Politics and Knesset
The Knesset advanced two bills to extend sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition.
“When the status of the yeshivah students is resolved, Shas will return to its positions in the government and the Knesset,” the party said.
A former Mossad official tells JNS that the “complete helplessness” of Israel’s legal system has enabled “anarchy” on the Israeli-Egyptian border.
While the Netanyahu government has led an unprecedented drive to expand Israel’s control of the territories, his ruling Likud party did not support either bill, as they were put forward by opposition parties.
The ongoing criminal cases against the Israeli prime minister are “a bleeding wound in the body of Israeli society,” states the letter, initiated by Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman.
Trump’s Oct. 13 address to the Knesset was “the most important speech of my lifetime,” said the former U.S. ambassador.
The War of Redemption, fought on seven fronts since the Hamas-led terror attacks that killed 1,200 on Oct. 7, 2023, has restored deterrence, the premier said.
“Barely days into a ceasefire, Hamas turned its weapons on Palestinians to reassert control through fear & violence,” the Foreign Ministry tweeted.
The six-day diplomatic trip starts in the Philippines and will conclude in New Zealand.
“This is the war of our revival—a direct continuation of the War of Independence,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“It’s the right thing to do, it’s moral and it will prevent them from taking hostages,” said the leader of the right-wing Otzma Yehudit Party.
Egypt is expected to lead the international force that is to maintain security inside Gaza, along with troops from Turkey, Indonesia and Azerbaijan.
