Politics and Knesset
“We thought all the red lines had already been crossed; it appears we were wrong,” says Israeli premier • Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit: “No basis” for claim complaints are being ignored.
Knesset votes 56 to 41 to postpone the Aug. 25 deadline • The bill’s sponsor, MK Zvi Hauser, calls on lawmakers to “come to our senses” to prevent yet another election.
The panel of three judges accepted the petition on behalf of Nazmi Abu Bakr, the Palestinian who murdered Israel Defense Forces soldier Amit Ben-Yigal by hurling a cinder block at his head.
The aid plan, a joint effort of the Treasury, the Economy and Industry Ministry and the Israel Manufacturers Association, gives priority to employers that retained workers despite a drop in revenue.
A bill seeking to postpone the Aug. 25 deadline is to come before the Knesset on Wednesday • “We need to make every effort to avoid elections,” says Israeli premier.
Likud Party claims Blue and White is blocking a $2.5 billion economic aid program • Blue and White: Likud is refusing to honor the coalition agreement.
In both polls, the Labour Party would fail to meet the four-seat threshold for the first time since its founding in the 1960s.
Nearly half of the new arrivals are children under the age of 18.
Ellie Cohanim, Deputy Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism, said “Twitter needs to be transparent, act on its stated policy and clarify its use of the IHRA Working Definition on Antisemitism, if you wish to create a ‘safe and friendly’ environment for your users.”
Pro-Israel watchdog group files a police complaint against Balad Knesset member Sami Abou Shahadeh.
“The event in Lebanon illustrates the danger of having concentrations of hazardous materials near a dense population center,” says Revital Goldschmidt of Haifa’s Environmental Research Center.
Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked to present legislation limiting the High Court’s ability to strike down Knesset laws • Blue and White: We won’t allow anti-democratic laws to pass.
