Politics and Knesset
He says the court’s decision to force the Knesset to vote on a new speaker constitutes “gross and audacious interference” that does ”unprecedented harm” to the sovereignty of the nation and Knesset.
As Blue and White, Yisrael Beiteinu and the Joint list get to work creating and staffing six special parliamentary committees, the Likud blasts the proceedings as “undemocratic” and “unprecedented.”
Israel’s High Court of Justice orders NGO Breaking the Silence to respond to a petition alleging that the group—in conjunction with it foreign backers—is illegally collecting classified military intelligence.
If a vote for the Knesset speaker is held on Wednesday, Edelstein, who belongs to Netanyahu’s Likud Party, would likely lose the speakership to Blue and White’s Meir Cohen.
The group has expressed concern by the “opposition’s attempts to ignore the choice of the Zionist majority.” And it is disappointed with Blue and White, as well as Yisrael Beiteinu, for including the Arab Knesset members, “who are known for openly supporting the interests of Israel’s enemies.”
Knesset reopens amid tight restrictions after Chief Justice Esther Hayut overturns Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein’s controversial decision to shutter it due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry is arranging free commercial flights on El Al, Arkia and Israir for Israelis stuck outside the country as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
Israeli premier says Likud and rival Blue and White have agreed on the contours of a unity deal, but if Blue and White moves to oust Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, deal’s off • Gantz: “Those who want unity do not work with ultimatums.”
Israeli Foreign Ministry announces operation to bring home some 1,000 young Israelis stranded in the South American country when it shut its borders due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Controversial, retroactive bills introduced by the Blue and White Party and Yisrael Beiteinu’s Oded Forer are likely to have a majority backing.
“I have only one request of you: Give this people a government,” said Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz is to be tasked with assembling a coalition after securing recommendations from 61 Knesset members, though he faces seemingly insurmountable challenges due to a reliance on the Joint Arab List.
