Politics and Knesset
“You cannot have an army where people say that if the government doesn’t do what I want, I won’t serve. Today, it will be judicial reform. Tomorrow, it will be removal of settlements,” said Maj. Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi.
The Israeli president presented the “people’s plan” during a national address.
“The issues presented by the president were not agreed upon by the coalition, and key clauses in his outline ... do not bring the necessary balance between the branches,” said the Israeli premier.
Posted online, it strengthens the justice system, the government and the State of Israel, said Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
“We found that with regard to many issues, the gaps could be bridged,” the Kohelet Policy Forum said.
Anti-reform activists vow to disrupt the prime minister’s departure from Ben-Gurion Airport.
“There is no place for comparisons and creating a balance between Israeli terror victims and Palestinian terrorists supported by the Palestinian Authority,” said Eli Cohen.
Otzma Yehudit Knesset member Zvika Fogel made incendiary remarks after Jews rioted in the village near Nablus.
The breeder was taken in for questioning and a criminal investigation opened after the Jerusalem-area raid.
“We are all witnessing an unprecedented attack by mobilized media channels against the government,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The bill, approved by 61-52, allows parliament to preemptively immunize laws against judicial review.
The proposed legislation would restore freedom of movement to Israelis in four communities razed following the 2005 Gaza disengagement.