Politics and Knesset
“I am aware of demands from all sides, some of which are very justified, but I am not Santa Claus come to hand out gifts,” said newly installed Avigdor Lieberman.
The coalition headed by Naftali Bennett includes a spectrum of lawmakers—Orthodox, Arab, female, gay and even Israel’s first deaf Knesset member.
Bringing down Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s “fraudulent, motley and erratic” government is “for the good of the state,” says Israel’s new opposition leader.
A staunch advocate for empowering people with disabilities, Shirley Pinto has cultivated a career supporting people with disabilities in general and deaf people in particular.
The previous government’s focus on Republicans was a “bad gamble,” says Israel’s new top diplomat.
Mansour Abbas pushes back against outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s accusation that the incoming government has ‘’sold the Negev to the Bedouin.”
Israel’s incoming prime minister expresses his thanks to those who came before him and lays out his plan for the future.
The Yamina Party leader replaces Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister in the country’s history.
“Using the skin and fur of animals for the fashion industry is immoral and is certainly unnecessary,” says Israeli Environmental Protection Minister.
“Until now, we have been reaching just 70 schools each year, but there are 1,500 Jewish schools in the world, and we want to help all of them,” said inister for Diaspora Affairs Omer Yankelevich.
Benjamin Netanyahu exerted an understanding of U.S. politics and culture unmatched by previous Israeli leaders. Yet some experts believe that incoming Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid might have more clout among current administration officials.
“Christian Zionists have had a relationship with every Prime Minister since [David] Ben-Gurion. That will not change,” said Christians United for Israel spokesman Ari Morgenstern.
