Politics and Knesset
A Monday Cabinet meeting saw coalition ministers vent over what they said was the attorney general’s interference in government decision-making.
MK Yitzhak Kroizer posed for a picture of a mock government office in a Southern Lebanon home.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will extend a waiver allowing Israeli banks to do business with their Palestinian counterparts for one month only.
Amos Schocken’s words “arouse disgust and indicate a severe disconnect from fundamental values,” said the ministry’s director-general.
Those calling for the legislation say it will serve as a powerful deterrent.
The proposed 2024-2025 budget aims for a deficit target of 4% of GDP, necessitating nearly $10 billion in cuts.
There are currently only five countries with embassies in the capital: the United States, Kosovo, Honduras, Guatemala, and Papua New Guinea
Israel remains committed to international law and providing humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, said the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
“We have young girls and women in the hands of Hamas for more than a year. My daughter is one of them. It’s unfathomable on many levels,” says Ayelet Levy Shachar, whose daughter Na’ama was captured by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
The legislation, which the U.S. and E.U. oppose, follows revelations about the U.N. agency’s complicity in Palestinian terrorism.
“You have to build the kids’ ability to be proud of who they are,” said Hana Dorsman, CEO of UnitEd. “At the end of the day, that is the strongest answer to antisemitism.”
The relocation is reportedly due to a potential Iranian attack and concerns after a Hezbollah drone struck the Netanyahu family home in Caesarea.
