Politics and Knesset
Lip service aside, senior Likud members are already “deep in the race” to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as head of the party.
“[He] had an important role in shaping the foundation of Israeli jurisprudence, including legal policy in Judea and Samaria,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“I believe that Jeremy Corbyn is not fit to serve as our prime minister,” said Liverpool Riverside MP Louise Ellman.
More than 5,000 dignitaries are expected to attend the ceremony, but the Israeli premier’s plans are tentative due to stalling coalition talks.
Sources close to Israel’s President Rivlin say mandate to form government will be passed to Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, Israeli media reports • Three arrested during clashes between pro- and anti-Netanyahu demonstrators outside attorney general’s home.
Benjamin Netanyahu is in his second week of a 28-day period during which he’s been tasked to form a government. If he fails, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz stands ready to get his shot.
The Likud Party rejects the plan, which would require it to abandon the Orthodox parties and its right-wing allies.
The absence of Deputy State Attorney Liat Ben-Ari during the last two days of the pre-indictment hearing in favor of a family vacation certainly fits the prime minister’s narrative of a system out to get him and not giving him a fair chance.
After years of inaction, Israel’s Foreign Ministry is drawing up a plan to stop Ankara’s efforts to undermine Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem.
Likud Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar says he stands behind the prime minister, though plans to challenge him for leadership of the Likud Party whenever the next internal election is called.
The cloud of no leader being able to form a majority coalition could be felt, and talk was centered on the need to form a unity government led by the two largest parties: Likud, and Blue and White.
The Joint Arab List announced that it will boycott the swearing-in ceremony for the new Knesset as part of a general strike among Israeli Arabs to protest what they say is the government’s failure to address rising levels of violence in their neighborhoods.
