Politics and Knesset
All leaders of Netanyahu’s government have endorsed the establishment of an “emergency national government.”
“Israel in an emergency. We must unite and win,” said National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
If the government has decided to eliminate Hamas and its leaders and will not settle for anything less, says the opposition leader, “I will join a national emergency government without any conditions.”
The Foreign Ministry directed diplomats to shelter at home unless given special permission.
The Cabinet officially approved a war situation and the taking of significant military steps, as per Article 40 of Basic Law: The Government.
Earlier on Saturday, Yesh Atid’s Yair Lapid called for such a political constellation.
Such a move will send a message to the Jewish state’s enemies that Israel stands united, the opposition leader said.
Citing Jewish law, United Torah Judaism Knesset member Moshe Gafni called to bar the site to Jews after some 3,000 visited it in the opening days of the Sukkot holiday.
The “recusal law” strictly limits the reasons a prime minister can be ousted as unfit for office. Petitioners against the law say it is a “personal law” meant to protect Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Benjamin Netanyahu met with his Fijian counterpart in New York last month.
The Lavi Organization said it petitioned the court after being stonewalled for months by Justice Minister Yariv Levin.
