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“The more security stability increases, the more tourists will come,” said Dani Shahar, director-general of the Israel Ministry of Tourism.
“The media are not news channels; they are fake channels,” said the Israeli prime minister during a Knesset debate.
Kohelet was excluded in January from a list of some 140 nonprofits eligible for benefits.
The planned trip follows an invitation to address the Israeli parliament extended to President Javier Milei last month by Knesset Speaker Amir Ohama.
The opposition leader defended himself after coalition members criticized his jab at MK Orit Strook.
The budget for 2025 must be approved by Knesset lawmakers by the end of this month, or early elections will automatically be triggered.
After the premier’s Likud Party, Yair Golan’s opposition The Democrats received the next most projected seats.
Despite the opportunities showered on the Jewish state by the U.S. president, Israel seems to be mired, more than ever, in defeatism and political inertia.
“The land of Israel is for the people of Israel,” said Knesset member Limor Son Har-Melech.
“As the cases concocted against Prime Minister Netanyahu crumble in court, new and false cases are concocted,” the ruling party said.
In addition to hundreds who held an Israeli passport before the massacre, at least dozens of their descendants have since been allowed to enter.
French MP Rima Hassan and delegation leader MP Lynn Boylan, along with two EU staffers, were sent back to Brussels.