Politics and Knesset
Ministers decry Justice Yitzhak Amit’s “illegitimate” appointment, alleged fraud and conflicts of interest.
“A decision by Hamas not to release the hostages is essentially a decision to return to war,” the foreign minister told visiting European Union ambassadors.
An “almost inconceivable” amount of foreign funding was behind the “so-called ‘popular and spontaneous’ protest movement,” said the Israeli premier.
The Israeli premier endorsed Trump’s “new and revolutionary vision” for Gaza, rejecting a role for either Hamas or the P.A. in the Strip.
“Semantics are important because through incorrect terminology, the lie wins,” said MK Simcha Rothman, who sponsored the bill.
Labour’s Andrew Gwynne wrote that Jewish-American psychologist Marshall Rosenberg’s name was “too militaristic and too Jewish,” and expressed his wish that a constituent would be “mown down” by a garbage truck.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will monitor the situation from Washington, D.C.
The Likud Party would garner 33 mandates in the 120-seat Knesset if a vote were held now, according to a “Channel 14" survey.
It marks a reversal of the State Attorney Office’s position, which had said the suspect was too dangerous to be released.
Itamar Ben-Gvir and his Otzma Yehudit Party submitted the proposed legislation amid a push by U.S. President Donald Trump to relocate the enclave’s population.
“We are fighting for the free world, and at this time when some of our best friends are not supporting Israel, we need more people with the moral clarity of Joe Lieberman,” said Knesset member Ohad Tal.
Yoram Elron will serve as the Jewish state’s envoy to Chisinau.
