Politics and Knesset
“We will not let lies and hatred prevail,” said Oded Forer, the lawmaker who proposed the bill.
“Whoever acts against the State of Israel will not be eligible for benefits from the State of Israel,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said.
The Jerusalem-based think tank is confident that it will ultimately be approved amid a Tax Authority probe into allegations of partisan political activity.
Ayman Odeh’s “outrageous” comparison between the hostages in Gaza and Palestinian security prisoners in Israel “clearly constitute support for terrorism,” said Likud MK Avichai Boaron.
The prime minister’s Likud Party reportedly tried to persuade MK Zvika Fogel to split from Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit.
Ayman Odeh, who heads the far-left Hadash Party, was rebuked by both the left and the right.
The national security minister said his party would rejoin the government if the war is renewed.
The Israel Prison Service is preparing to free 90 Palestinian terrorists once the first three hostages are home.
One of the Chassidic students told the “New York Post” that “being banned from 770 for three years is worse than jail.”
The full Cabinet is expected to give the final approval ahead of Shabbat.
Hostage families, bereaved parents and IDF reservists call to free every captive by vanquishing Hamas.
If a vote were to be called now, Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party would secure 29 seats in parliament, three less than it has held since the last election.
