Politics and Knesset
The new law empowers the interior minister to deport family members of terrorists who had advance knowledge of attacks but failed to report it.
The legislation authorizes the dismissal of educators employed by state schools without prior notice if they are convicted of severe security offenses.
“As with previous attempts to inflate accusations against the prime minister and his circle, this matter, too, will lead to nothing,” the Prime Minister’s Office stated.
A Monday Cabinet meeting saw coalition ministers vent over what they said was the attorney general’s interference in government decision-making.
MK Yitzhak Kroizer posed for a picture of a mock government office in a Southern Lebanon home.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will extend a waiver allowing Israeli banks to do business with their Palestinian counterparts for one month only.
Amos Schocken’s words “arouse disgust and indicate a severe disconnect from fundamental values,” said the ministry’s director-general.
Those calling for the legislation say it will serve as a powerful deterrent.
The proposed 2024-2025 budget aims for a deficit target of 4% of GDP, necessitating nearly $10 billion in cuts.
There are currently only five countries with embassies in the capital: the United States, Kosovo, Honduras, Guatemala, and Papua New Guinea
Israel remains committed to international law and providing humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, said the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
“We have young girls and women in the hands of Hamas for more than a year. My daughter is one of them. It’s unfathomable on many levels,” says Ayelet Levy Shachar, whose daughter Na’ama was captured by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
