Politics and Knesset
The court rejected Yariv Levin’s petition to postpone the vote amid allegations against the leading candidate to preside over the tribunal.
Israel has not agreed to hand the crossing over to the P.A., but the Authority has some “practical involvement” in running it, that will be re-evaluated in the future, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.
The Israeli Supreme Court’s ruling dismisses a petition against compensating victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks with P.A. funds.
“We will not let lies and hatred prevail,” said Oded Forer, the lawmaker who proposed the bill.
“Whoever acts against the State of Israel will not be eligible for benefits from the State of Israel,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said.
The Jerusalem-based think tank is confident that it will ultimately be approved amid a Tax Authority probe into allegations of partisan political activity.
Ayman Odeh’s “outrageous” comparison between the hostages in Gaza and Palestinian security prisoners in Israel “clearly constitute support for terrorism,” said Likud MK Avichai Boaron.
The prime minister’s Likud Party reportedly tried to persuade MK Zvika Fogel to split from Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit.
Ayman Odeh, who heads the far-left Hadash Party, was rebuked by both the left and the right.
The national security minister said his party would rejoin the government if the war is renewed.
The Israel Prison Service is preparing to free 90 Palestinian terrorists once the first three hostages are home.
One of the Chassidic students told the “New York Post” that “being banned from 770 for three years is worse than jail.”
