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Politics and Knesset

In the past few weeks, the Israeli prime minister has demonstrated his rejection of the appeasement and defeatism of the Western world.
“We are in a war for our very existence. We will unite, go hand-in-hand and defeat our enemies. The people will arise like a lioness, and the Eternal One of Israel will not lie,” said the Israeli premier.
The gap between the right-religious coalition and the Lapid-Gantz center-left bloc stands at 61 to 49 seats.
The Swords of Iron War disrupted the Israel tourism industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
“This move contributes to unity among us, and unity against our enemies,” said Netanyahu.
There was a 350% increase in French Jews opening aliyah files.
The posts have been vacant for the first time in the state’s history.
Some Israelis have adopted “the playbook of the anti-Israel and pro-Hamas movement,” the lawmaker said after activists shut down his speech at UC Berkeley.
If a temporary truce becomes permanent, “all ministers and Knesset members from Otzma Yehudit will resign from the government,” Ben-Gvir warned.
The government had not presented a “sufficiently established professional justification” for the measure, proposed as a means to combat tax evasion, according to the Bank of Israel.
Some 7.689 million (78.6%) identify as Jewish and 2.095 million (21.4%) as Arab.
The Balad Party accuses Jerusalem of “insane, vengeful mentality,” and accuses the IDF of intentionally targeting civilians.