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Tourism to Israel dropped precipitously as a result of the Oct. 7 massacre and the ensuing war in Gaza. Most international airlines have yet to restore service.
“We’re talking about simple families that work in agriculture. We must defend their right to live,” Likud lawmaker Amit Halevi told JNS.
Some 6,500 new immigrants have made Israel their new home since the Hamas terrorist attacks.
The prime minister’s Likud Party gained two additional seats from the previous “Channel 14" poll.
Over the last 90 days, eight of the top 20 Israeli advertisers on Meta (Facebook and Instagram) were working to bring down the prime minister.
Azhar Ali suggested that Israel allowed Hamas to attack as a pretext to go into the Gaza Strip.
The data was published ahead of Family Day on Friday.
A bipartisan group of 20 Knesset members has signed a petition calling for UNRWA’s defunding.
The letter, described as unprecedented, threatened to harm members of the current government, their children and grandchildren.
The United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo and Papua New Guinea have their legations in Israel’s capital.
“If Trump was in power, the U.S. conduct would be completely different,” the national security minister said.
A spokesman for Justice Minister Yariv Levin has denied the report.