Politics and Knesset
Some 60% are unhappy with the government’s handling of the war.
The Labor-Meretz unification is meant to “replace the worst government” in Israel’s history, the party’s new leader claimed.
“What is indisputable about all those people is that they belong to the Wahhabi extremist movement,” said the country’s interior minister.
Lucien and Marlene Elmkayes have chosen to live in Jerusalem “to ensure that the light of our son’s life will continue to shine despite his death.”
The opposition is gleefully contemplating the fall of the government and early elections.
Yuli Edelstein has threatened to take a similar stance on the haredi enlistment bill, drawing the ire of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In its unanimous ruling, the nine-justice panel called the current situation unconstitutional, and accused the government of “seriously undermining the rule of law.”
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said the incident was “known to and handled by the Israeli Embassy in Manila and the Department for Israelis Abroad.”
“I’m not blaming the Jewish Federations of North America. I assume that it simply didn’t know and had good intentions,” said Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli.
A new survey, which did not include responses from Gaza and Judea and Samaria, showed marked differences between Arab and Jewish Israelis.
Court hearings are putting pressure on the army to let more supplies into Gaza, observers say.
“We are the closest point to a real crisis in the government because of the [haredi] conscription bill,” says political analyst.
