Politics and Knesset
Professor Oded Goldreich’s attorney, Michael Sfard, pronounced the result “a wretched decision that continues the trend of criminalizing left-wing positions.”
Rep. David Kustoff (R-Tenn.) said the proposal to reopen it would be “inconsistent” with the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995.
The Jewish families of Jerusalem’s Shimon HaTzadik/Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood open up about their experiences during the May riots.
The cornerstone has been laid for a two-mile promenade from David Ben-Gurion’s cabin to the Midreshet Ben-Gurion school, which will include information about the prime minister’s personal and family life.
Israel’s Knesset rolls out the red carpet to welcome Duarte Pacheco, president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which represents 179 parliaments from around the world.
U.S.-Israeli Task Force on Fintech Innovation and Cybersecurity will counter money-laundering, terror financing and “illicit finance threats.”
The bill, voted on by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, would limit a prime minister to two terms, or eight years • Likud: Proposed legislation is “clearly anti-democratic.”
“We have spoken about investing in the [area], and here it is happening on the ground,” says Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
According to Ghaith al-Omari, a former Palestinian negotiator and senior fellow at the Washington Institute, it’s “a game of chicken. It boils down to: Does Israel want to make this into a crisis? The Bennett government has been trying to avoid public disagreements with the United States.”
“We all must internalize that hitting a key can be halfway to pulling a trigger,” says Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
Tenants who are not party to the appeal against an eviction order for residents of the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood acknowledge that their house is owned by Jews and agree to pay rent until the property is handed over.
The two reportedly discussed Palestinian issues during their meeting, including attempts to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
