Politics and Knesset
The news came as the country experienced an increase in new cases, particularly centered around school environments.
Settler leaders ramp up objections to Mideast peace plan, as Yamina leader Naftali Bennett warns of “existential disaster” of a Palestinian state.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: The government will “find the right balance” between health imperatives and civil liberties amid a spike in new COVID-19 cases.
In a special interview, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks about his legal troubles, Israeli sovereignty, the coronavirus crisis and Iran.
The 35th Israeli government, the largest in the country’s history, will slash the budgets of the defense, foreign and education ministries, among others.
As head of the largest party not in the government, the Yesh Atid-Telem chairman will be privy to security briefings and meet with visiting dignitaries.
Critics believe that the project is controversial and would touch on political sensitivities, as well as ruin the view, and are fighting to prevent both from being constructed.
Though the so-called “French law” cannot apply to Benjamin Netanyahu’s current trial, it is expected to be opposed by MKs from Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party.
Private spending dropped by 20.3 percent, investment in fixed assets by 17.3 and exports by 5.9 percent from January to March, according to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics.
The terrorist’s family was uninvolved in the attack, and the execution of the demolition order was delayed too long, says court • Sorek family representative: “High Court is responsible for the next murder.”
Trains were to have resumed normal operations on May 17, but the decision was overruled by the Health Ministry • Israel records first COVID-19 fatality in five days, taking the national toll to 280.
“They’ve made it home, and I’m extremely moved,” said newly minted Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata.
