Politics and Knesset
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and visiting British Cabinet Minister Michael Gove discuss mutual recognition of their countries’ vaccine certificates, as well as cooperation in combating future viruses.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blames Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich’s “provocations” against the Ra’am Party after the opposition wins control of the Arrangements Committee.
Shas Party leader urges MKs to support the measure to break Israel’s political stalemate • Yair Lapid calls to form “Israeli unity government.”
Its objectives include improving in the energy-consumption-per-GDP figure; a shift towards a solar-based energy market; and investment in innovative energy technology.
Amid rising pressure to enter coalition talks with Netanyahu, Religious Zionist Party head insists he will never join a government backed by the Ra’am Party.
The Health Ministry says, however, that mask-wearing and hygiene measures that have been in place throughout the coronavirus crisis will remain mandatory in the classroom.
In Facebook post marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, Ofer Cassif, who was injured by police at an eastern Jerusalem protest last week, calls for an end to the “occupation.”
The country’s population has increased by 137,000, or 1.5 percent, since last year. A total of 167,000 children were born, 16,300 new immigrants arrived, and 50,000 Israelis died.
In the first stage of a phased plan, a limited number of tour groups will start to arrive, with individual travelers being admitted at a later date, says the Tourism Ministry.
In 2019, A. saved the lives of three Israelis following a terrorist attack on a highway in Judea and Samaria. Now, he is asking to be able to live in the Jewish state to ensure his and his family’s safety.
President Reuven Rivlin’s term is slated to end on July 9; under Israeli law, elections for his successor must be held 30 to 90 days before then.
Joint Arab List lawmaker Ofer Cassif criticizes Israel’s prime minister and public security minister for “inaction” in the face of “police brutality” during demonstrations.
