma Yehudit chair MK Itamar-Ben Gvir.
“Israeli leaders and Jewish groups need to be sensitive to how things are perceived that, even if not intended, can be subject to misuse by those who have been fighting against Israel,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents.
Contrary to standard journalistic practice, NBC did not append a note to the article alerting readers to the correction.
“We’re not about to get involved in an election, to interfere in an election of a democracy,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN’s Jake Tapper.
Using social media to make a rare break into the politically charged debate over upcoming Israeli elections, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the American Jewish Committee took political positions on the inclusion of the Otzma Yehudit Party in a technical bloc with the Jewish Home Party.
“The views of Otzma Yehudit are reprehensible. They do not reflect the core values that are the very foundation of the State of Israel,” said AJC in a statement.
The religious Zionist Jewish Home and National Union parties have agreed to run with the staunch nationalist Otzma Yehudit Party in an effort to form a strong right-wing bloc for the upcoming elections.
