Politics and Knesset
Hadash-Ta’al Party Knesset member Yousef Jabareen calls for “mass mobilization” against “apartheid” Israel.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s embattled party has only 70 days to win back the supporters responsible for its April 9 victory.
Likud coalition chairman Amsalem is slated to replace Ayoub Kara, who recently resigned • Amsalem: Appointment is a “great privilege.”
Likud Knesset member Miki Zohar said Barak’s return to politics was “good for the right, but very bad for the left, and has disastrous potential for the State of Israel.”
“I wasn’t involved in the decision,” said British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. “It was an independent panel set up through the national executive. They examined the case and decided to admit him back in, albeit with a reprimand.”
If the parties fail to form meaningful partnerships that combine forces to pass the electoral threshold, the right is at risk of seeing seven or more mandates go to waste, thereby preventing Netanyahu from being able to form a right-wing, nationalist government.
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera is on a three-day visit to Israel, during which he will meet with both Israeli and Palestinian officials.
In letter to Jewish Home Party leader Rafi Peretz, Otzma Yehudit, officials say they feel like they were “used and thrown out” after the April 9 elections.
Jewish Home leader Rafi Peretz agreed prior to the April elections to resign if appointed as a minister. Now that he’s education minister, not only is he not doing so, they say he’s not even answering the phone.
Amir Ohana and Bezalel Smotrich are making headlines with their staunch views, although some say it’s more about politicking than policy.
Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman calls for a national liberal emergency coalition • Likud: The cat is out the bag; Lieberman wants a leftist government.
The New Right Party “appeals to the entire nation, and if you are not a hard leftist, it does not antagonize you,” says Moshe Feiglin.
