Likud Knesset member: ‘I’d prefer 5,000 like Avi Maoz to one Ofer Cassif’
Likud Knesset member May Golan said on Tuesday that she would prefer 5,000 MKs like Noam Party head Avi Maoz to one Hadash-Ta’al MK Ofer Cassif.
Golan made the remark, referring to a recent controversy...
Lapid calls for protests against prospective Netanyahu government
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party on Tuesday called on supporters to attend protests planned for this weekend against the emerging government of Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
“We’re done being upset by...
Netanyahu’s Likud, UTJ reach interim coalition deal
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party reached an interim coalition agreement with the United Torah Judaism Party on Tuesday.
According to Israeli media, UTJ head Yitzchak Goldknopf will oversee the Construction and Housing Ministry...
Noam Party leader condemns Lapid-led campaign as ‘incitement to rebellion’
Avi Maoz, chairman of the Noam Party, responded Monday to criticism of his appointment at the Ministry of Education, labeling it “an attempt to prevent the prime minister-designate from forming the sole legitimate elected...
Herzog visits the UAE after historic trip to Bahrain
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday touched down in the United Arab Emirates, kicking off the second day of his state visit to the Gulf.
Herzog was greeted at the airport by Emirati Foreign Minister...
Israel observes its first UAE National Day
In the latest milestone for the Abraham Accords, Thursday marked the first observance of UAE National Day in Israel.
On Dec. 2 each year, the UAE—which normalized relations with Israel in 2020, along with Bahrain,...
Likud, Religious Zionist parties sign coalition agreement, paving the way to a new government
The Likud and Religious Zionist parties reached a coalition agreement on Thursday evening that clears the way for Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government backed by 64 members of Israel’s Knesset.
Under the...
Lapid: Netanyahu only embraces judicial reform to save himself
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid sharply attacked the incoming government’s planned judicial reforms on Monday, claiming that Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s motivations are entirely personal.
During a speech at the 2022 Annual Conference on...
Netanyahu’s Likud reaches coalition deal with Noam Party
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu struck a coalition deal with Noam Party head Avi Maoz on Sunday night that will make the latter a deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, according to media...
Report: Likud lawmaker Amir Ohana frontrunner to become foreign minister
Likud Party lawmaker Amir Ohana is the frontrunner to be named Israel’s next foreign minister, while fellow party member Miri Regev has been tapped to head up the Education Ministry, sources said on Tuesday.
Previously,...