Politics and Knesset
The opposition leader decried “corruption” within the World Zionist Organization.
A 30-member medical team will provide emergency medical care alongside Jamaican staff in two hospitals serving evacuees from the hardest-hit regions.
The bill’s major innovation is to close the existing communications regulators and establish a new body: the Broadcast Communications Authority.
The legislation is expected to be brought before the Knesset plenum for a preliminary vote this week.
“It represents the fact that we’re not all rowing in the same direction when it comes to our responsibilities” to the Jewish community, Rabbi Kenneth Brander told JNS. “It’s very painful to see that.”
Likud move to appoint PM’s son to a paid WZO post sparked opposition backlash, delaying votes at the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem.
The supporters of judicial reform have argued that combining both roles places too much power in the hands of a single individual.
The mass rally is expected to effectively shut down the Jewish state’s capital on Thursday.
President Donald Trump “often used the word ‘violent,’ so I like that word,” said Smotrich. “It will be very violent, forceful and quick.”
The Knesset advanced two bills to extend sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition.
“When the status of the yeshivah students is resolved, Shas will return to its positions in the government and the Knesset,” the party said.
A former Mossad official tells JNS that the “complete helplessness” of Israel’s legal system has enabled “anarchy” on the Israeli-Egyptian border.
