Politics and Knesset
The former political leader has sullied the party’s reputation and tanked its electoral prospects with his history of repeated antisemitism.
Some 52% of the public say there is no real chance for compromise.
As the judicial reform debate rages in Israel, the military under Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi is striving to avoid being dragged into the crisis, while respecting its members’ civil rights.
The activists intend to step in if opponents of the government’s program face violence at demonstrations.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid has repeatedly said he will roll back everything on the day he returns to power.
Closed-door meetings with Knesset factions come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put the brakes on the reform plan to allow time for dialogue.
Delivery drones, smart traffic lights that avoid traffic jams and “smart hospitals” are in the country’s future.
Knesset Secretary General Dan Marzouk defended the move, saying it was only a “technical matter.”
As Israel’s prime minister was announcing a pause in the judicial overhaul, his voters were demanding its passage.
The Israeli prime minister announced a hold on judicial reform until after the Passover holiday, calling on the opposition to negotiate in good faith.
An emergency information center, staffed by English and Hebrew speakers, is assisting some 90,000 visitors in the country.
“I call on all the demonstrators, on the right and the left, to behave responsibly and not to act violently. We are brothers,” said the prime minister.
