Politics and Knesset
Current hopefuls include former members of Knesset Yehudah Glick, Michael Bar-Zohar and Shimon Sheetrit. Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog is likely to lead the race if he seeks the role.
A brief summary of the facts and chronology of the legal dispute over the Jerusalem neighborhood.
The Holy City beat out Tel Aviv in 2020 as having the highest number of hotels in the country and was also most popular with visitors from abroad.
Israel will continue to uphold freedom of worship for all faiths but will not tolerate violence, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a special Cabinet meeting to mark Jerusalem Day.
Experts argue that Arabs are tired of slogans and looking for a change; their voters want to see a party that has influence and not just sits in the Knesset without achievements for the Arab sector.
Hours before a High Court session on the issue, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backs down on his controversial appointment of fellow Likud member Ophir Akunis to the post.
To encourage visitors, the ministry will be putting up digital billboards in Dubai, New York City’s Times Square and London’s Piccadilly Circus.
“The occupation backed down in the face of the youth of Jerusalem and removed the barricades at Damascus Gate,” says Knesset member Ayman Odeh.
The Arrangements Committee approved the setting up of the temporary Finance Committee, the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, and the Committee for Arab Affairs.
It asks U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to consider the Nexus document and Jerusalem Declaration on anti-Semitism, in addition to the official IHRA one.
A recent study showed that two-thirds of the Israeli public believes that the democratic system in Israel is in grave danger. Ironically, a similar proportion considers Israel a good place to live.
Israel’s Ra’am Party head Mansour Abbas’s responsiveness to the democratic demands of a broadening Arab constituency in Israel may have opened a veritable Pandora’s box for the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah.
