Politics and Knesset
The planned trip follows an invitation to address the Israeli parliament extended to President Javier Milei last month by Knesset Speaker Amir Ohama.
The opposition leader defended himself after coalition members criticized his jab at MK Orit Strook.
The budget for 2025 must be approved by Knesset lawmakers by the end of this month, or early elections will automatically be triggered.
After the premier’s Likud Party, Yair Golan’s opposition The Democrats received the next most projected seats.
Despite the opportunities showered on the Jewish state by the U.S. president, Israel seems to be mired, more than ever, in defeatism and political inertia.
“The land of Israel is for the people of Israel,” said Knesset member Limor Son Har-Melech.
“As the cases concocted against Prime Minister Netanyahu crumble in court, new and false cases are concocted,” the ruling party said.
In addition to hundreds who held an Israeli passport before the massacre, at least dozens of their descendants have since been allowed to enter.
French MP Rima Hassan and delegation leader MP Lynn Boylan, along with two EU staffers, were sent back to Brussels.
“Everyone sees that Hamas is a terror group whose goal is to murder. They will not stay there, and Gaza will look different—and that is what will happen,” said the Israeli transportation minister.
The French far-left politician has defended Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara “crossed all the red lines, and the time has come to return power to the elected officials,” said the communications minister.
