Politics and Knesset
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz’s pledge to annex the Jordan Valley is a bluff, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Likud Party campaign launch ahead of March 2 elections.
Ya’alon, who now is No. 3 in Blue and White, told JNS that “the Jordan Valley is the eastern border of the State of Israel forever,” and that this has always been Blue and White’s platform and belief.
The Israel Nature and Parks Authority will oversee the opening of the new sites, and 12 existing reserves will also be expanded.
“You express the deep and long-standing friendship between the two countries, Mr. President,” said Ofir Akunis, Israeli Minister of Science, Technology and Space.
The pledges include a promise to resolve outstanding cases of alleged anti-Semitism and to make sure the party’s disciplinary process is independent to avoid “the risk of partisanship and factionalism.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly threatens to fire Defense Minister Naftali Bennett if his New Right Party refuses to form a joint slate with far-right Otzma Yehudit.
“We have reunited the family,” says New Right leader Naftali Bennett, who will lead the joint list • United Jewish Home alliance: Unity deal represents “shattering of religious Zionism.”
The merger is a bid to augment the left’s electoral appeal and avoid losing votes within the bloc • New slate gives Labor-Gesher six and Meretz five of first 11 spots on new list.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly attempted to persuade him not to resign, but without success.
The legal opinion in question regards whether Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has the authority to postpone the creation of a Knesset committee to address Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s immunity request prior to the March 2 elections.
A police dossier revealed anti-Semitic social-media posts, public comments, articles and more by Labour Party members. Hateful remarks included “We shall rid the Jews who are a cancer on us all.”
Nearly all political leaders in Israel from left to right exhibit unity concerning national security, especially when it comes to Iran, which is viewed as an existential threat to the Jewish state.
