Politics and Knesset
Protesters are “cynically exploiting the pain of the families of the hostages,” said Likud lawmaker Tally Gotliv.
Guterres condemned Jerusalem for its renewed offensive against Hamas, but stayed silent on the terror group’s rejection of U.S. ceasefire extension proposals.
On the flip side, Natan Sharansky wrote on Facebook: “It is important for the fight against antisemitism to include all political camps—from left to right.”
The terrorist organization in Gaza was no longer releasing hostages while taking in the benefits of a ceasefire, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said.
The justices ruled against the position of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, who had sought to prevent the vote.
Itamar Ben-Gvir’s right-wing party resigned from the government on Jan. 21 in protest against the ceasefire in Gaza.
The prime minister and his government’s top jurist denied each other’s authority amid an escalating political fight during wartime.
“Ze’ev Degani is a criminal,” Kisch said of the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium’s principal.
“In the end, Gaza’s governmental capabilities need to be destroyed,” said the Israeli finance minister.
The Israeli premier cited an “ongoing lack of trust” between himself and Israel Security Agency head Ronen Bar • Netanyahu’s “expectation of a duty of personal loyalty” is “fundamentally illegitimate,” said Bar.
A spokesman for Chabad told JNS that the worldwide Jewish movement “absolutely” does not involve itself in the politics of the Jewish state.
According to recent opinion polls, the foreign minister’s New Hope Party would not make it into the Knesset on its own if a vote were to be held now.
