Politics and Knesset
“It’s time for the Israel Post to change,” says Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel • The agency’s value is pegged at more than $320 million.
The forum comprises the leading elements of all the state’s public diplomacy efforts • Israel’s image is a “main component” of its national security, says Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
The young influencers, who have a combined following of 30 million, will also learn how to combat comments delegitimizing Israel on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
In July, the government approved a NIS 58 billion ($18.6 billion) defense budget for 2022 – seven billion shekels more than the 2021 budget.
‘Mansour Abbas, with such statements, represents only himself’ says the Palestinian Authority president.
“The settlements will be erased, sooner or later,” says Ibrahim Hijazi, one day before Ra’am Party leader Mansour Abbas declares Israel will remain a Jewish state.
Tess Alps spoke out in support of Jeremy Corbyn in 2019 when he was accused of being racist against Jews, allegations that the Equality and Human Rights Commission confirmed.
“Our soldiers did not give their lives for the state just to see it handed over to the Muslim Brotherhood,” Likud Knesset member Eli Cohen tells demonstrators.
Orthodox Knesset members oppose Religious Service Minister Matan Kahana’s proposed conversion framework, claiming that it would lead to mass assimilation.
Mansour Abbas hopes Ra’am’s success will change the way the Palestinian factions view the conflict • Ra’am open to cooperating with Likud in the future, he says.
Experts say the country is under-performing in renewable energy, and recommend that the government adjust its goals as well as developing a competitive market for the sector.
Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who introduced the bill, claims widespread support for it among the Likud • Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu vows to repeal “Iranian laws.”
