Politics and Knesset
Ishmael Khaldi, who has held several Foreign Ministry positions since becoming Israel’s first Bedouin diplomat more than a decade ago, is known as a staunch defender of the Jewish state.
The move comes in response to a High Court petition claiming that the rabbinate’s exclusion of women is discriminatory.
Knesset Special Committee on the Novel Coronavirus chair M.K. Yifat Shasha-Biton says, “We have a moral duty, as human beings, to save lives.”
The letter, co-signed by all 15 Joint List MKs, calls for suspension of the E.U.-Israel Association Agreement, and for enforcement of E.U. labeling laws for Israeli products.
“The United States is watching this closely,” a spokesperson told JNS.
According to Ze’ev Elkin, the “clock will start ticking” towards applying Israeli law to parts of Judea and Samaria, though the plan is not yet ready for implementation.
“Pakistan’s courts have just shown that murderous anti-Semitism is acceptable in mainstream Pakistani law and society,” said CAMERA communications director Jonah Cohen.
The prime minister said payments would be made through mid-August to “revive the economy” hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.
The appointment marks the second time Luis Fux, 67, has made history in Brazil; in 2011, he became the first Jewish judge named to the bench of the Federal Supreme Court.
Labour Party MP Rebecca Long-Bailey defended her decision to share an article that correlated false information to Israeli security forces.
A pair of bills seeking to decriminalize and regulate personal use of the drug passes first reading in the Knesset.
Mark Regev, who has served in the Israeli foreign ministry for three decades, urged countries to move their embassies to Jerusalem: “Only in the case of Israel is this universal norm not applied.”
