Politics and Knesset
The Otzma Yehudit Party steps up the pressure on the prime minister.
“We do not want to offer a platform to someone whose views contradict the values the European Union stands for,” the E.U. Embassy to Israel said.
The improved reception is expected to save lives in case of road accidents, Palestinian terrorist attacks.
The Regavim movement called the Khan al-Ahmar decision a “shameful” capitulation to international pressure that sets a dangerous precedent.
The transfer of terrorists’ bodies to the Palestinians and the release of a Jordanian MP caught smuggling weapons are “unacceptable,” says Israel’s national security minister.
The premier hails his government’s security credentials amid calls in the coalition for a tougher approach.
The national security minister called the decision “a grave mistake that will cost us dearly.”
“If the conscription law is not passed before the budget, we will withdraw from the government,” announced Yitzhak Goldknopf.
The proposed legislation takes on the Palestinian Authority’s “pay-for-slay” policy.
Otzma Yehudit MKs are instead meeting in the southern city of Sderot.
The Movement for Quality Government says the prime minister violated a conflict of interest agreement by addressing judicial reform.
The five-month delay would allow more time to debate the issue of haredi military service.
